Spencer Tape / DBH Tape

[NickfromWI]

I'm trying to get a measuring tape like so...

But I want it with regular measuring on one side, then DBH measuring on the other. Does anyone make anything like that?

 

[brendonv]

Mines like that. You can usually choose what measurements you want.

 

[FJR]

Yeah mine is like that too. The one you have pictured has exactly what you want.

http://www.wesspur.com/knives-axes/felling-wedges.html

 

[emr]

I use the last one down in that Wespur link. I like that one best because it has a real nice hook on the end of the tape. The length measurements are in 1/10 of feet which can be a bit confusing.

 

[SouthSoundTree]

You can find a dbh on one side and either the confusing English- metric/ decimal/ base-10 combo that Eric mentions, or the foot and inch/ fraction/ base-12 increments on the other side.

Will you post a link for the best deal you find, please? I need to pick up another one, unless the gnomes return the one they stole.

 

[forestryworks]

Here you go: http://baileysonline.com/itemdetail.asp?item=15420&catID=

1/10ths of inches is common for measuring diameters in forestry in the US. It's easy to learn and faster to compute.

I've never seen a D-tape with 1/12ths of inches.

For bucking log lengths though, 1/12ths is definitely easier than 1/10ths, for me anyway.

 

[SouthSoundTree]

Agreed about the 1/10's making sense. Metric all around would make the most sense. 6" of trim is easy = .5, but what about 10" of trim? 20' .83333333333333333".

Thanks for the link.

 

[sotc]

For a log tape tenths is no biggie, my D tape is that way. I have a longer one that is metric () and standard. They were on sale...