Petzl dominate the tree climbing helmet market in New Zealand with the Vertex range of helmets. The Vertex Best outsells the Vent at least 3:1 (certainly at Treetools). Many companies have written the 'Vertex Best' into their Best Practice procedures and are moving away from the Vent as standard equipment. ..
Treescape climber Dave Stejskal (number 6 in the NZ NTCC) has kindly sent through dates from Marlies for the 2010 TCC events - individual locations are yet to be confirmed.
Christchurch: 13 March
Below is a comment by Wouter from the Netherlands - the owner of the 'Duck Saver' featured in the Matt Says No blog.
It appears Wouter is a previouswinner of the Dutch Tree Climbing Competition and competed against Andy Harrison (of Harrison Rocketfame) back in 2002 at the ITCC in ..
Investment in climbing gear is a large expense for climbers and arborist companies alike. Apart from the serial number on each piece of climbing equipment its often hard to tell individual items apart. Many competition climbers say they often return home from the comps with the same amount of gear ..
Masters Challenge in Cornwall Park today starts at 1:00 pm - best to arrive about noon. Turn left once you go through the Greenlane Road entrance - you'll see the big gum over the fence in the paddock. Be prepared for a BIG climb! Everyone welcome. See previous blog for ..
The Masters Challenge today in Cornwall Park proved to be a bit of a challenge… for everyone bar the organizer Matt Glen. Treetools will post a video later in the week showing some of the action.
Guy is pictured below in a crotch 10 meters up the gum getting unsolicited ..
Dave has questioned the "fall-arrest ability" of the rated 22 kN Aspiring sling used on the DB Tree rope saver. He highlights a very important issue relating to all rope savers - particularly those being made for personal use by individual ..
Here's a link worth bookmarking: http://drivelink.blogspot.com/ This blog is written by Dave Vickers, a chainsaw tutor at Sparsholt College in the UK. and its primarily aimed at inexperienced chainsaw users and arb students. But there is plenty useful information for anyone working with a chainsaw.
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True? Well, almost. As a general rule the 50% figure can be applied but the real answer as to how much rope strength is lost is "it depends".
Have a look at this study conducted by Dave Richards, Technical Director with the Cordage Institute in the US. His team tested three ..
A group of Auckland tree climbers have planned an informal Masters Challenge this Sunday (early afternoon) in Cornwall Park as part of the preparationfor the Auckland Region TCC. Access via the Greenlane Road entrance and walk left - you'll see the big gum across the fence in the farm paddock.
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