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I bought some really cheap bargain bin 10 inch long screwdrivers with orange handles to serve as tape anchors, chaining pins, and probes.
.Actually, we’re planning to have a small 12v lathe in the truck so we can turn down the small trees and limbs that we cut down while clearing line into lath that we can use on the project.
It might be blasphemy to some, but I would add in a water cooler.
What’s a kaiser blade (mmm-hmm)?
I think that’s a matter of nomenclature. I did say ice chest/cooler in my post.
And, in response to the comment about comm radios, how do you communicate between the guy on the rod and the guy on the instrument when you are 500 feet apart? Are companies relying on field crew to use their mobile phones for communication purposes now? That doesn’t seem right.
@james-fleming I like that. Always find a way for sure. Coming back to land surveying has made me realize how much changed from end of the 90’s to present day. My compass klinometer hand level right angle prism calculator plumb bob was like a part of my body. Always on my person. Extra pencils etc. i still have a extra tip and tack stuck in the plumbob to this day. Plum bob was all pupose tool. Used as a turning point for levels in a pinch. Keep mean dogs off even a traverse point used pencils a few times as well Nope not walking back to truck cut a finger off and use that as a traverse point. We have to get the job done. Now the darn data collectors are so powerful we can do just about anything needed in the field. But most companies do everything in the office computation wise. Crazy to think when we didn’t have that computing power we did more comps in field now we have the power and all is done in office.
@andy-nold if you have water you must have atleast one can of pork n beans potted meat sardines and salt t crackers just for hard times.
I do big bags of flavored almonds instead. More tasty, less messy, destroys a grumbling stomach, no sugar crash, and generally good for you.
@bstrand This is not health class . Man potted meat is a staple it has enough preservatives to go for years and seasons in the bed if a truck. I do like nuts. Of all kinds and this spreaden-outer disease i have tells me I should eat better for sure.
A word on canned meat and sardines, when they freeze hard, when they get thawed out they’re going to have the texture of mush. Give me an inverter and a microwave so I can enjoy me some real food, hot. Home made lasagna thawed on the truck dash while driving and nuked to bubbling cheese perfection, is pure bliss on a chilly damp field day.
WillyLess is better. No need to carry things that are very rarely used unless you are certain they will be needed on that project. Most everything can become a projectile in a head-on crash.
yep.
always keep the heavy and sharp stuff concealed in a case and stored in the box below the bed line of the truck.
I have a digging bar/tamper that is over six feet long. It could go through the front of the bed, the back of the cab and a seat in a fraction of second. But, it is outstanding at doing the job we need done.
just put a piece of plate steel in front of it. in constant contact.
that’ll fix the missile scenario.
I have one of those too but it would have to go through the front of the wooden box, box liner and steel truck box then cab and at least one seat before it could get anyone in an accident.
@andy-nold
Back when I still had employees, I paid for their cell phones.
Stedi-Rest – low cost plastic gizmo handy for checking and adjusting the rod bubble
Well, you learn something every day. While I check my rod bubble regularly at the office, this looks like a better way to check them in the field if needed.
The timing is perfect for this post. I’m in the process of going over my annual inventory for our 2023 business personal property taxes.
Digging bar-ck
jackhammer-ck
shovel-ck
hammers-ck
drills-ck
dimple maker (if that something you want)-ck
All in a bag and a box.
What’s a kaiser blade
I hope everyone has a great day; I know I will!Star drill for those times when it is the only good answer. Much more rare now than in the olden days
MONEY—there are times when having some cash is critical.
I forget, was jumper cables on any list above?
I’m starting to think shovel-n-shoenstadt are really one word.
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