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tl;dr is I would HIGHLY recommend BartlettMan.com for good prices on gear and a real willingness to provide patient, detailed help with advice tested on their own in-house tree company.
I need to do some climbing (rigging a number of trees to fall uphill, and building two treehouses for my kids a little "ambitiously high" for my ladder comfort) Naturally I spent some hours on ArboristSite
Wesspur is mentioned positively numerous times on the forums, so I went there first. I'm technical, but not in this field, so I had some specific questions about rope and hardware options. Surprisingly I was told they do not have anyone available with actual professional field experience (?!).
BartlettMan.com came up on numerous product searches, but I couldn't find a whole lot of reviews; gave them a call anyway and got a quick callback from an actual arborist (now shop manager). He spent over 20 minutes with me on a number of questions, providing advice, justification, and specific product options. The ecommerce site is apparently the same company as a regional line-work (power company) and residential tree company, with hundreds of field workers - highly relevant to me looking for durable, "idiot-resistant" kit
Disclaimer: I have zero association with Bartlett or anyone else, and I did end up ordering serveral products from WesSpur, and they were very responsive to resolve post-order problem. But I wanted to get Bartlett mentioned here as they were very generous with their time and advice, which was invaluable to me. They also met their same-day shipping commitment, even before a holiday weekend.
I need to do some climbing (rigging a number of trees to fall uphill, and building two treehouses for my kids a little "ambitiously high" for my ladder comfort) Naturally I spent some hours on ArboristSite
Wesspur is mentioned positively numerous times on the forums, so I went there first. I'm technical, but not in this field, so I had some specific questions about rope and hardware options. Surprisingly I was told they do not have anyone available with actual professional field experience (?!).BartlettMan.com came up on numerous product searches, but I couldn't find a whole lot of reviews; gave them a call anyway and got a quick callback from an actual arborist (now shop manager). He spent over 20 minutes with me on a number of questions, providing advice, justification, and specific product options. The ecommerce site is apparently the same company as a regional line-work (power company) and residential tree company, with hundreds of field workers - highly relevant to me looking for durable, "idiot-resistant" kit
Disclaimer: I have zero association with Bartlett or anyone else, and I did end up ordering serveral products from WesSpur, and they were very responsive to resolve post-order problem. But I wanted to get Bartlett mentioned here as they were very generous with their time and advice, which was invaluable to me. They also met their same-day shipping commitment, even before a holiday weekend.
