The New Zealand silly season got underway with two major tree-climbing incidents just before Christmas. The New Year rang in two more, equally serious.
Two of the four accidents involved seasoned practitioners and the other two were inexperienced tree climbers… to the point where they should not have been aloft alone ..
Treetools has added a couple of new features to the website for 2015.
Due to popular demand Treetools monthly credit account holders will now be able to see all product pricing exclusive of the GST component.
And all orders can be placed directly on the website without the need for credit card ..
Yes, it's that time of year again. Time to re-charge the batteries and take a well deserved break.
Every year the New Zealand tree care industry all but shuts down over the Christmas New Year period… and we think it's a great idea.
Treetools will officially close mid-day Christmas Eve, Wednesday 24 ..
The Harrison Rocket, designed and produced locally by Andy and Ali Harrison, proved to the world (and naysayers in NZ) that a quality New Zealand made tree climbing related product could succeed, and thrive, in the international marketplace.
Over the years Drew Bristow, ..
Here's an interesting new rigging product designed by Reg Coates and manufactured and marketed worldwide by Stein - due for release early next year.
The video is delivered in typical Reg Coates fashion making for good entertainment in itself - check out Reg's hard hat. ..
The last decade has seen quantum leaps and bounds in the development of arb specific work-at-height equipment.
In the early days, the 'company' acceptance of equipment in the New Zealand arb market was largely dependent on certification, mostly EN, ANSI and AS/NZ.
If a piece of equipment was ‘rated’, parlance for ..
Those new to tree climbing might be lead to think SRT is restricted to competitive tree climbers and the International Tree Climbing Competitions.
However, nothing could be further from the truth: climbing on a single line is a working mans tool. It's simply another 'tool in the box' for the aerial ..
Photographs taken by Treetools at the the 2014 NZ Arb/Husqvarna Waikato/Bay of Plenty Regional Tree Climbing Competition, on Saturday 13 September at Mt Drury Reserve, Mt Maunganui are now available for viewing on Flickr.
Please feel free to help yourself to the images (for non-commercial ..
The 2014 NZ Arb/Husqvarna Waikato/Bay of Plenty Regional TCC is scheduled for this Saturday 13 September at Mount Drury Reserve, Mt Maunganui.
Make sure you get your Registration in - it is doubtful registrations will be taken on the day. Treetools is guessing, but gear check will ..
Here's a little bit of NZ tree climbing history for you. Almost five years ago Matt Glen, won the 2009 South Island Regional TCC in Christchurch - see previous blog post here.
Last weekend, in Poland, Matt won the prestigious 2014 European TCC following his success ..
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