Tree Climbing Books

Tree Climbing Educational Bundle #1: Climbing

Get a leg up on your training and save money with these bundle deals on the best DVDs and books about tree work. Contains Tree Climber's Companion, Tree Climber's Guide, Working Climber DVD #1.

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Tree Climbing Educational Bundle #2: Cutting & Rigging

Get a leg up on your training and save money with these bundle deals on the best DVDs and books about tree work. Contains: To Fell a Tree, Working Climber DVD #2, The Art & Science of Practical Rigging DVD, The Art & Science of Practical Rigging Workbook.

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Tree Climbing Educational Bundle #3: Mega-Bundle

Contains: Tree Climber's Companion, Tree Climber's Guide, To Fell a Tree, Working Climber DVD #1, Working Climber DVD #2, The Art & Science of Practical Rigging DVD, The Art & Science of Practical Rigging Workbook.

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The Tree Climber’s Companion, 2nd Ed.

This best selling pocket field guide covers tree climbing techniques, equipment selection & use, and provides instruction on basic methods of entering the tree, working safely, and getting back down. A great guide for beginners who want to get started with the safest and most modern equipment and techniques or old-timers who are looking to learn some new tricks. This guide is one of the best sources for learning about the equipment featured in our catalog and web site. Great for use as a training manual for new recruits. Spanish language version available. 103 pages, softbound, excellent illustrations.

Fundamentals of General Tree Work

Beranek's immense 460 page classic deals with all aspects of serious tree work, plus provides a glossary of tree-terms and advice on choosing gear. Written during the big timber days in California, this book still has great info on cutting, felling, & dealing with large tree removals. Makes a great set with the Tree Climber’s Companion for a full spectrum view of all kinds of climbing and tree work. Bestseller!
460 pages, softbound, b&w illustrations & photos.

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To Fell A Tree, By Jeff Jepson

To Fell a Tree was written for the professional tree cutter as well as the weekend woodcutter. If you intend to fell a tree and cut it up for firewood, pulpwood, lumber, or food for the wood chipper, this is the book for you. It's loaded with practical and interesting information which is essential to the safety and success of any tree felling and woodcutting operation, whether it's in the forest or the backyard.

To Fell a Tree is a compact (6 X 9) soft cover book of 160 pages, with over 200 illustrations.

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The Tree Climbers' Guide, 3rd Ed.

Newly revised and now in color! Written specifically for tree climbers, this publication can be used as a basic text for the tree climber as well as a study guide for the ISA Certified Tree Worker Program. This guide contains more than 200 color illustrations. Each chapter includes a list of important terms and concludes with a workbook section. Chapters include: Tree Health and Sciences, Safety , Ropes and Knots, Climbing,Pruning, Rigging,Removal, and Cabling. Appendices with answers to the workbook questions, a glossary, and additional references also are included.
172 pages, spiral bound, color illustrations.

Arborists' Certification Study Guide 3rd Edition

New in 2010! The 3rd edition of the Arborist's Certification Study Guide has been expand to include new and updated info from research and practice, over 80 new full color images, over 100 new pages, including a new chapter on Urban Forestry.

This guide helps you prepare for the Arborist Certification Exam. An invaluable addition to any reference library, with 325 full-color images. Each chapter contains: objectives for study, list of key terms, narrative with illustrations and photos, workbook section, suggested other sources of information, challenge questions, sample exam questions, a glossary of arboricultural terms. Chapter topics: Tree Biology, Tree Identification, Tree/Soil Relations, Water Management, Tree Nutrition and Fertilization, Tree Selection, Tree Installation and Establishment, Pruning, Tree Support and Protection Systems, and many more. 352 pages, soft cover.

Arborist Certification Guide CD, 2010 Edition

New 2010 audio version! Acclaimed by many certified arborists as the study aid that helped them pass the exam, this audio version of the Arborists’ Certification Study Guide may be just what you need! Developed to complement the printed study guide in preparation for the ISA Arborist Certification exam, this set of 16 audio CDs is designed to apply focus to study sessions and reinforce concepts discussed in the text.

The CD set, in a convenient plastic carrying case, is a complete reading of the study guide. Included are the workbook questions at the end of each chapter and verbal descriptions of some of the photos and drawings in the guide. (16 chapters on 16 audio CDs).

On Rope

The guide to vertical rope work. Easy to read precise descriptions on use of ascenders, descenders, shunts, knots, and harnesses for arborists, cavers, search and rescue, fire fighters, mountaineers, window cleaners, rock climbers, military personnel - - anyone and everyone who needs to know all about rope and it's uses.
380 pages, hardcover, b&w illustrations.

Recreational Tree Climbing: A Newcomer's Guide

60 page pamphlet on recreational tree climbing by author Dick Flowers. Covers the equipment, knots, and climbing techniques needed to climb trees for fun. Designed to give people who are thinking of starting to climb recreationally the info they need to have a safe, fun adventure in the tree tops.
60 pages, pamphlet, b&w illustrations.

Arborist Equipment Guide, 2nd Ed.

A complete, up-to-date book on arborist equipment. David F. Blair's extensive book provides technically correct and practical information on the tools and equipment on which arborists depend for safety and quality work. As important for arborists as a chainsaw! 293 pages, hardbound or softbound.

High Climbers and Timber Fallers

Jerry Beranek's book preserves the history of the hardworking folks who made the West what it is today, and chronicles the change from old growth logging to second growth management. Lots of these jobs are incredible and have to be seen to be believed. This book is packed with stories, photos, and history from the last 30 years. A great read, with many-full page (9x12”) photos.
303 pages, hardcover,color photos.