Corona TP6881 Arborist Pole Pruning System
Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Get a load of this beast! As noted in a previous blog Brett Nasmith got Treetools onto this professional arborist pruning system.
The TP6881 isn't pretty - ..What about a Lug-All Come Along?
Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, August 04, 2009
It's only been 24 hours since we posted the Portable Winch blog and already people are asking about alternatives!
Malcolm Shaw from Norton Tree Services swears by the all American Lug-All (Malcolm does a lot of tree bracing work so he knows a good hand winch when he sees one). ..
Treetools to stock Portable Winch
Richard Tregoweth, Monday, August 03, 2009
Treetools had a customer in the other day who had their chipper bogged down in an urban park - and they spent over 6 hours hauling it out! A Portable ..
Animated knots
Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, August 02, 2009
Drew Bristow dropped in today to say DB Tree is definitely planning to launch their product range in the spring - see previous Treetools blog, TreeBuzz
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Organic pruning paste
Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, August 02, 2009
There is still much debate about pruning paste. Contemporary tree care professionals consider the application of a tree wound dressing unnecessary.
This view is endorsed by Royal Horticultural Society studies although the RHS do suggest dressing wounds when pruning trees with Coral Spot.
Apparently there are other exceptions: trees prone ..
Dead, damaged and diseased
Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, July 30, 2009
If you want to give life back to a tree - follow Jon Muller's 3D pruning principle: remove dead, damaged and diseased wood. Deadwood can be the source of infection. Remove it and let light back into the ..
Secateur blades - hard or soft?
Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, July 30, 2009
Any engineer will tell you "the harder the steel the more brittle it becomes". Soft steel will 'bend' and ultra hard steel will 'snap'. When making secateur blades a compromise must be reached: too soft and the blade won't keep its edge, too hard and it ..
Unicender demo
Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Since posting the blog on July 10 about the Thompson Unicender Treetools has been inundated with requests from climbers wanting to view the product and, if possible, have a play with one. According to Morgan Thompson, working arborist ..
Bahco pole 'saw' comparison
Richard Tregoweth, Monday, July 27, 2009
The range in saws available can be daunting to anyone new to pruning and Bahco is no exception. We get numerous questions regarding the difference between the two Bahco pole saws available for the AP-3M (or
