Richard, was hoping someone still did it that way, that is how I spent a chunk my 20s. they eye down the top of the stake, so their were no repeats 2 mtrs. into the hole, because they were worried about the batter. It isn't much work either once you have done 2 the rest are quick. If you had a smart grade checker you could nail the actual top and calc the distances down the slope ever mtr. and hand it to him, he could then use a peep sight ever meter on depth to check with, but that was the good old days when there were grade checkers.
Rankin_File, post: 330268, member: 101 wrote: You mentioned slope distances in your OP-
Just to make sure you understand- there should be NO slope distances on anything- everything should be horizontal distances and vertical distances.
Tell that to the sod guys!
o.O
A blast from the past - Public Works Department (Tasmania) style.
These are typical profiles, but they come into their own on large fills and cuts.
West Coast Tasmania - Professor Range
Seeing that at one time my place on the totem pole is being the guy who carries all that lumber on remote sites, Good on ya mate.:beer:
Interesting. Around here medium cut slopes were chased down the hillside using a 6' folding rule and a hand level. Taller slopes could be checked with an "Easy-Arc" or "Rhoades Arc" on a staff and a cloth tape.
partychief3, post: 334034, member: 9053 wrote: Seeing that at one time my place on the totem pole is being the guy who carries all that lumber on remote sites, Good on ya mate.:beer:
You're spot on.
Interestingly this was in a remote area where we mostly walked.
Well at least where construction hadn't got there.
We had one of the very first Suzuki 4WD "biscuit boxes ". Great little thing, noisy but worked. Most times.
Still wouldn't climb the Professor Range though.
One day we got our station wagon 2WD bogged to the door sills.
Only available toe was the grader. That wasn't made for off road travel and soon bogged.
Reinforcements arrived in shape of articulated loader. Obviously not made for off road.
We decided to high tail it and not wait for the heavy artillery.
The local works supervisor was not known for eloquence.
(He once said he wasn't a %@## supermarket when we asked if he had something.)
He wasn't our boss, but it was his machinery.
A D something finished the job.
We weren't popular!
All about getting truckloads of stakes on site to make profiles!
Gold digger: I haven't slope staked in ages but I'm recalling that the lines drawn directly across the lath have meaning. Double lines like you have meant something different than a single line. And I'm thinking I would have used single lines on your lath (except for the top most, below the RP). Does that ring a bell with anyone?