French sequoia take down

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, July 09, 2011

Another video link from Ling Ling Ling - join them on Facebook - Make more Friends on Arboriculture
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NZ Arbor Best Practice Guideline: de-mythed!

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, July 09, 2011

At the risk of upsetting the NZ Arbor copyright police we have decided to publish an article from the latest Tree Matters magazine.

'Best Practice Guideline (BPG) De-mythed' by Neal Harding is essential reading for everyone involved in the New Zealand tree care industry. Information like this is too important to ..

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Excellent pre-comp promotion by the Belgians

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, July 08, 2011

The video below is a pre-comp presentation by the Belgium Arborist Association showing climbers the directions to the comp and giving them a general feel for the trees in the area prior to the event - what a good idea!

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Weekend reading - the new Teufelberger Treecare catalogue

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, July 08, 2011

The latest edition includes all of the Treemagineers equipment and loads of new(ish) ropes.

Treetools will cover some of these new products in more detail next week - in the meantime, print yourself a copy, find a quiet space and start drooling!
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Expect ActSafe Ascenders to be in the news!

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, July 06, 2011

A 300m meter ascent on rope in extremely harsh conditions is not everybody's idea of fun!

Well… that depends! If you have the ActSafe Ascender it might not be such a problem (in theory at least).

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Fisher Photo Industry for Treetools window display

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Photographs by kiwi-born Rob Fisher featured in a Treetools blog a couple of weeks back.

Treetools liked Rob's pics so much we have purchased a couple ..

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NTCA Pakaraka Gathering t-shirt makes aussie road trip

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, July 05, 2011

The NTCA (Northland Tree Climbers Association) Tree Climbers' Gathering (arbor camp) in January started the New Zealand tree climbing year off on the right note.

NZ Arbor No.1 Scott Forrest made ..

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Tahoe Crane Tree promo video - vocational guidance!

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, July 04, 2011

Looking for a job in arboriculture - here's a great video for attracting future arborists!

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James Kilpatrick - the tree climbing PR maestro!

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, July 04, 2011

Spend a few minutes and listen to James Kilpatrick interviewed today by Radio New Zealand - this follows a call from Radio NZ to Treetools this morning. James is a PR natural - just like his tree climbing - great for the industry and the sport of tree climbing in ..

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Vote of confidence in Wintec training (from James Kilpatrick)

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, July 04, 2011

James Kilpatrick's record breaking footlock at the 2011 Aisa-Pacific TCC last month has attracted attention from mainstream media - see NZ Stuff today by clicking on the link below.

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