There are two schools of though in developing new tree climbing equipment (and methods).
One revolves around the use of mechanical devices and the otheraround knot-based solutions. International examples of this phenomenon include ART (mechanical) and the Treemagineers (largely knot-based).
The cast aluminum arb pulleys from ISC are probably the most widely used arborist rigging blocks in the world. Developed back in 1996 the ISC blocks have remained virtually unchanged since their inception 15 years ago - tried and true it seems.
But times change and ISC recognized the need for ..
Queens Birthday weekend 2011 (June 4) will see Arbor day pruning in the Vanished World – grab your climbing gear and a saw and come along.
Following on from the success of the 2010 arbor freeze at the Mt Stuart ..
The rope saver market is in for a severe shake up!
Yesterday Treetools landed the first batch of Treemagineers pulleySAVERS (more on this soon) featuring the DMM Pinto Rig pulley.
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All systems are fired up at Kerwyn Ave, East Tamaki - not everything is according to plan but its better than a granny flat! Thanks for your patience guys.
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After two years of operation from a One Tree Hill granny flat, the Treetools 'shop' will close for the last time today at 5:00pm. Treetools will relocate to bigger, better suited premises at 8a Kerwyn Ave, East Tamaki over the weekend.
The new showroom will open on Wednesday 30 March.
The move ..
Over the last few weeks the Treetools team have been renovating an old warehouse in East Tamaki to house the new showroom and warehouse.
As part of the project we planned to erect a tree (in the showroom) for demonstration and training purposes. Nice idea, but locating the right tree and ..
The 2011 Auckland Regional TCC photographs taken by Treetools on Saturday March 12 at Western Park, Freeman's Bay are now available on Flickr. The full comp results are available from the NZAA website.
Treetools been a little tardy in getting these pictures uploaded but we have a good ..
Thanks to Neal Harding and David Kainer, the individual event results for the 2011 NZAA/Stihl Auckland Regional TCC can be viewed (and downloaded) from the NZAA website - the download includes full results for each event so ..
The ART Spiderjack is not a common sight at New Zealand tree climbing comps. The sensitive German-made device takes some getting used to - perhaps kiwi climbers are ..
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