Rangefinders

Jimmy
I got a deal for you from one soccer guy to another.
I'm at a British Challenger camp now.
I can post more details later tonight when I get home .

R.

1st iPhone post 🙂

Hand compass...100' tape...plot it and scale...or pull out lat/dep table...

DDSM:beer:

Dead Reckon

If you have a hand level and just need crude ranges, you can use the level bubble graduations to determine an angle subtended by a target of known size. Or roll it over and read it like stadia hairs with a funky constant.
Close enough for artillery.

Depending on the range you need/want out of the unit I would recommend the Leica Disto Series, Laser Technologies TruPulse Series or the Laser Atlanta Advantage Series.

All have pros and cons and would vary in price point from a few hundred dollars to nearly $3K depending on the features and bundle purchased.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=binocular%20rangefinder&rlz=1C1SNNT_enCA470CA470&um=1&hl=en&biw=1440&bih=815&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw&ei=gRvmUdyiJOHpiwLE4IHQDQ

> Chris and I were working yesterday, and were looking across an old river slough, and were wondering how far across it was to the vegatation on the other side of the water. Chris mentioned that he wish we had a rangefinder.
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> I thought that might eventually be a good addition to the toolbox for rough recon. I have looked, just briefly, to see what was available. I am not in the market yet, but would really prefer one that will read in feet instead of yards.
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> I am not looking at breaking the bank or anything, and it is not anything I am about ot run out and purchase in the next several months or anything.
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> Thanks in advance,
> Jimmy

Jimmy:

Somewheres in some of my left over items from my business, I have a couple of the old Rangefinders. If I can remember correctly, one is in yards and one is in feet. I bought them when I was doing a lot of buried cable route surveys in order to get a quick distance to a house when laying out the route with one of the phone company engineers. If you would be interested in them, let me know and I will do a look see to track them down.

I have a Leica red dot and I have used it in situations that you and Chis came upon .I worked for a COE contractor and I prepared the RFPs for task orders for negotiation. Some of the task orders were x-sec of levees and borrow pits. Many many x-secs of borrow pits, overbanks etc.
To prepare the rfp, I would use the rangefinder to total the amount of hydro work that was needed in distances.
The crew rates for hydro crews and conventional crews were different so one had to be on the same page as the COE work estimate done by their inspector for negotiations. Sometimes the Coe would just use past job info to generate their cost numbers. But, that would not account for changes in terrain over time due to many factors( coastal erosion, subsidence etc) and present and past weather conditions. It always made for interesting negotiations of the task order but the rangefinder was a big help. Also used to verify the aerials that I was scaling also.
Also used for field/corner recon when alone at times and doing ties to picture points at times.
I don’t use it much in private work. If you want it, I can give you a low price or make an offer.
I have the RF, cordura case, lanyard and instruction manual.