Vermeer Canada (Toronto Area) Seminar

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squad143

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This years Toronto area Vermeer Canada Arborist Seminar is going to be held on May 7th.

Hours are 8-4.

Same place: Bronte Creek Provincial Park -1219 Burloak Dr. Oakville Ont.

Fee is $15 (includes lunch) with the proceeds going to "Tree Fund Canada".

If interested RSVP Monica Hainey at 1-800-668-9065 or [email protected]

I'm told that the morning session is: Drop and Break (ropes, friction hitches, cam decenders).

The afternoon session is: Equipment Selection (limitations and product knowledge).


I attended last years seminar and had a good time. I'm going this year.

Anyone else in the Toronto area????
 
Awesome to hear about this. I was just at the Vermeer store and the never mentioned it. I missed it last year, not missing it this year.
Peace
 
did anyone see me i was the one wearing a single red rose haha

was a good day, little bit wet
 
Mycrew and I attended this seminar. Very informative for me and my son because it reflected the equipment and techniques we use almost every day. Just some neat variations that we can adopt. $15/person was cheap for this demonstration, but the $300.00 I spent on equipment was a nessessary evil,lol...Eugene.
 
The Vermeer seminar was excellent again this year. The weather was not as cooperative though as it started raining around 1:30. Those of us who are not made of sugar stayed till the end at 3:00

Once again, John Ransom from Arboriculture Canada Training and Education Ltd. was our instructor. ( http://www.arborcanada.com/ ) In the morning, John covered friction management, climbing systems and shock loading of different knots, friction hitches and mechanical rope grabs.

The afternoon session covered rigging equipment selection & uses.

All in all a worthwhile day. Thank you Vermeer (Brampton) for putting this on.

I’m looking forward to next year’s seminar


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Getting ready to Kick the Bucket:
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An a friction hitch is shockloaded:
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Another Hitch is tested, this time the drop is higher:
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The guage (on the shackles) records the impact load.
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A microcender about to get the drop test:
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Will the chainsaw bungee lanyard hold up?
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Nope!!!
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Tensioning a redirected haul line:
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John explaining spar pole rigging equipment at a grounds-eye-view.
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