I've got one of the oval shaped leveling rods and wondering if they make a bipod attachment for it, currently I only see rectangular compatible bipods. Perhaps there's a way to get the rectangle one to work with the oval, anyone have any experience with this?
inexpensive solution
Thanks for the suggestion, but the bipod has a built in bubble level that I'd like to be able to use and I don't think bungee cords would provide a snug enough fit.
You could glue or screw a vertical piece of hardwood (section size to suit the clamp) to the back of the rod and spaced off it by a narrower piece of timber, ie t-shaped in plan forming a clamp bracket.
Get a different leveling rod?
> Get a different leveling rod?
I'd suggest getting a different rod man, I-man, and party chief. Isn't that why we all learned to "rock the rod" so the I-man can get the lowest reading, thus is plumb.
Besides, all those gizmo'ed out strap on level bubbles never work right. Worst you can do is trust them. Then again, what's a couple hundreth's amongst friends.
As they say....you can lead a horse to water, but......
No rocking with digital levels set-ups. I agree, the bubbles that I have seen on bipods were not too reliable. Fisher-Price feel.
With a rod bipod, your best bet is a heavy rod and survey tasks where very few extensions are required. I tried with oval-shape aluminum rod (Sprinter 150m), it was a pain: it required an amount of torque which ended up damaging the rod, high set-ups collapsed with wind gusts.
I must have missed the part where he needed the device for a 3 man crew running in benchmarks....
Believe it or not there are many tasks that can be accomplished by one man with a quality hand level and a rod on a bipod. It just takes someone willing to think. Demanding these tasks be performed by three people with overkill equipment for the job is complete nonsense.
My 02, Tom