Wrap the measuring tape until the entire branch is wrapped. For more accurate measurements, use thinner tape.
He's an arborist
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icelimit@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
white_nrdy@programming.dev 1 month ago
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
4.1 inches is 10.4cm
7 inches is 17.8cm
sangeteria@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Probably from the side tbh as opposed to either of these two
Wilco@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Measure from the taint and add an extra inch to the measurement for standard wood shrinkage.
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s method b both for tree branches and for appendages of different creatures
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Average them?
Krauerking@lemy.lol 1 month ago
Woah wait… Can we solve the measuring crisis but just measuring from the trunk at the top and all the way across then wrapping around the exposed end and back down the length on the bottom to the next obstruction?
Wouldnt that then include the width in your overall measurement and everyone would be generally impressed at any dimension?
kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Nevermind the measurement. How are you going to use the branch?
VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
They are using the wrong measuring unit, instead they should measure the force needed to pull it level.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You’re saying rigidity/turgidity trump sheer length and girth?
VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Most arborists prefer branches that can handle the load, and avoid sagging branches or ones that snap off.
affenlehrer@feddit.org 1 month ago
Bend it straight, then measure
MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Take the average
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Down to the root
JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Measure from your feet, all the way up your legs, to the tip of your erect shaft, you say?
titanicx@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
What is your tree normally goes straight out with a cut l downward curve? The measurements are the same either way…
Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Diameter obviously. But also, the bottom line is going into trunk wood so obviously wrong.
ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I had just gotten out of the pool!
xspurnx@leminal.space 1 month ago
There was shrinkage!
myrrh@ttrpg.network 1 month ago
…arborists use neither method: DBH is the orthodoxy for tree measurements, diameter at breast height…
barzaria@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Loggers should be called arbortionists.