Paul,
No, I was well above the base. Trying to measure the tulips from
the low ground wouldn't work at all. I'm mystified.
Bob
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On Dec 29, 2009, at 9:06 PM, "Paul Jost" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is this a case of an uphill tree base that had the lower measurement
> inadvertently added instead of subtracted the first time around?
>
> Paul
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob" <[email protected]>
> To: "ENTS" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 6:49 PM
> Subject: [ENTS] Bad day at Black Rock
>
>
>> ENTS
>>
>> Well, today proved disappointing. I could not verify the height
>> I had previouly gotten for the tuliptree on Montpelier. I couldn't
>> even come close. I measured and remeasured. Nancy Weiss accompanied
>> me. She had a Prostaff 550. We got similar distances on all the trees
>> we measured.
>>
>> Basically, the best I could do was 161.2 feet for the tree I
>> thought I measured yesterday. However, I got 14.8 feet in girth for
>> the tree. I had listed the girth as 13.7 feet on Sunday. I measured
>> the tree adjacent to the one just mentioned to 159.1 feet. I presume
>> it was the one I measured yesterday to 158.8 feet. It's girth is 14.0
>> feet. Nothing matches and there aren't any other candidates in the
>> spot I thought was the right one. Man, what was I on yesterday?
>>
>> On a positive note, We measured a new tree to 161.1 feet. Time
>> was running out so I didn't go down and get it's girth. The new tree
>> makes the 3rd over 160 I've measured on the site.
>>
>> Unfortunately, time was limited. So I didn't get accomplished
>> what needed to be done. I had to be in Charlottesville to measure a
>> tree for a heritage tree committee. It is a green ash as best I can
>> tell. It's dimensions are: CBH = 15.4 ft, Height = 95.0 feet,
>> Spread =
>> 75 feet. The tree stahnds next to a museum. I measured the tree using
>> the tangent method and got 111.8 feet.
>>
>> I'm thinking about returning tomorrow for a 3rd time to
>> Montpelier. The third time is a charm.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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