Asked my new partner for one today, all I got was a blank stare, please tell me you guys know what I'm talking about.
I presume it's like a dead man?
Is it either a stick or a rock?
It's a chaining pin. Oh man I'm old. The point where to hold the plumb bob is where the pin goes into the ground. It's inserted at an angle. I wonder if I still have my chaining clamps.
around here someone might hand you this..
Well I prefer old carpenters gimlets, but anything you can jam in the ground and hook the end of the tape on to pull a distance works.
OK, so I'm not crazy, that's what I was expecting.
I still use chaining pins. It's the tension handle that is tough to use when there is only one in the crew.
I've occasionally used a rear chainman named A. Spike.
I am down to my last two...
Lost several (the other nine) through the last 37 years and in this day and age, have not found a need to purchase a new set.
Never heard a screw driver called a dead chainman before. Whats the origin of that expression?
Ever heard the term "Silent Rear Chainman"
(a pin, spike, nail used to anchor the end of the chain when chaining alone):-D
It was just a "dead man" here in the NW, usually a rock or screwdriver.
I have a full set with leather quiver in both of my trucks. One is daily survey chariot, and the other one is my errand truck. There is at least a 100 ft and 25 ft tape in each one, along with flaging and other basic supplies.
I use my chaining pins regularly
If I'm working in a grassy/clear area (city subdivision) I put a piece of reflective tape on them and use them for sights. Its like carrying a pocket full of prisms. Light to carry and pretty accurate when the tape is only a couple inches above the pipe I'm locating.
> It's a chaining pin. Oh man I'm old.
We used to call them "Surveyor's arrows"
Now that's old.
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You might be a dirty old surveyor if you've ever fingered a 19yr old.......
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An old grade foreman I met once had a big spike that he called a "college boy." He explained that a college boy could hold the end of a tape but couldn't do anything else.