In the other current bipod thread someone asked for pictures of my "bipod" setup and while I had the vehicle open snapped a couple of other items that may be of interest. The first image shows a peg bar, spade, modified ski pole and carry bag. The ski pole was cut to height to match the spade then I got a length of bike inner tube, poked the end down the pole and then wound it around and zip tied the end to keep it on. The thicker wrap around the top is to give something to grip on when holding it against the pole/spade handle. I got the idea from Jim Frame on here who has a much fancier 'brace stick' with graduations on it but I was after something cheap, light and within my fabrication skills.
The spade is a custom design from a company that make forestry spades having a narrower blade than usual to save effort over many dug holes. It is also heavier (lever on it without snapping) and can go through roots/toes like an axe. The carry bag is a heavy canvas sling basically that I use to carry the spade, ski pole, timber stakes (think what you guys in the USA call lath?), boundary pegs, rebar etc. The peg bar is about 1.05m/30mm diameter and 7kg and is used to drive the boundary pegs (treated timber with white top)/galv tube/16mm rebar, dig holes in road pavements with pointy end and then recompact.
We don't use rebar with caps like in USA to mark boundary corners but the wooden pegs (16mm rebar in image is 0.5m for scale) shown in photo (usually flush in ground or maybe 50mm of the top sitting up visible) or sometimes a stamped metal disk fixed to a timber post by nail or to concrete using 6mm dia 30mm ramset shuredrive masonry anchors. We also place substantial traverse/witness marks (galv tube/rebar buried 0.3m deep or brass plaque/masonary anchor etc. in concrete kerbing/block) as reference marks (for future surveyors benefit) that are required by the survey rules here (all boundary work recorded with the government department).
Also a vehicle shot to prove that a small vehicle (Daihatsu Terios) can work for a field vehicle. Fuel prices/culture here means (large) Ford F150's rare as hens teeth and not for personal transportation/survey chariots, the biggest here for field vehicles is typically a Toyota Hilux Ute.
Thanks for sharing!
