Here's some photos from last Sunday's quick fire RTK topo to fill in some missing areas:
The wagon (chariot) is a Toyota Hilux 3.2 turbo diesel (leather seats, but we plasticate them so you can do what you want on them). The RTK is South base and rover (Trimble DB970's). Radio is Pac Crest 4W. Green box is a Makita drill box, to carry the 2 receivers, 2 tribrach, cables, blue brick, DC, pole clamp, batteries, aerials - quarter the size of the original two yellow boxes. We can carry this on a plane as hand luggage. We used to run base off UPS batteries with 20W solar plus solar controller. Too many cut outs (low voltage limits on controllers and base) so now just 12V wet cell car battery direct link. Orange cover is tripod bag wrapped over battery to keep the hot sun off it.
This tripod had perished plastic camlock arms which broke. So replaced them with aluminum bicycle camlocks off Ebay, probably $1 each, plus a 2 minute drill. New tripods now (and anything else that is under the sun) get "sunscreen" protected.
Open sky rover sat view. GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou (green) on SurvCE 5:
Under canopy and around buildings it would go: DGPS 19 sv, Float 6 sv, Fixed 8 sv (PDOP 5 ish), Fixed 12 sv (PDOP < 3.5 tolerance), obs taken. Results ok.
Nice pictures, That's a great idea on repairing the tripod.
Another thumbs up on the tripod repair and, I'll raise one for the Hilux ( stupid U.S. import/ profit motivations ). And, oh yeah.. you were surveying. :rofl:
Richard Imrie, post: 436370, member: 11256 wrote: The RTK is South base and rover (Trimble DB970's).
Are South receivers re-badged Trimbles?
I have three tripods that look identical to that and have wondered how I am gonna repair the clamps when I run out of plastic leavers.
My idea was a large stainless steel wingnut.
The bicycle clamp looks to be a good fit too.
FrozenNorth, post: 436431, member: 10219 wrote: Are South receivers re-badged Trimbles?
Yes, they use Trimble components. These are S82-V, outwardly they look a lot like Trimble R8 except for the LED display.
A Harris, post: 436473, member: 81 wrote: I have three tripods that look identical to that and have wondered how I am gonna repair the clamps when I run out of plastic leavers.
My idea was a large stainless steel wingnut.
The bicycle clamp looks to be a good fit too.
back-chain, post: 436412, member: 7900 wrote: Another thumbs up on the tripod repair and, I'll raise one for the Hilux ( stupid U.S. import/ profit motivations ). And, oh yeah.. you were surveying. :rofl:
6 speed manual. Average fuel consumption (mostly urban) is 9.5L/100km (25 US MPG). Our open road speed limit in Fiji is 80km/hr and 6th gear is too big for that (1300rpm).