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RandyMac · 28th April 2008, 04:56 AM

I had knots in my plumb line, to measure off every 20' of standing tree, I calibrated it against a 20 story building, that I knew was 225' high. It was good enough, for what I did with it, + - 10'. The trick was keeping the distances between you and the tree consistant. I didn't use so much for guessing height, mostly to predict where the break was going to be and set up for bucking.

28th April 2008, 04:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
RandyMac Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: NW California Posts: 77	Re: measuring height of trees I had knots in my plumb line, to measure off every 20' of standing tree, I calibrated it against a 20 story building, that I knew was 225' high. It was good enough, for what I did with it, + - 10'. The trick was keeping the distances between you and the tree consistant. I didn't use so much for guessing height, mostly to predict where the break was going to be and set up for bucking. __________________ RandyMac