I wouldn't use if for scribing. Too much power for a precise "scribe". This thing ERASES scribe marks.
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My truck has collected a lot of small random stuff the past 10+ years as a survey truck, but the main things besides the obvious total station and GPS are 2 tripods, a 2m 2 piece pole for the GPS, 2.6m pole, mini pole, 8m tape, 30m/100ft tape, 200ft tape with a broken end (rarely use it - found it in a ditch), bush axe, hammer, mini sledge, 8lb sledge plus a spare, an axe, Hilti Hammer drill, bipod, metal detector, shovel, a large pick/pry bar, vice grips. That's just off the top of my head, probably forgetting a ton of stuff.?ÿ
Toothpicks. I gave up on supplying the field crews with styluses. I suspect this is now the look on site but that's ok, as long as they are being careful out there.
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I not only have toothpicks in the truck, I have them in my pocket.?ÿ At all times.?ÿ I'm big on toothpicks, and my dental hygienist approves.
Another common surveyor thing that isn't in my truck is an 8lb sledge.
I don't, either, but mostly because an 8-pounder wears me out too fast.?ÿ I do have a 6-lb. long-handled sledge in the truck, but it mostly gets used to burp recalcitrant manhole covers.?ÿ Every once in a great while I'll use it to drive a stubborn rebar, but a 3-lb. Estwing is what I mostly use for driving monuments.
I know guys on here have been half joking for years that new guns should have one built in to measure the HI
I think some of the newer Leica instruments have that as an option now.?ÿ At least that is what I was told.
I've carried one in my truck for years.?ÿ They make some thin little cut off wheels (about 1/16th) that can be used to cut a wicked X.?ÿ There is nothing worse than looking for a light scribe in concrete several years after it was set.
I used to get bored and move around the country with a few stints overseas mixed in. In the 40 plus years of surveying I 'borrowed' a lot of tricks from others. I carry the tools in my 'magic box' when working in town. I have a backpack with a second set for longer walks.?ÿ
I tried pumps for dewatering mon wells and ended up using a grout sponge. Light and effective. I also carry a dish sponge with scuff pad for cleaning tablets and metal caps. One long and one short chaining pin for light probing. A geology hammer for digging in hard pan or asphalt. It is usually faster than a breaker bar. Small can off goof off for errant narks. Plastic garden shovel and large spoon. Leatherman. Vice grips. Plastic square. Small hatchet. Metal mirror. Pocket rod. Pinpointer metal detector. Agreesive nylon scrub brush. All the expendable stuff (keel, markers, flagging, paint, nails, lacing wire). I'm sure there is more.?ÿ
The pocket tape stays in the vest. My plumb bob, pouch and machete stay on my belt. In the mountains he holster is under the arm or on my chest. I switched to that mode of carry after reading a thread on here..
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CB radio, .17HMR, Estwing axe, 24" blade machete, plumb bobs, 50 and 75 foot Spencer tapes ,25ft tape, 12ft tape, tree paint, bearing tree tags, spikes, nails, 4lb beater, tpost driver, bull prick, boss likes a brush axe but I hate them, brush axe blade removal tool. Bolt cutters, Bent up 5/8rebar for pulling manholes, lathe, posts, hard hats, rain gear and lots of snacks! Gun, legs bla bla bla
That's pretty much like the one I have.?ÿ Only mine is red, has a T handle rather than a loop, and doesn't have the nifty hose clip at the bottom.?ÿ I ran some duct tape around the hose connection at the top to limit leakage and keep the hose from popping off at inconvenient times.
Daughter and son-in-law are moving back to the area, so I drove his truck to pick him up when he returned the uhaul van. ?ÿApparently at the end of the loading process, his family was helping and a few odd items ended up in the passenger side door. Items included a can of chicken noodle soup, a toothbrush, a 25?? tape, and a spray bottle of doe pee. ?ÿ
I keep a 25?? tape, a flashlight, a scale, and a box of markers in the drivers side door of my truck.?ÿ
I like to have sticks of white or bright colored chalk when I'm setting up over a disk or rod to make them easier to see through the optical plummet if the lighting is wrong.
1-ft sections of non-metallic (fiberglass) rod to mark measurements from ties before using the metal detector.
And a 25 ft thin wire rope and padlock to keep some curious delinquent from snatching my (nearly worthless) old GPS setup if I don't want to sit there for 4 hours.
