New lessons every month SWMS + VOC templates in every drop

Skill up.
Gear up.
Club up.

Lessons for the whole tree trade, with the paperwork you actually need on site included in every drop. Then the rewards, the partner discounts, the clubhouse and the mulch map stack on top.

Start learning · 60 days free See the lessons
✓ $0 charged for 60 days (Trunk · Canopy) ✓ Cancel anytime ✓ Built by tree people
This month's lesson drop Lesson + site pack
Learn the Ropes · 10 knot lessons
video, step-by-step, quiz, patch
Live
SWMS template
edit, sign, hand to the site super
.docx
Risk assessment + risk matrix
job-ready, trade-specific
.docx
Pre-start checklist
saw, chipper, EWP, truck
.pdf
VOC certificate template
verify competency, keep the record
.pdf
A fresh lesson lands every month — rigging, machine ops and storm work queued
LESSONS★ SITE PACKS★ REWARDS★ PARTNER DISCOUNTS★ CLUBHOUSE★ HIRING YARD★ CLASSIFIEDS★ MULCH MAP★ LESSONS★ SITE PACKS★ REWARDS★ PARTNER DISCOUNTS★ CLUBHOUSE★ HIRING YARD★ CLASSIFIEDS★ MULCH MAP★

Priority one · Lessons

Learn the trade.
Take the paperwork with you.

Structured lessons for the whole tree trade — climbing, rigging, machine ops, storm work, the business side. A fresh lesson lands every month, and every one ships with the documents you actually need on site.

SWMS

Safe work method statement, editable

Risk Assessment

Trade-specific, job-ready

Risk Matrix

Score it, file it, defend it

Pre-Starts

Saw, chipper, EWP, truck checklists

VOC Certificates

Verification of competency templates

Course one · Learn the Ropes · live now

Tie ten knots.
Earn your first patch.

Bowline through Munter — the ten that earn their place in your harness. Built by working climbers, filmed in the field, watchable on a phone between jobs. Stump grinders, chippers and machine ops all queued up next.

Start course →
01 · free taste
Bowline
02
Running Bowline
03
Figure 8
04
Blake's Hitch
05
Prusik
06
Clove Hitch
07
Timber Hitch
08
Marlin Spike
09
Alpine Butterfly
10
Munter Hitch
▶ Preview the Bowline lesson — free, no signup →

Lessons first. The rest stacks on.

Four parts, one club — in the order they matter.

01 · Lessons Monthly lessons with the site paperwork included. 02 · Rewards Partner discounts plus a monthly gear draw. 03 · Community Eight rooms, the Hiring Yard and Classifieds. 04 · Mulch Map Drop sites pinned and rated by members.

Priority two · Rewards & partners

Get rewarded for showing up.

The rewards programme runs on our affiliate partners, the brands the trade actually buys. Ongoing member discounts and promotions, plus a fresh bit of kit drawn every month: chainsaws, harnesses, climbing gear, course vouchers. You vote on what's up next.

Lessons finished, posts made and mulch-map pins all bank draw entries — and there's a free entry route under Australian trade-promo law, so anyone can enter. Entries bank from day one; the first draw date gets announced before it runs. SA and ACT sit out for now.

See how the draw works → Meet the partners →
Draw 1 prize · locked in Entries banking now
Clogger Zero chainsaw protective trousers — May 2026 prize
Hero shot drops at launch
First prize
Clogger Zero Trousers
Then: Protos helmet · Stihl MS 261 → vote
RRP
$529

If you work the trees, you're in.

Arborists, climbers, groundies, loppers, crew bosses, operators, truck drivers. Apprentice or 25 years in, Cert V or no cert at all — if you've done the work, you're in.

Priority three · Community

Eight rooms. One trade.

No spam, no Facebook drama, no corporate filter. Five rooms open on Trunk, three more on Canopy for bosses and senior crew.

General B.S.

Smoko-room banter — wins, stuff-ups, who's on what job.

Gear Talk

Honest kit reviews from people who use it daily. One good answer saves you hundreds.

War Stories

Near-misses and hairy rigs — learn from people who've been there.

Tree ID

Photo in, ID by lunch.

Tips & Tricks

Old-mate shortcuts, written down for the next apprentice.

Canopy Lounge Canopy

Senior crew shop talk — pricing, clients, the hard calls.

Hiring Yard Canopy

Hire or get hired. State the rate, no recruiter cut.

Classifieds Canopy

Gear bought and sold by people who know what it's worth.

Room #9? Members vote on what opens next — crane crews, SRT-only, apprentice corner.

Example — #gear-talk

This is the conversation you've been missing.

Built on Circle — a proper chat platform. Photos, video, threads, mentions, mobile + desktop, in the truck on smoko, doesn't matter where. Your ARBCLUB login carries you straight in.

Sapling sits in #general-bs. Trunk opens all 5 open rooms. Canopy adds the 3 professional rooms — Canopy Lounge for shop talk, the Hiring Yard for finding work or hiring crew, and Classifieds for buying and selling gear.

Walk into the clubhouse →

"Anyone running the new Silky Zubat 390? Worth the extra coin over the 330 for the reach?"

"The 390 lives in my harness. Reach is the difference. Won't go back."

"First bowline-on-a-bight on a real job today 🤘"

Priority four · The Mulch Map

Know where to drop before you leave the job.

Free mulch drops, paid mulch drops and log drop-offs, all pinned, rated and reviewed by members in every state. Council depots, commercial yards, private blocks, schools, churches and community gardens.

Dropping a pin or reviewing a site banks draw entries too. The map gets sharper every week, and you stop ringing around at knock-off with a full truck.

Open the mulch map →
The Mulch Map AU + NZ
Free mulch drops
Private blocks, schools, gardens wanting loads
Paid mulch drops
Tip faces, composters, council depots with fees
Log drop-offs
Mills, firewood operators, woodturners
Member pins · star ratings · access notes · hours

Why this exists

Built for the trade.
By someone who knows it.

11 years running an arb association. The same three problems kept showing up.

Bosses who couldn't find reliable crew — posting on Facebook, hoping for the best. Workers who wanted to learn but couldn't get to training during business hours. And newer workers with a genuine question, staying quiet rather than risk getting mocked for asking it.

None of those problems are hard to fix. They just needed somewhere built around the trade, not borrowed from it. That's ARBCLUB.

Day one, and honest about it. ARBCLUB launched in May 2026. No fake testimonials, no bought reviews, no "trusted by 10,000 climbers" badge stretched over the truth.

What's real: eight rooms running on Circle, a ten-knot course published with quizzes and safety notes, fifty arborist events in the calendar, and a $529 pair of Clogger trousers as the first prize.

Join in the first wave and you shape what gets built next — the courses, the rooms, the gear partners. We're listening to the first hundred members like our launch depends on it. Because it does.

Real human at hello@arbclub.ai · Based in Australia · More ways to reach us →

Pricing · cards on the table

Three ways in.

Sapling to dip a toe. Trunk for the whole clubhouse. Canopy if you're running a crew or hunting contract work. First 60 days on Trunk and Canopy are on us — and first-wave members lock their launch rate for life.

Sapling

14-day trial
$9/month

A taste of the clubhouse

  • ✓Post in #general-bs — the smoko room
  • ✓All 10 knots in Learn the Ropes
  • ✓1 prize-draw entry every month
  • ✓Profile + rank up to Rigger
Start 14-day trial
★ Most popular

Trunk

2 mo free
$19/month

First 2 months · No card charged

The whole clubhouse, open to you

  • ✓Jump into all 5 rooms — gear, war stories, tree ID, tips
  • ✓All current + future courses (rigging, climbing, machine ops, storm work)
  • ✓2× draw entries on every action (cap 10/mo)
  • ✓Refer mates → free months for both of you
Start 2 months free

Canopy

2 mo free
$49/month

First 2 months · No card charged

For bosses, contractors & senior crew

  • ✓Everything in Trunk
  • ✓Canopy Lounge — senior crew shop talk
  • ✓Hiring Yard — find work or hire contract climbers, groundies, operators & drivers (no recruiter cut)
  • ✓Classifieds — gear & machinery for sale by tree people, for tree people
  • ✓Monthly live group session with an industry expert
  • ✓5× entries · no monthly cap
Start 2 months free

One honest gear review in #gear-talk can stop you wasting hundreds on the wrong kit. Most weeks the clubhouse pays for itself.

Cancel anytime in your first 60 days, pay nothing. AUD inc. GST. Full pricing & FAQ →

Common questions

Quick FAQ

What actually happens in the chat rooms? +

Eight rooms total. Five open on Trunk: #general-bs (smoko banter), #gear-talk (honest kit reviews), #war-stories (near-misses you learn from), #tree-id (photo in, ID out), #tips-tricks (old-mate shortcuts). Three behind Canopy: #canopy-lounge (senior crew shop talk), #hiring-yard (trade-wide marketplace for contract climbers, groundies, plant operators and truck drivers) and #classifieds (gear & machinery for sale, by tree people). You vote on what opens next.

Where's the chat actually live? +

The clubhouse runs on Circle — a proper chat platform. Photo + video sharing, threads, mentions, mobile + desktop, push notifications you can switch off. Your ARBCLUB login carries you straight in — no second password. Sapling members post in #general-bs; Trunk unlocks all 5 open rooms with full posting; Canopy adds the 3 professional rooms — Canopy Lounge, the Hiring Yard and Classifieds.

How does the trial work? Will I get charged? +

Every tier starts free — 14 days on Sapling, 60 days on Trunk and Canopy as a launch promo. We take card details upfront but charge $0 for the trial period, and email you a 7-day heads-up before the first charge. Cancel anytime in your trial, pay nothing. After the trial it's $9 (Sapling), $19 (Trunk) or $49 (Canopy) a month, billed monthly.

Is this for tree workers, or for bosses? +

Both — and that's the point. Arborists, climbers, groundies, loppers, apprentices, crew bosses, owner-operators, contract climbers, contract groundies, plant operators and truck drivers. Workers and bosses share the open rooms (smoko, gear, war stories, tree ID, tips). Bosses, contractors and senior crew get the 3 Canopy rooms — the Canopy Lounge for shop talk, the Hiring Yard for finding work or hiring contractors / operators / drivers, and Classifieds for buying and selling gear and machinery. The vibe is mates around a smoko, not a corporate Slack.

Do I need to pay to win the monthly prize? +

No. Australian trade-promotion law requires a free entry method, and we have one — anyone can submit a no-cost entry on the rewards page (no signup, no card). Members earn entries through activity instead: Sapling 1 entry/month at 1×, Trunk 2× per action up to 10/month, Canopy 5× per action no cap. Heads up: the first draw hasn't run yet. Entries bank from day one and carry into Draw 1, and the date gets announced to every member before it runs. SA and ACT residents sit out until those states' extra licences are sorted. Full detail in the Draw T&Cs.

Three ways in

Pick your tier.

Trunk and Canopy open every room and unlock every course. First 60 days are on us.
Sapling if you just want a taste — smoko-room access, all 10 knots, 14-day trial.

Trunk · 2 months free Canopy · 2 months free

Or just want a taste? Grab a Sapling spot below — full Learn the Ropes, the smoko room, cancel anytime.

14-day trial, smoko-room access. Upgrade anytime to Trunk or Canopy for the full clubhouse.

For brands

Run a brand the trade actually uses?

Become an ARBCLUB partner brand. Give our members a discount code, we do all the promotion — community posts, emails, social media. You track redemptions and settle a small commission monthly. Zero upfront cost, no lock-in.

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