2012 will be here before we know it and all the major climbing gear manufacturers are already priming the market for the raft of new products due for launch in the new year (as discussed yesterday Petzl have announced the release of the
DMM is one of the first tree climbing gear manufacturers to start showcasing product for 2012. DMM, Teufelberger and the Treemagineers donated a pile of 'demo' gear to the Association back in August following the Treemagineers successful tour down under.
As part of the deal, NZ Arbor agreed to the use of ..
Lack of eye protection (and helmets) is universal it seems!
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NZ Arbor released an Advisory Notice today regarding lanyard compression on problem trees.
Lanyard compression is an issue commonly discussed at Treetools, usually during the harness selection process. Some harnesses are better suited for tree climber protection against lanyard compression than others.
The NZ Arbor BPG saga continues… or is it just a simple typo?
Here's the situation to date: NZ Arbor launched the Best Practice Guideline for Arboriculture as a response to long delays in getting the industry Code of Practice ratified by the Department of Labour (Past NZ Arbor President Rick ..
Rob Fisher from Fisher Photo Industry has uploaded a series of excellent photographs taken at the 2011 Victorian Tree Climbing Comp (VTIO) held last weekend at the Commonwealth Reserve in Williamstown, west Melbourne.
You'll recognize some of the usual suspects including ex-kiwi-pom Matt Glen sporting a Treetools Elios helmet from ..
The latest Arborist catalog from Samson will become the rope nerds bible - it's packed with vital rope data in an easy-to-digest format.
To often rope catalogs are written by the advertising and marketing department and they do not have the vital information needed by aerial arborists to make an informed ..
Climbers probably had visions of secateur and Silky pruning when they first heard about the arbor camp at Hackfalls Arboretum in Tinaroto… but nothing could be further from the truth.
The treework carried out by the volunteer ..
Quality arborist blocks have the Minimum Break Strength (MBS) and Safe Working Load (SWL) or Working Load Limit (WLL) clearly visible to the user. The SWL or WLL figure for rigging hardware is typically based on a 5:1 safety factor relative to the MBS.
But the ..
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