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question: which placement & retrieval device is best?—-pruner pole, Sidekick, Mini-Reach or the Retreever?

Climbed for 30+yrs.---last five with aide of ascenders, slings & biners micro pulleys etc... But my favorite: a telescoping Rope retriever called the Sidekick that telescopes From 27 inches to nine ft. weighs less than a pound and attaches to saddle. Still use it---makes life sooo much easier...

Retired from commercial climbing years ago but am constantly looking for easier ways to get up and into a tree. Besides carabiners & slings, shot bags and grigri's---have found a device (at last) that makes getting around in a tree canopy much, much easier. Rope fetching device called a...

Been wondering what to get my rec-tree buddies and gal friends for Christmas. Working over the catalogs have settled on a few nice (useful) things such as slings, carabiners, micro-pulleys and my favorite aide in setting alternate TIP points and retrieving ropes up to 10-12 ft. away, the...

30 plus yrs. as a climber. advice: Don't look down unless securely tied in---preferably with two lines (up-line and a short lanyard)---don't try and be a 'cowboy', always swinging out on the dead limbs or spars trusting to luck (luck always runs out). Imagine the worse case scenario before...

About climbing jamborees----Are there any rules that exclude (aides/accessories) that greatly increase the ease, speed and efficentcy of a 'competition' climb such as assenders, throw cords, short lanyards and now these various rope retrieval devices such as the Sidekick? Obviously they won't...

pruner pole too bulky---any better way to retrieve ropes? free up small hangers, stuck throw pouches/monkey fists etc....? The pole just wears me out and moving it around with me in a canopy is a chore.

Makes me angry that the entire industry seems to be turning away from climbing skills for the comfort of heavy equipment bucket trucks,spider-lifts etc... Whatever happened to the days when a man was known as a 'climber'. A SKILL that must be developed over many years of trial and error and...

Go to Stein outreach---first selection is some weird thing from Japan.

Greetings--- Can anyone over there recomend a large reputable tree equipment supply house for me to contact. I have just recently granted exclusive marketing rights in the UK to Fletcher Stewart co. for a tree tool I make and would like to strike a similar deal with a good distributor in...

Hope to see you at the Expo in Nov. Will you be displaying the Sidekick rope placement and retreival device? O.D

Greetings to all out there in arborial land--especially any from lands other than the good ole USA. A question for those of an international pedigree. What is the name of the top one or two tree equipment supply houses in your country? You see, I have recently begun marketing an unusual...

Does anyone but me wonder why it is that no one thinks to give an arborist a usefull arborist tool instead of say--a pair of socks for Christmas? I recently got the Bailey's Christmas catalog and there are some things in there that I think would make great and usefull gifts from one arborist to...

Has anyone out there ever tried ataching a lasor to their saw in order to pinpoint the felling-line when droping a tree? Just curious.

A word of encouagement to all you budding innovators/entrprenuers in the arborist community. About two years ago I introduced (through this website) an innovative tool called the Sidekick desighned to aid in the precise placement and retrieval of ropes while aloft in a tree. Overall--- the...

guys-- recently got my edition of TCIA magazine and along with it the TCIA products and services guide. The picture on the cover of the p&s guide got my attention. Just what is the pictured climber using to fetch the throwsack back to him from the outer edge of the trees canopy? I could be...

Guys-- What do you believe are the most useful innovations (labor savers) out there? I'm getting too long in the tooth to be doing this much longer but have found that with the aid of a few simple tools such as a pickeroon,a jet-sled a sidekick rope retrieval device, micro-pulleys a big...

Guys-- Bought a cambium saver but am wondering if its really necessary. Have'nt seen a dead limb yet due to rope burns- including from lowering crothes that take much more abuse. what s the verdic?

Have a few sidekick rope retrieval and placement devices left over after having filled an odd-lot order for Wesspur tree equipment supply co. Can be viewed at arborexotica.com or e-mail me direct at [email protected] T

Where the heck are the wolly-bear worms this year? Thirty years in the biz and this is the first year I have'nt seen a worm. Anybody else?