Tell me How High U R

Wombat 280 · Guru

Tell me How High U R

keviny6 · Veteran Member

Curiosity ----class C mines a little 13ft roadstar fitted to light truck chassis. it isn't A for sure but suits me

milo · Guru

my dads is around 12 ish feet wombat... but dont forget to include whats on the roof or if it has the bed over cab type like ive seen..

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

Our OKA "C" class is 5.9m long, 2.16m wide and 3.05m high.

No idea what that is in feet. Stopped using them when Australia went metric from 1966.

Cheers,
Peter

jimricho · Guru

Metric is a challenge for some people as it does require the ability to divide and multiply by 10

jonathan · Guru

.. my Avan Ovation M4 .. 7.200 long x 2.200 wide x 3.100 high (approx.)

.. Jon

-- Edited by jonathan on Wednesday 20th of October 2010 05:45:11 PM

Allara · Senior Member

jimricho wrote:

Metric is a challenge for some people as it does require the ability to divide and multiply by 10

Hey, I think they are talking about converting from metric to imperial. I was a draughtsperson in a previous life and hated giving up imperial.

You need to convert using 25.4mm equals 1"

straycat · Veteran Member

Hi Wombat
I,m 3.6

Happywanderer · The Master

In most cases the easiest way for measurements is to divide or multiply by 3, gives you the closest measurement when converting without having to get a calcualtor out.

Cruising Granny · Guru

It's either imp or metric for me. None of this conversion stuff.
I did it at school in "the good old days", and never did get the hang of the conversion stuff.
Metric is much easier, although as Jim mentioned, everything is in multiples of 10, 100 or 1000.
Challenging for this old brain.
Some of the 5th wheelers are almost as high as a container or pan van on a semi.
I'm only about 2.5 metres. Still need a long ladder to scrub the roof down which I've been doing this week.
Damned rain! I'm over it!

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

Happywanderer wrote:

In most cases the easiest way for measurements is to divide or multiply by 3, gives you the closest measurement when converting without having to get a calcualtor out.

I suggest that is NOT good enough for vehicle height.
Knowing your height in feet will be useless to you.

Next time you approach a low bridge, it will be very useful to know EXACTLY how high you are (in metres) and I suggest that if you can't remember that you write it on the dash board somewhere.

Cheers,
Peter

Happywanderer · The Master

I was just talking in general Peter, not for an actual height of a vehicle, but if you need to know roughly the conversion in a hurry.

Was really making a comment on jimricho statement that metric is a challenge, nothing more nothiing less.

Wombat 280 · Guru

I gave up trying to convert back Metric is here to stay. It's near on impossible to find a tape that has both on it anymore

Rolly · Guru

Wombat 280 wrote:

I gave up trying to convert back Metric is here to stay. It's near on impossible to find a tape that has both on it anymore

I bought a dual measure tape last week from one of the "$2" shops.