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NZ arb industry desperate for skilled staff

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Treetools is on the RSS feed from the NZ Arb Association website. That means we get information from the association as soon as it is posted on the net.

Over the last year, job vacancies have represented the vast majority of content coming through from our industry organization - the latest ..

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Everything breaks - eventually!

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Tall (arb) tales of true-and-bold are par for the course at Treetools! Most of the stories are hilarious accounts of on-the-job hi-jinks resulting in right royal stuff ups - work place banter you would expect to hear in an industry like arb.

But, there are times when the stories take on ..

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ART Spiderjack 'Dyneema Kit' cautionary notice

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, May 07, 2012

If it can happen. It will happen! A cautionary note from Joe Harris.

"A friend called yesterday to say that one of his climbers has just received the new Dyneema kit for the Spiderjack.

He installed the kit and started climbing, but two hours later sent it down saying that it was ..

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The art of splicing - the video that had to be produced!

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, May 06, 2012

Watch a master splicer at work and you'll understand why splicing is considered an art. And yet, most of the videos seen on net depict splicing as a pretty dull affair, certainly not the art form we know it to be.

Not happy with ..

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Pfanner introduce Nexus Safety Glasses

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, May 04, 2012

Pfanner, manufacturers of Stretch-Air chainsaw clothing, have expanded their range to include safety glasses.

As with all things Pfanner, the new Nexus Safety Glasses come packed with innovation, partially due to the fact the Pfanner designers actually stopped and listened to what arborists had to ..

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ART Spiderjack innovation instore now!

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Treetools alluded to ART Spiderjack 2.1 developments back in January and the new gear has finally arrived in store.

The complete Spiderjack 2.1 Dyneema model is available along with the replacement 'Dyneema Kit and the extended Roll Lever. Both 'improvements' can the retro-fitted to ..

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Tree climbing entrepreneurs - and this is only the beginning!

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Harrison Rockets, DB Tree, Climb Every Thing, Pro Climb, Kiwi Klimbers, the Northland Tree Climbers Association, the Agathis Fund and the Scott Forrest Legends Foundation are all examples of kiwi (tree climbing) entrepreneurial spirit.

Many of these entities are only a few years years old, but they already play a major ..

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Excellent Hobart piccies from Fisher Photo Industry

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Fisher Photo Industry (famous for the 2012 Sherrill catalog cover were on hand in Hobart to provide a photographic record the 2012 Australian National TCC and the 2012 Asia-Pacific Regional TCC.

Rob Fisher of Fisher Photo Industry, was the official photographer for the ISA sanctioned events but he would not ..

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Four kiwi qualifiers for 2012 ITCC in Portland, Oregon

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Following James Kilpatrick' Asia-Pacific TCC hat trick over the weekend, New Zealand has four qualifying tree climbers in the upcoming 2012 ITCC in Portland.

Scott 'the Legend' Forrest returns as current world champion, James Kilpatrick now represents the Asia-Pacific Region leaving a position open for ..

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All in a days work for Treescape's Ross McIntyre

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, April 30, 2012

One thing is for certain, the day in the life of an arborist is never dull.

When Treescape arborist Ross McIntyre encountered a problem tree on a Waikato River walkway there was only one thing to do - blow the bugger up!

The large pine had ..

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