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Tree Climbing Equipment

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Due to popular demand we have added a Climbing Equipment section to the Treetools website. The gear is similar to that used by climbing arborists with the exception of some safety equipment. eg the Petzl Elios helmet is designed for sport tree climbing only NOT tree care work (no facility ..

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Felco Hoof Shears

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, June 14, 2009

Hoof shears are not exactly tree tools but the ARE used for pruning (animal hooves). Since we stock other FELCO pruning tools we get numerous requests for the Felco 50 and 51 models. So, we have decided to include them in the FELCO section but not the general catalogue.  ..

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New Sections to Website

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, June 14, 2009

We have added new and expanded sections to the Treetools website today: About now includes Support and News. The first photo gallery shows pictures taken at the Auckland Tree Climbing Champs back in March - check it out, you might find a good pic of yourself in action. We have ..

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Replacement Parts

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, June 14, 2009

We have replacement parts for most of the equipment and tools we sell. Some have not been loaded onto the site yet (please bare with us). If you are after a specific part and cannot find it on the site contact us or phone 0800 TREETOOLS (873386) and we'll see if ..

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Secateur Sharpening

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, June 14, 2009

This is probably our most asked question - how do I sharpen my secateurs and what's the best sharpener to use? We believe the Swiss Istor sharpener is the best available for sharpening secateurs, loppers, hedge shears, scissors, knives etc. A couple of gentle sweeps along the blade and you're ..

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Tachyon Splice

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, June 14, 2009

Drew has completed the first Tachyon splice (after a few blisters). We will test this along with various knots at Standens next week - it seems a shame to deliberately destroy this first splice but sacrifices have to be made. For those of you who want to do your own ..

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Tachyon Arrives

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, June 12, 2009

Our first shipment of New England Tachyon has finally arrived and quite a few metres has shipped already to those who couldn't wait any longer.

DMStandens will test knots and splices over the next week with Drew Bristow (and hopefully Andy Neverman) trialling Tachyon in the field to see how ..

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Ratcheting Loppers

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, June 11, 2009

The ratcheting loppers were on display again at the Field Days this year - popular enough to have a couple of stands promoting slightly different versions. During the year no body asks us for this type of lopper. Consequently, we have always considered them nothing more than a gimmick…BUT they ..

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Field Days

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, June 10, 2009

We've spent the day at the Field Days today assisting on the Castellari/Okatsune/Silky its a good opportunity to catch up with everyone again. Silky have some new interesting products: the Todoku pole saw designed for electrical utility work - uses the Hayauchi replaceable blade and comes in a sturdy canvas ..

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Walsh Planter in Action

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, June 09, 2009

The Walsh Planter has been in action now for a week and according to Sam from Scrub Growers it is performing well. The angle of the blade to the handle is set correctly and the weight is perfect for throwing into the turf. Sam hasn't used the step-ons much but ..

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