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Treemagineers pulleySAVER grabbing the limelight

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, April 10, 2011

The long awaited EN 795B, soft-eye pulleySAVER from the Treemagineers is now available in New Zealand. Treetools has the pulleySAVER in two lengths: 1250mm and 2500mm and there is a 4m version available by special request.

There are already many copies of the soft-eye rope saver concept out in the ..

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The Treemagineers Waikato Workshops are fully booked!

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, April 08, 2011

NZAA President, Rick Mexted tells us the Treemagineers Workshops scheduled for August 2, 3 and 4, 2011 in Hamilton are now fully booked. Those lucky enough to be booked at one or all of the three Workshops are in for a real ..

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You can't always get what you want… in a wire-gate tool clip!

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, April 08, 2011

Treetools published the latest Husky promo video in a Pro Climb blog the other day. The climber depicted in the video flicks his Husky chainsaw off the 'caritool' on his harness with ease - attracting comments from some of our regular blog readers.

The Petzl Caritool (available in large and small ..

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Splicing - harder than you think to get it right!

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, April 06, 2011

The late, great arborist and tree climber Scotty Sharpe was a master splicer for Yale through Cannings in Melbourne. Before his untimely death last year, Scotty held workshops around ..

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ETCC launches website for the 2011 event

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, April 05, 2011

The European TCC is generating so much hype it is almost outdoing the US version (yes, I know we should wash our mouths out but you cannot deny the facts).

The 2011 ETCC, scheduled for June 18 and 19 in ..

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Pro Climb's Auckland Rigging Workshops almost all booked out!

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, April 05, 2011

The Pro Climb Rigging Workshops scheduled for 18,19, and 20 April in Auckland have proved to be a winner.

The Introduction to Tree Rigging course (Rigging 1) is completely booked out but there are still a couple of positions available at the Advanced Tree Dismantling and Rigging Techniques ..

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Stein makes your working day 5-times easier!

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, April 05, 2011


Reg Coates must never get a moment to sleep - he appears to spend most of his time dreaming up ways to make an arborists life easier!

Have a look atthe Coates-designed Stein Arbor-trolley in the video below. Reg claims it will ..

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Treemagineers workshops almost sold out!

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, April 04, 2011

If you were planning to attend any of the Treemagineers workshops in Hamilton, early August you had better pull your finger out!

One of the days has already sold out and there are not many spaces left on the other two days - contact NZAA President Rick ..

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Compulsory Sunday night viewing

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, April 03, 2011

Ascending the Giants from Uncage the Soul Productions on Vimeo.

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Grassroots innovation alive and well

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, April 03, 2011


There are two schools of though in developing new tree climbing equipment (and methods).

One revolves around the use of mechanical devices and the otheraround knot-based solutions. International examples of this phenomenon include ART (mechanical) and the Treemagineers (largely knot-based).

Advocates ..

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