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How do you guys calculate distance to your pic? I have a laser rangefinder but it works like crap. It’s hard to tell what I’m on. Am I on a limb am I on the trunk am I on some other tree? I can’t freaking tell. Of course I have a trustee ol measuring wheel. But sometimes it’s over a house in through the woods we go and I cannot calculate the distance with the wheel. Any input would be appreciated
 
CanaryBoss said:
How do you guys calculate distance to your pic? I have a laser rangefinder but it works like crap. It’s hard to tell what I’m on. Am I on a limb am I on the trunk am I on some other tree? I can’t freaking tell. Of course I have a trustee ol measuring wheel. But sometimes it’s over a house in through the woods we go and I cannot calculate the distance with the wheel. Any input would be appreciated
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I pace it out and guess the height. been at it for a few years. There more that I didn’t think I could get but did than I thought I could but couldn’t. Actually that hasn’t happened yet. I try to be really conservative so it’s not a bad decision when I tell the client I can do it. You just get used to your boom and load chart
 
I respect your presence in the industry Steve. There has to be better way though. I quote almost none of my jobs myself. I need a scaleable process. Any help is appreciated.
 
CanaryBoss said:
I respect your presence in the industry Steve. There has to be better way though. I quote almost none of my jobs myself. I need a scaleable process. Any help is appreciated.
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Gotcha. At first I felt like I let the customer down but after they worked with me a bunch and put me on jobs that my machine wasn’t the best option for I stopped taking it personally. It’s the primary contractors job to get the rite tools there. Took me a while to feel that way but your situation is different because they are your jobs. Make sure your salesman comes out to a few jobs and give tons of feedback on the bids. I looked at a high end inclinometer/range finder. What I wanted it to do was about $1k so I bagged the idea. The electronics are out there though. Lots of good stuff on the market though if you’re willing to invest the cash in it to prevent bad estimates
 
CanaryBoss said:
How do you guys calculate distance to your pic? I have a laser rangefinder but it works like crap. It’s hard to tell what I’m on. Am I on a limb am I on the trunk am I on some other tree? I can’t freaking tell. Of course I have a trustee ol measuring wheel. But sometimes it’s over a house in through the woods we go and I cannot calculate the distance with the wheel. Any input would be appreciated
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I use a laser range finder and it works well. I also use a measuring wheel or pace out the radius them estimate the height.
 
Yep, a hypsometer is what you want.


This is what I have, it’s ~$90 cheaper now too!
 

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Welcome to TreeBuzz Hawk. If you type @CanaryBoss he will get an alert email that someone spoke of him - or is requesting his attention etc. Otherwise sometimes a person might not pick up on that you are asking him something. ( He last posted on this thread April 22, 2019.)

I know he posted somewhere far more recently as I saw pictures of his crane and some other small tracked cranes he bought. Can't find them though - sorry.
 
Merle Nelson said:
Welcome to TreeBuzz Hawk. If you type @CanaryBoss he will get an alert email that someone spoke of him - or is requesting his attention etc. Otherwise sometimes a person might not pick up on that you are asking him something. ( He last posted on this thread April 22, 2019.)

@Merle Nelson thank you.



I know he posted somewhere far more recently as I saw pictures of his crane and some other small tracked cranes he bought. Can't find them though - sorry.
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