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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I trust you are keeping warm during all the storms blanketing
the country. We are on our way back to Atlanta after a very warm and refreshing
week in Florida. The week ended with a great chain saw workshop at Amsler’s
Saw today in Brooksville, FL.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Just finished the article below… keep Tall Knowledge
in your cutting plans!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Good Sawing,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Tim Ard<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Forest Applications Training, Inc.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Phone: 770.222.2511<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>http://www.forestapps.com <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>We have an eStore for items discussed in our programs... <a
href="http://www.forestapps.com/e-book/eStore.htm" target="_blank">eStore</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tall
Knowledge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>By Tim Ard
Forest Applications Training, Inc. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
was told a story recently of a young man assisting another to take down a tree.
He was somewhere in the work area as the tree was beginning to be felled. About
the time the tree was to be released he looked and saw a vehicle coming toward
the target or lay area and ran out to stop the vehicle on the road. The tree
fell and the young man was in its path on his way to the road. I was told he
lost his life in the incident. The person relating the story said that the sad
thing was that the tree wasn't tall enough to reach the road. The young man
lost his life and the tree could not have hit the car coming down the road. <i>It
was not tall enough to do so</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>How
important is checking the lay of the tree before beginning the cut? The
surroundings in relation to the height and lean are so important. A plan must
be complete with whether the tree has potential of hitting or reaching an
obstacle or if a person is positioned to stop traffic, can it reach the person?
How would you know? Height measure is the answer. Height measure is the
technique of estimating or measuring the height of the tree before you cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>There
are several ways to check standing tree height and many different tools ranging
from a stick to an elaborate laser type hypsometer. One of the simplest, and
usually readily available, is a stick or even two short sticks that can be
located at just about every worksite. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
concept is called triangulation. If you can figure two sides of an equal
triangle you know the length of the other side... Well I'm not sure if the
terms or the geometrical theory is correct but I know the stick trick can work.
Take a stick longer than your arm and measure your arm length as accurately as
possible. Then turn the stick upright at 90 degrees. Sight the base of the tree
at your thumb grip on the stick, then with a look upward to the upper end of
the stick note what you see at the tree. If you have tree above the stick move
back. If the stick is above the top, the tree would not reach your location.
Right below your eye, if the visual height of the tree is covering the entire
stick, on the ground will be where the tip of the tree will land. It can be
very accurate. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>With
this technique you can estimate height for some important <i>tall knowledge</i>
before you cut. Make sure people, pets and obstacles are well out of the way
before you choose to start the saw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Learn
more at our <a href="http://www.forestapps.com/cross_sight.html" target="_blank">Height
Measure</a> link on our website. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Height
measure is explained in detail in our eBook (video of height measure is on our
SP and C eBook versions) and the <a
href="http://www.forestapps.com/cross_sight.html" target="_blank">Cross-Sight</a>
info sheet. Both can be found at our <a
href="http://www.forestapps.com/e-book/eStore.htm" target="_blank">eStore</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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