Measuring Tree Height Without A Tape Measure 

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Nevermind measure twice cut once, I'd go with measure like 4 times then cut.

Climb-limb- top works real good

Hey I commented the same, my Scout Group was on the outskirts of North London, UK. We were also a drum & bugle band and had use of a field next door to camp in. Great days.

@@TheByard We had a great scout troop and explorer post too. We were in Baltimore, Maryland - when it was a great city! We had access to hundreds of acres for wilderness camping in the rural areas. Besides regular scouting, I was part of our troop’s/post’s Civil Defense Ready Unit (light duty rescue/search & rescue, and first aid). We also had a color guard and did various events and amateur sports events. I joined the scouts in the very early 1960s. I’m 74 years old now and living in Florida. Great to hear from you. I owe much to the boy scouts. It’s a shame what has happened to our formerly great cities.

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Thx!

“Storypole”?

@@DanielinLaTuna no, a story pole is different ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RndKkCXdvys.html&ab_channel=RRBuildings

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You'd have to adjust for that.

@@DissoMaster 🤔😂yep No kidding ... Works best if you are absolutly on level ground or otherwise,Not so much 👍

@@ellissmithjr6599 Keep in mind there may be some autocorrecting where there is slope because if the tree lands at an angle to match the ground slope, it will have a shorter horizontal travel.

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I suppose you could do it from both the top and bottom of that hill and figure the tree height at half way between the two measurements.

Stand at the base of the tree and use this method to measure the height of the hill , or at least where the height of the hill is at half of the tree height. Then add this hill height when you stand on the hill and measure the tree again.

@@smarthome2660 ... read that again and I think he means if you are on the downhill side. That means you need to estimate the rise to the base of the tree first, then subtract that from the tree height. Bottom line is anything but flat ground will throw you a curve ball with extra math... and extra possibilities for error.

@@rupe53 I saw that he said downhill. Its just as you mentioned, add / subtract. weather you are uphill or down. BTW they make a tool to measure trees using like a laser....

@@smarthome2660 ... yup, and if everyone had the laser tool we would NOT be watching this video!

DON'T DO IT. This way is not even close to accurate.

Very cool who was it that went from Egypt and back to Greece to come really close to the earth's circumference? 4-500 years ago. Pathagerus.

Don't work in England , it rains too much !

@@georgerobartes2008 Hahahh, true! But either method will get you wet!

@@geraldcarr7230 , Pythagoras in English.

The well was in Egypt

@@DanielinLaTuna In those days Egypt wasn't even invented.

@@markschattefor6997 Ha! How little you know. The Egyptian dynasties go back to 3100BC. Eratosthenes lived in the seat of the Ptolemaic dynasty (305-30BC), Alexandria, and was appointed chief librarian of the library of Alexandria by King Ptolemy III. It was there Eratosthenes heard about a famous well in the Egyptian city of Swenet (now known as Aswan), on the Nile River. At noon one day each year - the summer solstice - the Sun’s rays shone straight down into the deep pit. They illuminated only the water at the bottom, not the sides of the well as on other days, proving that the Sun was directly overhead. Eratosthenes erected a pole in Alexandria, and on the summer solstice he observed that it cast a shadow, proving that the Sun was not directly overhead but slightly south. Recognizing the curvature of the Earth and knowing the distance between the two cities enabled Eratosthenes to calculate the planet’s circumference. And that is how a Greek living in Egypt calculated the circumference of the Earth

@@DanielinLaTuna Was it called Egypt back in the day??? Don't think so.

@@markschattefor6997 , whether as a vassal state under Persia, or Greece, or a Roman province, or under self-rule, Egypt has always been Egypt. Look up Marc Anthony’s lover and political ally Cleopatra… she was what? Bingo, Queen of Egypt

Used one in highschool FFA forestry class

It's called The Biltmore Stick because the US Forest Service started at The Biltmore Estate.

@@Chris-fo8wp yep

Your kidding me right? How simple no device needed No .math.

@@freedwagner7212 No, I wasn’t kidding and I can’t even make sense of your comment. I can assure you, though, that geometry is involved in any of these methods. One need only to learn using the instrument. The heavy lifting math has been done and incorporated for you. If you’re a hobbyist and only want a gross estimate of tree height a stick is all you need. If sampling to make inferences involving $millions, a higher level of precision is advisable. Consider that the stick is not useful for selecting samples, measuring %slope, etc. All that said, the stick is fun and useful, probably yielding better estimates than you might get with no device - no kidding.

Another scientist. Step back from tree hold a stick at arms length. Mark on stick height. Rotate stick horizontal . Need I say more ,mathematician?

jj rusy You did it right. I guess you didn't sleep through math class like Freed Wagner did.

@@freedwagner7212 I can't wait to see your neighbor's video on RU-vid, called "My idiot neighbor broke his own house."

@@timhallas4275 haha, thanks. what freed typed didnt even make sense, so i didnt even respond. my gadget took about 5 minutes to make from scraps.

What @freedwagner7212 says makes perfect sense, you just fail to understand it. If you take your Biltmore or yardstick clenched in your fist, raising your arm in front of you stand at the tree and walk backwards with the stick held upright, the base of the tree level with the top of your fist. Keep walking backwards until the top of the tree is level with the top of your stick, then stop. Rotate the stick through 90 degrees so it's level with the ground then direct somebody to stand where it touches. Then measure how far they are from the tree. You are simply creating a right angled triangle where two sides are the same length.

Thanks Ryan!

Nice!

New pups need old tricks as much as old dogs need bew tricks. The former seem to do a better job of learning.

I always taught my kids " never forget the power of leverage " 👍

I think I confused an old story about the circumference of the earth.

For sure, and the climbing was just for me to validate that the method. If you just follow the normal method you should get close on the gable height.

@@EverydayHomeRepairs Really have a good thing going over here. The variety of lessons is great. Thanks boss.

I wondered if someone else would clue in on that. If the procedure was done by raising the stick just high enough to accommodate the difference, it might take care of that 2% difference in the measurements.

I pondered the same. I also wondered why one would add the height of the arm rather than the height of your eyes. However, it would only adding a few inches of length. Still, would be better for a little more accuracy. All of it assumes the ground is level where you are standing and the tree. A lot of fudging in there. But it's only an estimate.

Actually, the lower sighting angle would put him further from the tree, resulting in an overestimation. But, there was other slop as well. He was on an uphill slope, and his stride was 3.16' rather than the 3 feet he used, so there was some underestimation there. His stick length measurement was short as well, resulting in further underestimation (note that when he flips the stick from horizontal to vertical the point of contact with his hand (which is his distance marker) moves about 2" further away from his eye. In this case the over and under estimations canceled each other out. It doesn't always work out that neatly.

You bet!

Good when a nice bright sunny day, not so good for a cloudy one.

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Mysterious method called geometry. Used to be taught in all U.S. public schools before it was dropped in favor of critical race theory and gender studies.

If you use the tip of a tape measure you can adjust for those variations. (measure to your eye and lock the tape) Just hold your arm till the bottom of the tape / stick is eye level and you will have 90 degrees at your fist. From there you will get the right view. Add the height for your eye level and it's a done deal.

@@rupe53 better use a level to determine eye level.

Note or mark where your eye level height falls on the tree trunk, and then sight the bottom of the stick to that in addition to the top of the stick to the top of the tree.

Thinking about it, I think the easiest way would be to walk to the tree first and find something on the tree that is at eye height then when you are sighting, line your hand (bottom of the stick) up with that point and the top of the tree to the top of the stick.

@@connecticutaggie That's what I was getting at in my previous comment. He is also uphill by a couple of feet, so that needs to be factored in as well.

😁 love it!

I didn't try it on this application but often use the measurement App to get a quick read on bedroom dimensions. In the past I have found it hard to pinpoint the top of the tree accurately with things like the measurement App. Side Note: Magic Plan uses the iPhone capabilities and does pretty awesome for floor plans. I use it on most my projects.