A Rangefinder to measure tower height

jos · Guest

Hi,
We are looking into purchasing a rangefinder in order to measure tower height without having to climb the tower when we do inspections. With an average tower height of 250', we need to be able to trust that this tool would be giving us an accurate measurement (variation of 3' or less). Do you have any recommendations? Do rangefinders even work for measure vertical distance(height) or just horizontal distance?

Thank you

Jne_K · Site Admin Joined: 24 Sep 2003 Posts: 5512

Hi

That kind of accuracy will require a high performance unit such as a Laser Technology TruPulse 200 Laser Rangefinder or an Opti-Logic 1000LH Laser Range Finder Hypsometer.
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Guest · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:51 pm Post subject:

The Monarch Gold 1200 from Nikon will give you half yard accuracy up to 550 yards.