popgun Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 I have a Maple tree too close to my house and also too close to my workshop. I can't and won't climb it. It needs to be cut down by a professional. Using my range finder, and converting the yards to feet, I made the following sketch. When I call the Pro's to come and cut this down, how tall should I tell them that this tree is? Thanks. ....popgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dg Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: 31 ft I think The side = the square root of (60 sq - 54 sq) then add 5 ft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billygoat Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: seriously, I'm sitting here, waisting my time, figuring this out.... how sad am I.... and I still don't have an answer! UGGGGHHHH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: Just tell him it's pretty stinkin' tall....come out and see. Too bad you're not in my area. I have a great tree guy. He just dropped two 50 - 60 footers in my small backyard with no problems at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billygoat Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: Sweet Jesus, I think I have it... shouldn't have been that tough (lol). The wife just called me, and asked what I was doing? I told her I was figuring the perimeter of a triangle.... she said, what for, one of your deer stands, I laughed, "no, for one of the guys on realtee". She then says, "asking your hunting buddies for how high a tree is... so it doesn't fall on your house??? I think not"! Anyways, the triangle is a right triangle, therefore your sides must have a ratio of 3:4:5, yours should be 48:54:60, leaving your unknown side to be 48+5' standing height. 53' Hope that's right! I'd hate to wreck your house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: Ok...I found a right triangle calculator. The missing side of the triangle is 26.2'. When you add the 5', you get 31.2'. Sounds like dg was right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: Here's the link to the calculator if ya'll wanna try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billygoat Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: OMG: I missed that by about ohhhhhhh..... 20 some odd feet... plenty of distance from the house though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: [ QUOTE ] OMG: I missed that by about ohhhhhhh..... 20 some odd feet... plenty of distance from the house though! [/ QUOTE ] LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billygoat Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: ROFLMBO: That's alright! I know what 20 yards looks like!!! Dead deer, all year long! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJL Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: OK..........here's my solution. Put on your safety harness.......... and go cut 20 ft. off the top of the tree. Then cut down the rest. That's how the "professional " tree trimmers do it. Unless they're in Canada......then it's a metric tree and I'd hire someone. have a good day JJL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dg Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: [ QUOTE ] Ok...I found a right triangle calculator. The missing side of the triangle is 26.2'. When you add the 5', you get 31.2'. Sounds like dg was right. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah! What do I win? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Ok...I found a right triangle calculator. The missing side of the triangle is 26.2'. When you add the 5', you get 31.2'. Sounds like dg was right. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah! What do I win? [/ QUOTE ] Maybe he'll let you cut down the tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popgun Posted September 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: I knew you guys would come through for me, however..... The triangle calculator don't seem to be as right as billygoat's answer. If I back up across the street and look at this tree it is almost three times the height of my tallest point on the roof of my house. I guess if I over estimate the height of this tree the tree cutters will at least have a better idea of the job it will entail. I think they will have to take it down from the top anyway because I can't afford to loose my workshop or my house. I will see if I can get a photo if I can figure out how to make this Leaf River take a picture manually. I'll keep you posted. ....popgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: Yeah...let's see a picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billygoat Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: Look out, the paper and pencil may have been right after all???? But old goat aint gonna hold his breath! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popgun Posted September 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: The fine white lines are the height at the top of the gable on the shop and the right one is from the house. The tree is about parallel with the front of the shop. I think everyone's calculations are on the money. Problem is that the range finder picks up the reflection of the outermost branches and cant reach the top of the trunk portion. So if we added about 15' to that 60' measurement, making it 75', it would make a lot of difference in the calculation. Using the calculator if that were 75' instead of 60' it would make it 52'+ the 5' off the ground making a total of 57' ??? ....popgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bond Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: Yeah it's 31.15 feet. Pythagorean theorum people - A^2 + B^2 = C^2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browning_gold_12 Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: judging by the approximate height of ground level at house, to roof line of 8 ft, then scaling it off all the way up the tree, i come up with around 42.75 feet. measure it after its on the ground and let us know!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeck Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: Red neck way. take a yard stick, hold it up and back up until the yard stick and the tree are the same length. then lay the yard stick sideways and thats were the tree will reach. squared pied cubed or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: What you need is something called a hypsometer Jeff. Our FFA classes at school measure heights of trees as part of their class. You can use a yard stick as a makeshift hypsometer. Here's what you do. Stand exactly 25' from the base of your tree. Hold the yardstick, with the zero end downward, 25 inches from your eye. Line up the bottom of the yardstick with the base of the tree. Without moving your head, look to the top of the tree. Where it crosses the yardstick, read off the measurement in inches. Each inch will equal one foot in the tree's height. If the tree is taller than your hyupsometer will measure, stand 50 feet away, again hold at 25 inches but multiply your results by 2. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: Looks at least 40+ ft to me [ QUOTE ] Red neck way. take a yard stick, hold it up and back up until the yard stick and the tree are the same length. then lay the yard stick sideways and thats were the tree will reach. squared pied cubed or whatever. [/ QUOTE ] Yeppers...works for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: You could try to use A sq + B sq = C sq. Which by the measurements you give would make the tree A sq= 2916 b sq= 684 c sq= 3600 Which gives you an approximately 31 foot tall tree, looks taller than that to me. Similar to the method Chris gives, you could ue the principle of a right triangle and look from a 45 degree angle and walk out far enough from the tree to be where at 45 degrees you would be looking at just about however tall your eye level is above the top of the tree, then measure the distance from the base of the tree to where you were standing. The height of the tree would be about the same as the distance from where you were standing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: [ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] Sure is a lot of figuring going on here. I think I'd just give them a copy of this pic and get an estimate myself. I'll bet all those branches are going to be figured into the cost of cutting and removing the tree too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billygoat Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Re: I need a geometry buffs help: Climb up to the top and tie a string, then drop the string down to the ground... you'll know exactly how tall it is then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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