Non Standard Tools

Not sure if everyone carries a tile probe, but this one of the best. Can really be a lifesaver when you need it for sure.

https://www.agridrain.com/shop/c14/probes-power/p514/4-12-heavy-duty-power-probe/

Early in my career I worked with a crew chief where this could have come in handy....

http://www.pollardwater.com/pages_product/WAT371_Sewer_Sweetener.asp

James Fleming, post: 453637, member: 136 wrote: Early in my career I worked with a crew chief where this could have come in handy...

Directions: Complete directions on product label: Spray, mist or inject undiluted product into feed lines. Amount of product required will vary with the temperature, air movement and intensity of the odor.

Were you going to Spray, Mist or Inject him?
:smarty:

RADAR, post: 453641, member: 413 wrote: Directions: Complete directions on product label: Spray, mist or inject undiluted product into feed lines. Amount of product required will vary with the temperature, air movement and intensity of the odor.

Were you going to Spray, Mist or Inject him?
:smarty:

I have homemade pumps for cleaning out mon cases. Basically, just a 4' long kayak bilge pump made out of pvc pipe.

I carry a tire flat iron, in my atv, most of the time.
It's handy, to pry, or drive it in, and pry. Great for manually opening hard packed base, or asphalt, or just deep monuments, in hard packed soil.
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summerprophet, post: 453773, member: 8874 wrote: I have homemade pumps for cleaning out

Back in those early informative years, dad demonstrated homemade pumps made from clear plastic hose and a good suck inwards.
The tongue was useful to arrest the backflow. Ours weren't sophisticated enough to contain a non return valve.
The trick was to calibrate them properly to avoid environmental disasters, nowadays called a 'medical condition'.

Richard, post: 453778, member: 833 wrote: Back in those early informative years, dad demonstrated homemade pumps made from clear plastic hose and a good suck inwards.
The tongue was useful to arrest the backflow. Ours weren't sophisticated enough to contain a non return valve.
The trick was to calibrate them properly to avoid environmental disasters, nowadays called a 'medical condition'.

Well, I've nothing non standard in my pockets and I've run out of stories - time to get back on site - so here's one from earlier:

Richard Imrie, post: 424010, member: 11256 wrote: I can still remember when I was a small boy seeing the green look on my Pa's face when one of his primed-by-mouth petrol siphoning missions went too far.

https://www.loink.com/ has great hard to find stuff for surveyors. The rebar pounders are great!

[USER=833]@Richard[/USER]
A siphon hose is also known as the "pocket gas station".
Difficult to use with today's gas systems that have a screen blocking the path.
In the late 1970s gas prices rose and locking caps for gas tank became absolutely necessary on everything, even the gas can.

I've always kept a good bastard file and broken tools because I find myself in need to fabricate a special shaped awl or scribe to manage a difficult extraction.
A hose that connects to tire for a blast of air to clean out a place my finger is not gonna go.

briniker, post: 453634, member: 9386 wrote: if everyone carries a tile probe,

If a bench mark is that deep I'm probably not going to dig for it**, and my stamina wouldn't last long trying to probe an area deeply. My probe is the shaft from a BBQ rotisserie which is plenty long for me.
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**I have recovered a tri-station 27 inches down, but didn't have to probe since it had a RM distance and an available backsight.

We use them to find these. This one wasnt buried, but a lot of the others are.

A Harris, post: 453789, member: 81 wrote: [USER=833]@Richard[/USER]
A siphon hose is also known as the "pocket gas station".
Difficult to use with today's gas systems that have a screen blocking the path.
In the late 1970s gas prices rose and locking caps for gas tank became absolutely necessary on everything, even the gas can.

I've always kept a good bastard file and broken tools because I find myself in need to fabricate a special shaped awl or scribe to manage a difficult extraction.
A hose that connects to tire for a blast of air to clean out a place my finger is not gonna go.

I always heard it called a "Georgia Credit Card".

A Harris, post: 453789, member: 81 wrote: [USER=833]@Richard[/USER]
A siphon hose is also known as the "pocket gas station".
Difficult to use with today's gas systems that have a screen blocking the path.
In the late 1970s gas prices rose and locking caps for gas tank became absolutely necessary on everything, even the gas can.

I've always kept a good bastard file and broken tools because I find myself in need to fabricate a special shaped awl or scribe to manage a difficult extraction.
A hose that connects to tire for a blast of air to clean out a place my finger is not gonna go.

I believe the term my uncle always used was ƒ??Oklahoma Credit Cardƒ?

summerprophet, post: 453773, member: 8874 wrote: I have homemade pumps for cleaning out mon cases. Basically, just a 4' long kayak bilge pump made out of pvc pipe.

I had a hand bilge pump, then I ran into some 12" diameter wells at least 12" deep (took way too long with that little hand pump), bought an electric submersible bilge pump and wired to run from my base station battery, works well except where I can't get the pump flush in the bottom, something like pictured for pumping out FH, would get into tight quarters.

SHG

Milwaukee m18 shopvac

DeWalt DCV581H

Bill93, post: 453892, member: 87 wrote: If a bench mark is that deep I'm probably not going to dig for it**, and my stamina wouldn't last long trying to probe an area deeply. My probe is the shaft from a BBQ rotisserie which is plenty long for me.

Bill, I just came across this photo from some NOAA work years ago. They really wanted us to recover this BM. I did not happen. Phil is well over 6' tall. P.s. The photo title was a joke, he went down well over 5 feet trying to get down to the pre fill ground level.

John Putnam, post: 453971, member: 1188 wrote: he went down well over 5 feet trying to get down to the pre fill ground level

Maybe when I was 30 years old, and with a LOT of incentive.