Here's some crane work for you
Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, November 19, 2011
Lack of eye protection (and helmets) is universal it seems!
..'Circle of death' Advisory Notice from NZ Arbor
Richard Tregoweth, Friday, November 18, 2011
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.
Two Best Practice Gudielines for NZ arboriculture?
Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, November 17, 2011
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 ..
Victorian TCC pics now available from Fisher Photo
Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, November 17, 2011
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 ..
Rope nerds bible from Samson
Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, November 16, 2011
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 ..
Inaugural Hackfalls Arborcamp a huge success
Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, November 15, 2011
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 ..
What's the tensile strength of your rigging rope?
Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, November 10, 2011
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 ..
Escalator: New Englands latest ascent line
Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Someone at New England Ropes deserves a kick in the pants! The company has gone to all the bother (and expense) of producing a new ascent line and all Treetools can tell you is exactly that: New England Ropes have launched a new ascent line called Escalator: why struggle to ..
Hackfalls arborcamp/working bee this weekend in gizzy
Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Break out your camping gear for the first of the summer arbor camps (it's always summer in Gisborne) - the Hackfalls Arboretum arborcamp and working bee is this coming weekend in Tiniroto, Gisborne.
The Hackfalls Arboretum tidy up work is mostly snow and storm damage to medium sized trees, although there ..
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- Victorian TCC pics now available from Fisher Photo
- Rope nerds bible from Samson
- Inaugural Hackfalls Arborcamp a huge success
- Treework: if it can happen; it will happen!
- What's the tensile strength of your rigging rope?
- Escalator: New Englands latest ascent line
- Hackfalls arborcamp/working bee this weekend in gizzy
