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| Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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Recently at the Vermeer show I had a chance of checking out these pointers in broad daylight. I tried Tim Bushnell's Sherrill one which is around $90 USD when a guy was watching me. He goes try this one mate, and it was way way better. Much bigger dot about twice the size and brighter. I could point out a termites nest up a tree 200' away in broad daylight! And this little "now this is a knife" beauty is $119 Australian and available here. https://www.bintelshop.com.au/welcome.htm It's the Bintel BGLP-20 Now if you do pruning and want to point out cuts etc you need this thing, or if ya want to make clever videos.
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| Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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| Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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How much you pay over there for them?
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| Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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Mine cost ?40 so 3 ozzy dollars to the uk pound that would be around $120 ozzy dollars!! which seems a lot. I've used mine for 3 years, it's a great tool for highlighting structural weaknesses, fungal brackets, branches to be pruned off, cracks, dead bark, discoloured leaves, dieback etc when talking to customers. When dealing with your crew you can point out all the above plus good anchor points for climbing and rigging, attachment points for lowering branches etc. I think you buy them much cheaper these days maybe ?20 http://www.skylineselect.co.uk/index...FQPclAodWlSFGQ I'd recommend them to anyone, just dont point them in your clients eye. |
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| Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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But some of the cheaper ones dont have the same power or intensity. Price is on par then, $119 AUD here for a good one.
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| Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Glasshouse
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Ekka...I went to the Vemeer Show at Griffith Uni last week. Was that the one you went to?
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| Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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Yeah, I put some video's up, 3 I think. Good show, plenty of pizzas, but I wish I brought a chair.
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| Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Glasshouse
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EKka- sorry that I didn't meet you. Might have been info over load for my crew but we enjoyed ourselves. May be next time...
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| Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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I bought that laser pointer, got it yesterday, man it's GOOD!
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| Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indianapolis
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I have the Sherrill one, the lighter weight version. It's a very impressive tool when standing there with a client. Brings about a hi-tech element to a rather rustic, physical profession. I pull it out a lot when doing evening estimates, but it's not any good in normal daylight. When doing estimates on crown reductions for next Winter, I use the laser to point right to where I'll be making a cut, "That one, there, this one, here" and so on and give a little about why..."Overextended, this one back to that lateral, thin this overly dense area, selective limb removals in this reach, then tip prune the rest." Then by whirring the laser in a circle, you can outline the new size of the crown. I really think this cements the deal because when you're booking a job in May for next December and slapping a whopper price on it, the client has a lot of time to reconsider, or get other estimates. I still have yet to lose one. Thanks for the link to the mega-powerful one. I would definitely recommend that one over the earlier version. |
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| Veteran Heritage Status Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Australia
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I had a cheaqp one of these didnt last 2 sets of batterys! How have the dearer ones held up?
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| Mature tree Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Austin, Texas
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The $90.00 Sherrill laser is alright if you're in the shade. And if you cruise the internet you can find the same thing for $50.00 or less. The one I use is from Laser Glow : Laserglow Technologies - Handheld Lasers, Alignment Lasers and Lab / OEM Lasers It can highlight a tree or branch 300 feet away at high noon in the summer time. (In low light, it will highlight an object a city block away. ) It's a great sales tool as you point out all of the bad work done to the neighbor's trees while explaining how and exactly what you need to do to your client's trees. The one I have cost around $700 US but I sold a $10,000 job the first day I used it. It has paid for itself a hundred times over in just a few years. Last edited by Eric Frei; 28th February 2011 at 05:51 PM. Reason: changed link |
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| Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Perth
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Hi there lads! Has anyone tried the "Onpoint standard green laser pointer from Treestuff.com? I'm looking at buying one and with the strong aussie dollar it should be around the $40 mark. Cheers lads Tree Stuff - OnPoint Standard Green Laser Pointer |
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| Veteran Heritage Status Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Victoria, Australia
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Weren't high power lasers made illegal a while ago after a spate of attacks on airplanes around the country?
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| Mature tree Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Austin, Texas
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That's the same green laser sold by Sherrill for $90.00. Works in the shade - poorly in bright sunlight. And, no lasers are not illegal. |
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| Mature Tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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| Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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Not the same laws across Australia. Victorians (as usual due to being a police state) get short end of the stick with gutless lasers. Queensland rules:- Quote:
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| Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NSW
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dear daniel re - laser permit application we confirm that laser pointers over 1 mw are classified in nsw as 'prohibited weapons' and are legislated under the nsw prohibited weapon act 1998. a prohibited weapon application fee is $127 - the permit is ussued for a term of 5 years. we advise that information is available on our website - http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/__data/...R_May_2010.pdf |
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| Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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Oh the police states are going great, anyone held up a bank with a laser pointer lately.
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| Moderator - Previously known as JayD Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: TreeWorld, Sydney Australia
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| Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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Well, there's a lot of idiots south of this border eh.
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| Moderator - Previously known as JayD Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: TreeWorld, Sydney Australia
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| lol..god damn idyits everywar.... ..
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| Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NSW
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| Yeah, but my permit to acquire another gun is $30, it just doesn't make as much sense as it should.. Maybe it's just me ![]() Oh! and I am required to keep my new deadly laser in my gun safe when not in use! %^$*^%$ ![]() |
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| Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Now that's real smart thinking by that great POLICE state. ![]() You blokes used to have backbone and tell the politicians how it's done, now ..... girlie men. ![]() Probably why you cant win State of Origin anymore. LOL
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| Moderator - Previously known as JayD Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: TreeWorld, Sydney Australia
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| Moderator - Previously known as JayD Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: TreeWorld, Sydney Australia
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| lol...could ? ...would in QLD..vote 1 JayD head cane toad..lol...ripet..
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| Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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It may have taken 20 years but finally I have the plate ... read it and weep girlie man. ![]()
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| Moderator - Previously known as JayD Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: TreeWorld, Sydney Australia
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| lol....oh please... no not the plate..lol.apart from the plate.. ...that trailer looks sweet
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| Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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It's a "Smart Trailer"
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