Thread: Need a rangefinder for the job

Originally Posted by R93

Dont you need an accurate angle as well? Which will be horizontal making things even more confusing? Prismatic compass may do the trick?

Yep you need an angle. Every one on this forum would have a compass?
Differing hights between points makes the math more complicated but it all depends on the degree of accuracy(or should that be precision lol)required.

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Originally Posted by big_foot

Yea I figued we might be pushin it, I need to measure up to lengths of 50m anywhere from 100-600m away from my position.

Its not something I intend to go hard out on I was just wondering if there was a simple tool for the job.

what are you measuring anyway? whats your job?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yep you need an angle. Every one on this forum would have a compass?
Differing hights between points makes the math more complicated but it all depends on the degree of accuracy(or should that be precision lol)required.

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I got a compass but its in mils ha ha
17.7 mils to a degree iirc

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Originally Posted by R93

I got a compass but its in mils ha ha
17.7 mils to a degree iirc

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Ffs

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Originally Posted by Neckshot

what are you measuring anyway? whats your job?

Im a hauler driver, the bush is going through a big hoo haa because we keep getting killed. one of the initiatives is getting our breaker outs(the guys that hook the logs up) further away from the ropes before the give the go ahead. Its as easy as common sense but some how the industry naturally attracts workers with a lack of said trait

Originally Posted by big_foot

Im a hauler driver, the bush is going through a big hoo haa because we keep getting killed. one of the initiatives is getting our breaker outs(the guys that hook the logs up) further away from the ropes before the give the go ahead. Its as easy as common sense but some how the industry naturally attracts workers with a lack of said trait

Dead is bad. Probably a good idea aye.

Originally Posted by big_foot

Im a hauler driver, the bush is going through a big hoo haa because we keep getting killed. one of the initiatives is getting our breaker outs(the guys that hook the logs up) further away from the ropes before the give the go ahead. Its as easy as common sense but some how the industry naturally attracts workers with a lack of said trait

So are you measuring that the breakout guys are a set distance away before you haul up?.Thats not the only industry to attract said trait.So when we work on transpower job every subbie has a dedicated safty observer to make sure we observe our mads( minimum approach distance from HV) maybe that's a avenue for the breakout crews?? Unfortunately common sense is overruled by fuck heads in offices now.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yep you need an angle. Every one on this forum would have a compass?
Differing hights between points makes the math more complicated but it all depends on the degree of accuracy(or should that be precision lol)required.

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My compass got to close to an AX one day so now I do circles in the bush

You can use a robotic total station using a laser on non-reflective targets but where talking some serious coin. I’m sure Leica will make then but unless you’re a surveyor by trade it’s not worth the investment.

No simple tool as far as I’m aware. Put tracking collars on your crew and monitor them that way lol

Yea pretty much to just check up now an then to say "yip thats far enough" or "keep climbing you &%$@ @*&^$!!!"

Originally Posted by big_foot

Yea pretty much to just check up now an then to say "yip thats far enough" or "keep climbing you &%$@ @*&^$!!!"

yea rito good luck with keeping the crew safe!!.work safe home safe aye

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Originally Posted by Hayden C

Put tracking collars on your crew and monitor them that way lol

That is a direction some guys are going, they found that some breaker outs are walking up 10km per day, and thats not down the foot path, shes all up and down through the shit. kinda highlights the fatigue issue.

Vectronix make a bino that will do everything you need plus a bit more out to some ridiculous ranges. There are a few floating around NZ for sale. Not the cheapest things going in the world but cheap compared to a saved life. If you can't find any locally then you can import them easyish despite what some people think.

They are big and ugly as all fuck but do a very good job.

Why not put a MOA scope in the hauler ,crosshair on the haul,hashmark on the boys,thats far enough