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*Contractor's site level: Home Depot $240 - shoots vertical intervals - drop in stairstep. Vertical intervals are equal unless there is huge variation in slope. | *Contractor's site level: Home Depot $240 - shoots vertical intervals - drop in stairstep. Vertical intervals are equal unless there is huge variation in slope. | ||
*2 foot drop standard. May need to 4' at high slope like 10%. | *2 foot drop standard. May need to 4' at high slope like 10%. | ||
*Laser level - online - quickest is Forestry Supply has good options. Robust. | *Laser level - online - quickest is Forestry Supply has good options. Robust. No hassle. $7-800. Self-leveling laser - where you don't have to do a bubble to level. Must have 360 deg compass on it. Laser shoots 360 degrees. Shoots lo less than 1000 feet in shooting length. TopCon brand. | ||
*Stick - Forestry Supply - 20' stick. Reads in 10ths of inch. Read the back of it, so distance from ground rather than absolute. | |||
*Weedwhacker + chainsaw. Offset 10' from trees if trees are in the way. | |||
Revision as of 02:21, 16 June 2012
- Contractor's site level: Home Depot $240 - shoots vertical intervals - drop in stairstep. Vertical intervals are equal unless there is huge variation in slope.
- 2 foot drop standard. May need to 4' at high slope like 10%.
- Laser level - online - quickest is Forestry Supply has good options. Robust. No hassle. $7-800. Self-leveling laser - where you don't have to do a bubble to level. Must have 360 deg compass on it. Laser shoots 360 degrees. Shoots lo less than 1000 feet in shooting length. TopCon brand.
- Stick - Forestry Supply - 20' stick. Reads in 10ths of inch. Read the back of it, so distance from ground rather than absolute.
- Weedwhacker + chainsaw. Offset 10' from trees if trees are in the way.