The Tree Climbers Companion

Loaded with information and illustrations on standard and advanced climbing techniques, tools of the trade, rigging, throwline installation as well as a complete section on knots and hitches. For beginners or professional arborists.

To Fell a Tree was written for the professional tree cutter as well as the weekend woodcutter. It's loaded with practical information that is essential to the safety and success of any tree felling and woodcutting operation, whether it's in the forest or the backyard. With step-by-step methods and more than 200 illustrations, topics include preparations before the work begins, felling a tree using a three-step procedure, felling difficult trees, and limbing and bucking the tree.--COVER.

‘After I finished this book I alarmed my family by going into the garden and climbing the apple tree.’ – Damian Whitworth, The Times

This is a training manual for the beginning ground worker in the tree care industry. This book walks the reader--step-by-step--through a typical day of the arboricultural ground worker. From the shop to the job site, all the skills necessary to becoming a successful ground worker are presented in detail.

"An advanced training series that requires the user to have already mastered basic climbing skills (or aerial lift operation) and cutting techniques. This series begins with the basic methods for hardware selection and use, knot tying, and limb removal, and advances to compound rigging techniques and methods for removing heavy wood."--Back cover of accompanying book.

James Kingston loves to climb. Whether he's scaling a tree at his local park or ascending to the very top of a crane, looking down always brings about the best kind of rush. And yet it wasn't always this way. Afraid of heights as a child, James vowed to confront an almost crippling phobia. He was transformed, and became one of the most daring and unique free climbers on the planet. Today, James is the go-to man for everything HIGH. Think Wembley Stadium or the Eiffel tower - James has conquered some of the most iconic locations in the world. Packed with death-defying POV pictures, Never Look Down tells how James faces down danger, where his favourite free climbing locations are, and takes you to the top of the world.