Low Cost Beneficial Surveying Tools

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And a good sharpshooter.

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A monocular and a cheap Bosch distance meter in 10ths

Hori hori knife

Hand pruners

laser measurer

folding ruler

Folding compact mirror.?ÿ Great for reflecting sunlight down into a handwell,?ÿ or for looking at the bubble when you set the rod up too high. Craft sticks painted pink for targets. Masking tape to hold the sticks at a building corner. Same with little blocks of wood. One step plastic folding stool. Takes up almost no room but perfect when you need to reach a little higher.

ear phones for metal detector for both hard of hearing and when working next to a busy roadway?ÿ

google maps to help find the project and google earth to give you a heads up if wooded or open

good contacts list with phone numbers to call to help resolve issues in real time (phone is extra)

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Posted by: @bruce-small

Masking tape to hold the sticks at a building corner.?ÿ

Bruce, You lost me here??? ?????ÿ

@flga-2-2 I think maybe for reflector-less TS shots, maybe?

Posted by: @brad-ott

@flga-2-2 I think maybe for reflector-less TS shots, maybe?

I always assume a building corner is for stake out or a foundation location aka: that "not thinking outside the box" perception. So I am probably asking the wrong question....?????ÿ

A pinch of DOT tape.

Nate

Pair of drug store glasses.

A Turtle.

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A folding pruning saw works great for clearing line and is often faster than a machete.

Turkey baster

Posted by: @tim-v-pls

Turkey baster

Add to that a few rags, a sponge, a 1 pint plastic cup, and a 2 gallon bucket and you have a mon well cleaning kit.

Posted by: @bruce-small

One step plastic folding stool.

Good one. I've got one and it beats standing on the instrument case any day.

Posted by: @mark-mayer

Posted by: @tim-v-pls

Turkey baster

Add to that a few rags, a sponge, a 1 pint plastic cup, and a 2 gallon bucket and you have a mon well cleaning kit.

Good list, I would add a brass wire brush with the handle cut off (or at least cut down enough so I can get it into a mon case).

I always have the brush and a rag with me. With a water bottle or Camelbak, if I'm lucky I don't have to go back to the truck for anything else to clean up a monument.

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Come to think of it....I'll throw out a hydration backpack as my low-cost beneficial piece of gear. Keep it under my vest, sure beats having a bottle in the back compartment of my vest, smacking me in the back.

Posted by: @rover83

I would add a brass wire brush ...

Good. Also a stiff whisk broom. I prefer the old fashioned straw type, partly for its recyclability.?ÿ

I carry a few 80D nails in my vest for turns mostly, but they make good scratching tools for the bottom of holes when getting close to the monument. Also, a table spoon bent at a 90?ø at the spoon/handle can get crumbs out when space is limited. A "whisker" makes a decent brush when in a pinch, or without something better.

Bolt cutters.?ÿ I just bought my 3rd or 4th pair last week.?ÿ On an out of town run surveying a serries of towers when the chariot decided to cover the hotel parking lot with diesel.?ÿ Drove a rental car 2 hours to the middle of nowhere.?ÿ Go figure, no combo lock on the gate.?ÿ Had to drive the nearest town and spend $60 to get the bolt cutters and a new lock, both things I keep in the truck.