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PPE inspection

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, December 14, 2009

When it is time to replace your climbing gear? Some companies have a PPE inspection schedule firmly entrenched in their code of practice but others are much less formal and gear is only retired when it breaks! Sounds crazy but it happens.

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One-handed opening throwline rope advance bag

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, December 13, 2009

Advancing your climbing line to a higher position while in the tree can radically increase your range of mobility particularly when moving out on long lateral limbs. Climbers use various techniques to advance their line but the humble throwline is probably one of the most versatile.

As well as advancing your ..

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The world's first triple-action snaphook from ISC

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, December 12, 2009

Love them or hate them - snap hooks get lots of use in the arb industry! But… as we all know not all snap hooks are created equal. When used on lanyards for tree work some double-action snaphooks were opening unexpectedly. Safety concerns reached a point where ETCC officials restricted ..

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Lessons from the rigging master - Reg Coates

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, December 11, 2009



Rigging is one of the more technical aspects of arboriculture and Reg Coates is considered a world master. Reg is the designer of the Stein RC-3002dual bollard and the video below shows Reg and the dual in action.

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IMPORTANT DATES for tree climbers

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, December 10, 2009



If you are into the tree climbing comps set aside the weekend of March 20/21, 2010 for the Auckland TCC and the Asia Pacific TCC the next day. The venue is not confirmed as yet but plenty of tree climbing action ..

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Stop squeaks with graphite (or replace your gear)

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, December 10, 2009

Often customers will call in with a pulley or carabiner that requires a bit of attention. Usually a few puffs of graphite powder brings brings the offending item back to life - but not always!

Graphite is essentially very finely ground 'pencil lead'. As well as climbing gear, graphite willalso give ..

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More about working load limits (WLL)

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Working load limit (WLL) can get confusing. For a start you cannot use a WLL rating in isolation - there are very important relationships between Breaking Strengths (BS), Safety Factors (SF), Working Load Limit (WLL) and Cycles to ..

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Screw-links and strength ratings

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Taiwan and China love copying the screw-tight connectors commonly used in climbing. The simplicity and usefulness of a screw-link make them the perfect target. But there is only one original - Maillon Rapides manufactured by Peguet in ..

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Cheap rope buyers BEWARE!

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, December 07, 2009

A reputable Auckland marine supply retailer is selling climbing rope at an unbelievably low price. The picture below shows the inside of the rope when an attempt was made to splice it. The reason for the CHEAP price is now very apparent although the outer sheath looked to be in ..

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DB Tree Rope Saver improvements

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, December 07, 2009

The closer the retrieval shackle is to the choke the easier the rope saver is to retrieve!

This EUREKA moment lead to some changes in the latest DB Tree Rope Saver. The original version was a finite length (usually 1.3 m) and had a very tight spliced eye (with a DB ..

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