Climbers: Need To Know

- Adding Years to your Climbing Career: It is not every day that we develop an idea that can make our daily routine easier._889kb

- Aerial Rescue Prepardness: Something’s wrong. Your tree care worker is aloft in an aerial bucket. There’s a problem._267kb

- Building a Climbing System: I get a big laugh when I think back to my original climbing system._1.73mb

- Careful Cutting, Part 1: Pruning is one of the least understood disciplines in arboriculture for a variety of reasons._82kb

- Careful Cutting, Part 2: There are many “myths” about tree pruning that can confuse even the sharpest consumer._91kb

- An Overview of Climbing Hitches, Part 1: Techniques have been adapted and borrowed from various high-angle disciplines._2.4mb

- Climbing Hitches, Part 2: Additions to and corrections of 2 previous articles on climbing hitches that appeared in earlier issues._70kb

- Greater Falling Accuracy: Understanding the mechanics of a good hinge is essential in developing accuracy and confidence._439kb

- Friction Saver Instructions: Install throw bag and line over desired limb using one of the techniques in the throw bag section._138kb

- Fundamentals and Fine Points of Footlocking: With its speed and efficiency, it has replaced the sluggishly difficult body thrusting as the main method of ascension for many._1.09mb

- A Genealogy of Climbing Hitches: Historically the specific name that was given to a knot was sometimes based on its form, sometimes on its function._2.32mb

- Ground Worker's Guidebook: Timeliness and Preparation: Show up for work on time, rested, and sober. Be reliable._34kb

- Portawrap Instructions: A couple methods for portawrap use._118kb

- Using Progressive Arboricultural Techniques: Arborists arrive on the jobsite using space-age fibers in the ropes._208

- Choosing the Right Rope for the Job: Man’s greatest invention may have been the wheel, but some would argue in favor of rope._1.15mb

- Doubled Rope Techniques (DdRT), Part 1: This article illustrates some of the systems that are available to make ascent fast, safe, and efficient._240kb

- Doubled Rope Techniques (DdRT), Part 2: Some of the systems that are available to make ascent fast, safe, and efficient._211kb

- Selecting Climbing Rope: Tree climbers are a breed unto themselves – a demanding breed._548kb

- Selecting Throw-Line: Using a throw line is a skill, best employed under the right circumstances._88kb

- Setting a Speed-Line: The goal of this project was to remove trees damaged in a series of storms in the fall 2004._341kb

- The Single Rope Technique: Hard to beat when the climb is long or when the rope cannot be isolated around a single limb._488kb

- Single Rope Technique (SRT): The single rope technique (SRT) employs a static climbing line system and is used as a means of canopy access only._392kb

- Slick Tricks, Part 1: Arborists use slick lines, commonly called throwlines, for a variety of tasks.bucket operators._1mb

- More Slick Tricks, Part 2: This article continues the discussion of manipulating line w/ an example of how to help set lines._860kb

- Speedline Variations, Part 1: Speedlines typically are used to move material away from a tree._1.12mb

- Speedline Variations, Part 2: In some situations, a speedline can be used to move material that is already on the ground._1.52mb

- Case Study In Strategic Tree Removal: Test your ability to endure physical demands as well as creative problem-solving abilities._72kb

- Technical Rigging for Removal: When the limbs get heavier, the quarters get tighter and the targets get closer._599kb

- Tie-In Technique Too Troublesome to Title: The industry has been advancing at such a rapid pace in the past decade._495kb

- Engineering a Tree Removal: In years past, rigging a tree for removal seemed to be less complex._646kb

Safety

- Accidents in Arboriculture: Why do accidents happen? Accidents, by definition, are unplanned events._248kb

- Aerial Lift Safety in Tree Care: Aerial lift work can be relatively easy to achieve, provided you follow recommendations._395kb

- Appropriate Use of Top-Handled Chain Saws, Part 1: Singlehanded use of a top-handled chain saw as your normal operating technique is not acceptable._443kb

- Appropriate Use of Top-Handled Chain Saws, Part 2: Any chain saw in any tree is dangerous and each situation has to be judged._157kb

- Crane Best Practices in Tree Removal: Many tree companies today either own or rent cranes for use in removing trees._862kb

- Best Practices for Crane Safety: As with any other modern piece of equipment, we have been using cranes to make our jobs easier._275kb

- Crane Use and Safety: In the past 5 to 10 years, the use of cranes for tree work seems to have increased greatly._460kb

- First Aid for Tree Care Crews: Tree work is a rigorous, demanding job. Little accidents and cuts happen._292kb

- Evaluating & Working With High Risk Trees: When is it safe to climb and safe to cut? The climber should make the critical decision._806kb

- Getting a Leg Up on Chain Saw Safety: It’s easy to overlook leg protection when using a chain saw._232kb

- Osha's Top 5 Citations for Tree Care: 69 inspections, 175 citations $147,200 in penalties. Avoid making the same compliance mistakes and incurring similar penalties._72kb

- PPE Paperwork Requirements, Part 1: Did you know that the employer has a paperwork requirement related to PPE use?_76kb

- PPE Paperwork Requirements, Part 2: The employer must enforce a PPE policy so that there is compliance in the field._219kb

- Preventative Chain Saw Maintenance: Be sure to use the appropriate file size and hold it at the correct angle to the cutter._309mb

- Proper Chain Saw Sharpening: Your ability to cut safely and quickly is significantly affected by the condition of your chain._1mb

- Risk & Hazard Assesment for Arborists: Some thoughts on a systematic approach to accident prevention in tree care._465kb

- Heads Up for Tree Hazards: Help your clients address potential tree hazards and advise them when a arborist may be needed._59kb

Other

- Beneficial Insects: Beneficial insects that help reduce the numbers of pests in our landscapes._207kb

- Building Customer Loyalty: Instinctively we all know that “how well” we serve a customer makes a difference._443kb

- Cabling and Bracing, Revision: This is an excerpt from the draft version (ANSI) for support systems – cabling and bracing._403kb

- Climber Ed Hobbs’ Contributions: I competed in my first “Tree Trimmer’s Jamboree” 30 years ago._162kb

- Fertilization 101: Trees growing in their natural habitats such as forests can reach their full potential with no human intervention._239kb

- The Good Bugs in your Trees: Other insects and spiders that make a living hunting in your trees._574kb

- Improve Quality, Productivity & Morale: One of the questions that managers ask me a lot is, “How do I motivate my staff?"_70kb

- Lightning Protection for Trees: TCIA’s redefined the way those in the tree care industry deal with lightning._336kb

- Migrating Customers to IPM-PHC: Those of you in the commercial tree care industry are the ones who recognize the importance._1.62mb

- Old Arboriculture Book: This copy of Mortimer’s Husbandry, published in 1761, was found in a trash heap in an empty lot in Simi Valley, California._520kb

- Organic Mulch: Is organic mulch from any one tree species better for transplant survival and soil-borne disease suppression?_464kb

- A Lesson in Proper Shrub Pruning: Know the 3 kinds of pruning cuts, their effect on plant heath and their aesthetic results._390kb

- Radial Trenching: Radial trenching is the excavation of soil in a spoke pattern, with the tree trunk as the hub._576

- Root Pruning: Root pruning is hard, dirty work. It is usually discussed more than it is practiced._530kb

- Sharpening PHC Diagnostics: Invariably, plants will develop problems. We need to be aware of the causes of these problems._640kb

- The Bee Tree: Every pre-climb tree inspection checklist includes looking into the canopy for bees._74kb

- TCC Fun or Profit: In 2004, I was at the ISA International Tree Climbing Competition with a pair of binoculars and a notebook._3.62mb

- What About Me: Me, the employee! Most articles or seminars relate to the various aspects of business management._231kb

- When to Call an Arborist - Landscaper: Landscape contractors and arborists often work together, and if they don’t, they should._246kb

- Observations from a Woman in the Field: Nearly all my adult life work has been in forestry related fields. I have always possessed passion for trees._111kb