Where I live it gets hot. I am currently using a perforated hi-viz vest with a few pockets because the cheap survey vest with all the pockets is like wearing a plastic rain suit. I'll use it during the colder months.
So I am thinking a building a tool belt for when I am doing construction staking.
Does anyone operate with a survey tool belt and how do you configure the tool belt?
Thank you.
I carried a belt for all my years in the field.
Typical tool pouch for me had a tack ball, plumb bob, hammer holder, keel, marking pen, tape measure (in tenths of a foot), slip-joint pliers, flagging and a place for a radio/book. Obviously, depending on the job, some of these items were swapped out for others.
Image attached is similar to what I used.
Nice belt Squirl and thank you for the details.
I can see having a spot for an extra paint can and water bottle too or wear and hydration pack.
Extra paint and water usually went in my lath bag or hub bag, depending on the job I was doing. Some vests have an interior pocket for small/light items too.
My son, who's currently in the field, uses a CamelBak for drinking water.
I've used one of these for several years and it does the job.
I must say that Squirl's version is sexy, but I'm betting mine is cheaper.
For you construction guys, I would think suspenders on your tool belt and knee pads would be a must.
Of course I am old and need help all over!
To be clear, the image I shared is just an example. My actual tool belt came from the local hardware store and was made of soft leather but did the job and I'm betting was A LOT cheaper than the one shown.
I also liked carrying a separate hammer holder on my left hip. Made it easier getting in/out of the truck and better access to my hammer.
I just ordered a budget friendly Bucket Boss tool belt. I don't need a tool belt all the time for city work, only occasionally during street reconstruction. Thank you for all the input.
Knee pads have been upgrading my outlook for a few years now. Highly recommended.
Knee pads. I need some for the farm truck. When I was doing construction staking back in early 90’s I had an old heavy solid survey vest loaded with template’s calculator scale paint nails and a pouch for field book and bob on one side other side had paint can holder claw hammer loop and 5 gallon bucket for hubs small sledge bull prick. I carried the long lathe on shoulder. See I was a mule a young buck and my crew chief just made a hole for me to drive whatever in the ground. He of course had the prism pole plenty of non filtered cigarettes a couple lighters. A HP41. And the plans. Now days What little i do construction staking i see he was brilliant and had it all figured out. He didn’t even have to bend o er or kneel. Thats what I was for. I still to this day have my old vest. I used it even when doing geodetic work in the USMC. It doesn’t fit anymore and has had the shoulders re sewn in and patched with old cammie pants while being deployed . The OP doesn’t need a pouch he needs a you g buck to tote everything. Lol.
I still use the knee pads I got when I first started out in the late 80's. I look at some of the new articulating styles I see carpenters wearing and think I should trade up.
I’ve never liked wearing a carpenter’s tool belt. My jeans have 4 pockets and are held up with a belt. On construction sites I wear a mesh safety vest that has a few small pockets. Everything has a place and I don’t have a tool belt flopping against me when I walk. Carpenter’s don’t move very fast and for good reason. My 4 lb. hammer goes in the middle of my back with the handle stuck inside my belt, also not flopping as I walk. Depending on what I’m doing I will carry a lath bag or hub bag, sometimes both in my left hand the prism pole goes in my right hand. If I’m staking curb and gutter I will have already pre-staged wood where I’ll run out.
I don’t go to the gym. I get my workout at work. Not for everyone but it works for me.
in my left hand
