Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 10:32 pm
Tom,
Enjoy! I hope you do well.
Larry,
Sorry I'm taking so long to respond to your invite. I'm on the road for long periods of time (I drive a truck over-the-road for a living), and, consequently, I don't make many serious plans outside of family obligations very far in advance. I will be home in about two weeks for a few days, and if I'm able to get to Rochester, I'll try to let you know in advance. I suppose an email would do the trick. I would love to visit with you and any of your interested group. I'm really an amateur at this measuring stuff, but I do know the basics. Ed Frank put together a very, very helpful document on the basics of tree measuring and Will Blozan, Bob Leverett, and others have done a TON of work on the subject. Some of it is way out of my league right now, but it's all very serious, honest, accurate methodology. These fellows are really at the top of their respective fields and their efforts are to be admired. I've linked to Ed's worksheet below, as well as Will's measurement guidelines. These were my starting point, and should be required reading for anyone interested in serious tree measuring. I'm sure Tom Howard will be able to help as well.
http://www.ents-bbs.org/viewtopic.php?f=284&t=2984
Elijah
Enjoy! I hope you do well.
Larry,
Sorry I'm taking so long to respond to your invite. I'm on the road for long periods of time (I drive a truck over-the-road for a living), and, consequently, I don't make many serious plans outside of family obligations very far in advance. I will be home in about two weeks for a few days, and if I'm able to get to Rochester, I'll try to let you know in advance. I suppose an email would do the trick. I would love to visit with you and any of your interested group. I'm really an amateur at this measuring stuff, but I do know the basics. Ed Frank put together a very, very helpful document on the basics of tree measuring and Will Blozan, Bob Leverett, and others have done a TON of work on the subject. Some of it is way out of my league right now, but it's all very serious, honest, accurate methodology. These fellows are really at the top of their respective fields and their efforts are to be admired. I've linked to Ed's worksheet below, as well as Will's measurement guidelines. These were my starting point, and should be required reading for anyone interested in serious tree measuring. I'm sure Tom Howard will be able to help as well.
http://www.ents-bbs.org/viewtopic.php?f=284&t=2984
Elijah