📚 The classroom

Lessons.

Real skills, taught by working tree people. Knots 101 is on every tier — Sapling included. Stump grinders, wood chippers, SRT and more open with Trunk. New courses dropping monthly. Built for everyone in the trade — climbers, groundies, bosses, contractors and operators.

Live now

Course · 10 lessons ✓ All 10 on Sapling ⭐ All levels

Knots 101

The ten knots every tree worker should be able to tie blindfolded. Bowline, running bowline, figure-8, Blake's, prusik, clove, timber, marlin spike, alpine butterfly and munter. All ten included on every tier — even Sapling.

Your progress 0 / 10
Start course →
🪢

Dropping soon 🔒 Trunk & Canopy

Members vote what comes after.

🪵
Up next 🔒 Trunk

Stump Grinders 101

Pre-starts, teeth selection, depth control, finishing technique. Operating self-propelled, tow-behind and tracked grinders without leaving moonscape behind.

8 lessons · 60 min
🪚
After that 🔒 Trunk

Wood Chippers 101

Feed-roller mechanics, jam clearance, blade care, chip quality. Safe feeding, hand signals, exit lanes. Disc and drum chippers — what kills people and how to not be that bloke.

9 lessons · 70 min
⚙️
In the queue 🔒 Trunk

Chainsaw Care 101

File angles, depth gauges, fuel mixes, bar maintenance. A sharp saw beats a strong arm.

7 lessons · 50 min
🧗
In the queue 🔒 Trunk

SRT for Apprentices

Single rope technique from the ground up. Hitch climbers, hipthrust ascend, redirects, transitions. No more flailing on the rope.

12 lessons · 90 min
🩹
In the queue 🔒 Trunk

Aerial Rescue

Pickoff rescue, lowering an unconscious climber, footlock backup. The drills you hope you never need.

6 lessons · 55 min
🗳️

Members vote next

Rigging fundamentals? Aerial rescue? Spider lift basics? Trunk & Canopy members vote on what drops after wood chippers.

🔓
All courses unlock with Trunk.

Plus all 5 open chat rooms. First 2 months on us · then $19/month · cancel anytime.

Start 2 months free

Member voting

Pick what drops next.

Vote inside the community. Top-voted course gets fast-tracked.

Cast your vote