Almost every arborist who visits our shop has a tale to tell where they have had a 'close shave' or they know of someone who has been hurt while at work.
If you use any of the climbing equipment sold by Treetools ..As noted previously in the Treetools blog the Walsh planter is a modified Spear & Jackson trenching spade. It is the result of many years of research and development with forestry planting contractors. One of the criteria applied to its development was the final price performance ratio: that is, the ..
Johno Smith (master arborist and owner of Treetop Solutions, 2009 Auckland Tree Climbing Champion and member of the DB Tree Team) visited Treetools earlier this week and while discussing the rapid development in tree climbing techniques he mentioned the new Attache 3D sport carabiner from Petzl.
By utilsing a '3D' ..
Petzl have two professional tree worker helmets - the Vertex Vent and the Vertex Best . The cooling effect of the ..
We have reviewed the Walsh Planter spade in a previous blog. The Walsh is proving to be a very popular spade: the extra reinforced welding close to the top on the handle and along the back seam above the blade make it very robust; and the ..
We get a number of calls each week from people looking for information about NZ Chainsaw Protective Leg Wear Standards. Most are planning to buy chainsaw protective clothing on Trade Me due to the low prices being offered. A word of warning: check which Standard the ..
The Petzl ear-face combination is by far our most popular form of hearing and eye protection for tree workers. The ear-face system is designed to easily fit onto the Petzl Best or Vent helmet.
Treetools has various configurations depending on your requirements. Your can buy it as the Petzl ear-facewith ..The Treetools range of Allite orchard ladders are made in New Zealand from structural grade aluminum. All joints are welded for extra strength.
Theunique tripod design of this ladder offers the best possible stability on uneven ground - perfect for the orchard, hence the name - but this does not ..
I had a good chat with Tom McDougall who works with Asplundh Tauranga about Tachyon and other climbing gear earlier this afternoon - we got to talking about the Wolf Claw tree climbers. Buckingham Bashlin and Klein are the most well known in this arena and are all very similar ..
Last week we featured the Spiderjack 2 from ART - its described as a multi-functional ascending and descending device and supposedly one of the first to be commercially available. The Thompson Unicender is another one to consider. We're not sure if ..
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