Double Line Rope Walker

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, November 06, 2009

Check out this double line climbing system using the Petzl Pantin. Atreestory is climbing on Yale Poison Ivy using the friction hitch perfected by the

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More on the Trango Cinch

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, November 05, 2009

Treetools were introduced to the Trango Cinch by Drew Bristow of DB Tree.

Since that time we had assumed most tree climbers were using the Cinch

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ART Positioner versus Trango Cinch

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Matt Glen (winner of the South Island Regional TCC in Christchurch) climbs on the ART Spiderjack. From day one he found the Spiderjack to be an excellent piece of kit so when Treetools ..

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Arborwear finally loaded onto the Treetools website

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Back in August, Treetools blogged about becoming the Arborwear dealer for New Zealand. As a trial we brought in a relatively small range of Arborwear gear. Now, finally we have loaded some of these items onto the website. This represents the limited range still available from the first shipment (so ..

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End of the line for Quercus

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, November 02, 2009

Treetools has one 50 length of 12.6 mm Edelweiss Quercus arborist rope with a CE rated wide spliced eye at each end left in in stock. A  97 meter un-spliced length is also available.

Quercus is being replaced with ropes from Teufelberger and Donahys so we are clearing this last ..

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Teufelberger Treejack arborist harness arriving soon

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, November 02, 2009

The TreeJACK arborist harness (made by Teufelberger in Austria - manufacturers of the Treemagineers TreeMOTION) should be for sale early November from Treetools. This is a tough tree work harness designed specifically by Teufelberger for everyday use.

Features include the Teufelberger 'Safe-Click'buckle (the shutter mechanism needs to be triggered from ..

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Release snap for Big Shot

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, October 30, 2009

One of the complaints with the Big Shot Harrison Rocket launcher is its accuracy when the pouch is under extreme tension. Of course, the tough guys out there will have no problem but mere mortals find, the further back you pull the rubber, the harder it is to focus your ..

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Web-based introduction to tree worker safety

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, October 30, 2009

The classic ISA title The Art and Science of Practical Rigging by Bonelli and Lilly is now available from Treetools. The book forms part of a training module developed by the ISA and Arbormaster Training and makes excellent reading.

In developing the rigging module the ISA, in co-operation with Stihl, produced ..

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Kong Minis in stock

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, October 29, 2009

Mini carabiners have been on the wish list for many Treetools customers for some time but we had difficulty sourcing one that could take about 150 kg of load and still be economically priced.

Many climbers tried the 'key ring' biners available from Mitre 10, Bunnings and the $2 Shop but ..

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Throwline confusion

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, October 29, 2009

Samson Zing-It is probably the most widely used throwline in New Zealand. But it is only available in one colour - YELLOW. Under normal circumstances that might not be a problem but when you have multiple throw lines in a tree (as you do in a Tree Climbing Competition) it can ..

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