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 ..
Efficiency and worker safety are the primary motivating factors when arborists choose to attend a Pro Climb Workshop.
These workshops, led by head trainer Rossy Ross, provide a great 'refresher' for working arborists. Rossy's style of training is very hands on and the individual courses are designed ..
Latest word out of Hobart - James Kilpatrick has won the mens 2012 Asia-Pacific Tree Climbing Competition - that's three years running! Well done James!
..Unconfirmed reports out of Hobart have Scott 'The Legend' Forrest, Joe Harris, Henk Morgan, James Kilpatrick and Mark Gistitin going through to the Masters this morning.
The womens Asia-Pacific Masters are Kiah Martin and Julia Pennisi (nee Chilcott).
Spiderjackery Joe Harris won the men 2012 Australian Nationals with Julia Pennisi taking the ..
Downer & Co are better known for heavy industry but they also have a thriving tree service division in the Wellington region.
Behemoths like Downer are typically slow-on-the-uptake with the new energy-efficient climbing and rigging gear coming onto the market - but this is ..
The DMM Pinto and DMM Pinto Rig pulleys were described as 'Cocoon killers' by market pundits when they were first launched - and there is some truth in this claim.
But German-based ART are not resting on their laurels. They have come ..
Our thanks to Mr Spiderjack Joe Harris Into Trees and crew including James Kilpatrick, Scott Forrest, Kiah Martin and Jeremy Thomas.
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Wirecore fliplines are about as traditional as you could get in tree work - BUT they might also become a thing of the past.
There are moves in a number of high-profile NZ arb companies to have wire core fliplines (positioning lanyards) relegated to the scrapheap. Some companies have already pronounced ..
Neal Harding has updated the NZ Arbor Top 20 climber rankings to include all qualifying events up to the early March Auckland Regional TCC.
Jawand Nga Chun retains top position going into the 2012 Asia-Pacific Regional TCC this ..
Tree Spec's (Australia) Grant Cody, along with reigning world tree climbing champ Scott Forrest, worked with Donaghys in developing their new climbing line, Cougar Blue.
Check out the video below showing Grant and the Tree Spec team working on a problematic Eucalyptus in a Mt ..
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