Search results

Arborist Forum

Help Support Arborist Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. TreeMuggs

    Close Call: Rigging Point Failure

    A couple weeks ago I had a very close call rigging out the last top on an ugly Silver Maple at the cemetery. My rigging point failed and a 25 ft chunk of log went freefalling towards the earth. Nobody was hurt – thank God. One stone got hit but it didn’t do any damage. As fate would have it, my...
  2. TreeMuggs

    The Tree Doctor

    Originally published in 1902, John Davey’s classic work helped to establish the scientific basis for the modern profession of ‘arborist’ or ‘tree surgeon’. John Davey believed that people’s neglect for trees was simply the result of a lack of understanding of their functioning, and that...
  3. TreeMuggs

    The Ashley Book of Knots

    Published in 1944, this is the Bible of knots. Clifford Ashley took notes on knots for over 40 years of his life, and then labored for over 11 years to produce the most comprehensive reference of knots and ropework ever written. With almost 4000 knots, his work covers basically every type of...
  4. TreeMuggs

    Professor Ed Gilman Online Arboriculture Course

    Very excited to share Professor Ed Gilman's online video course with everyone. This is an extensive series of videos from the Arboriculture survey course that Dr. Gilman taught at the University of Florida. He has graciously given me permission to make these videos available for my audience at...
  5. TreeMuggs

    Homemade Charcoal

  6. TreeMuggs

    Gear Obsession

    Excerpt from my article... Over the last 10 years there has been a flood of new kit onto the arborist scene. Gear, gadgets, gizmos, doohickeys, thingamajigs, contraptions. Call it what you want. Most of it is fluff. For the majority of my climbing career I have been what you would consider a...
  7. TreeMuggs

    Dropping a Peg with the Trucker's Hitch

    For your entertainment: You can see my how-to video on the English Trucker's Hitch here:
  8. TreeMuggs

    Top n' Flop: Removing a tall, skinny, dead Ash

    For your entertainment, one of the jobs from yesterday:
Back
Top