Arborist Skills: How to Apply an SRS Redirect without Unloading Your Primary Suspension Point
Aaron Feather, CTSP demonstrates how to Apply an SRS Redirect without Unloading Your Primary Suspension Point. The beauty of climbing using a stationary-rope system, or SRS, is being able to redirect onto limbs that can position you directly over your work. Limbs that would never absorb the dynamic strain of a moving or dynamic redirect, […]
TCIA Product Review: Pelican Rope’s Easy Move Positioning Lanyard
Donny Coffey reviews Pelican Rope’s new EASY MOVE™ Positioning Lanyard at the Unboxing Ring during TCI EXPO 2019 in Pittsburgh
TCIA Arborist Skills: Tree inspection – A continuous process
Steve Connally discusses how to perform a tree inspection. Steve Connally, CTSP and ISA Certified Arborist, is owner and operator of Adaptable Aerial Solutions, LLC, a two-year TCIA member company based in Suffolk, Virginia. A production climber for 23 years, he is also an NCCCO Licensed Crane Operator, a Crane Safety Climber School instructor and […]
TCIA Arborist Skills: Selecting and Inspecting Crane Slings
Crane operations can be inherently complex and difficult, so having the right equipment is critical to the job going smoothly and safely. Here are some quick tips to selecting, and inspecting, the workhorses of a crane job – the slings. When selecting crane slings for a job, one of the key tasks to perform before […]