Vermeer Canada (Toronto Area) Seminar

[squad143]

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????

 

[TreeClimber57]

I expect to be going down if all goes well. I am north of Toronto by an hour.

 

[Col2y]

Ill be going as well, is that the same park as last year?

 

[squad143]

Ill be going as well, is that the same park as last year?

Yes, same park and same place.

Hope to see you there.

 

[wiseman]

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

 

[squad143]

Just a reminder, it is this Friday. Hope to see and meet any AS member there.

 

[Col2y]

did anyone see me i was the one wearing a single red rose haha

was a good day, little bit wet

 

[highasatree]

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.

 

[squad143]

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

Getting ready to Kick the Bucket:

An a friction hitch is shockloaded:

Another Hitch is tested, this time the drop is higher:

The guage (on the shackles) records the impact load.

 

[squad143]

A microcender about to get the drop test:

Will the chainsaw bungee lanyard hold up?

Nope!!!

Tensioning a redirected haul line:

John explaining spar pole rigging equipment at a grounds-eye-view.