Urban Tools Recommendations

Kent McMillan, post: 412515, member: 3 wrote: Better yet, some person along for the fresh air and exercise who can

(a) trade stories with bystanders about that summer job he also had back about sixty years ago "holding the rod" on a survey job with the US Soil Conservation Service,

(b) appear to be tremendously interested in all the valuable information that some piece of paper such as a xerox copy of a piece of a tax map presents which some landowner produces with a flourish as evidence of his or her title, or

(c) engage in an extended discussion as to why boundary lines do not extend to the back of the curb or beyond.

I think that's what I'll do when I retire. Thanks for the great idea.

I carry, hammer, nails, drill for drill holes, a grinder to cut crosses on sidewalks etc, brush, shovel, pin finder, that's about it besides rebar stakes flagging etc.

I just use a 39 dollar battery powered ryobi grinder with a masonry cutting blade to make my cross cuts. For 39 bucks it cannot be beat. Been with me over 2 years.

Richard Imrie, post: 412564, member: 11256 wrote:
Jogger: "Is that a GPS?".

Me: Hey, you've got sharp eyes, but that's not just A GPS, it's a .44 Magnum RTK GPS, the most powerful surveying instrument in the world. I punch one wrong button and it'll probably blow all the property pegs within 100 metres clean out of the ground. I see that you came over from that lot there. Before you ask me one more thing while I'm pressing buttons, ask yourself one question. ...

Yes, a face like this would be good in a surveyor's box of tools:

There‰Ûªs a scene in Larry McMurtry‰Ûªs slightly atypical novel, All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers, when Danny Deck, the protagonist, pulls his beat-up car into a filling station somewhere in the southwest, and gets to work in his trunk looking for something or other. The filling station guy comes out all hostile like Yosemite Sam, and says not to mess with him because he knows karate and hates hippies. He strikes a stance and says ‰ÛÏHai! Karate!‰Û and Danny turns to his trunk, turns back, and says ‰ÛÏHai! Tire iron!‰Û

Cheers,
Henry

Jogger: "What are you surveying for?"
Me: "$18.50 an hour".

Mark Mayer, post: 412583, member: 424 wrote: Jogger: "What are you surveying for?"
Me: "$18.50 an hour".

Actually, I know a lot of surveyors and engineer's with quicker wit than me, who would have nipped things in the bud with something like:

Jogger: "What are you surveying for?"
Me: "What are you running for?"

Much thanks for all the responses and recommendations.

Regards,
-D

Jason Graves, post: 412505, member: 9531 wrote: I have this angle grinder.
https://m.lowes.com/pd/PORTER-CABLE-4-5-in-20-Volt-Cordless-Angle-Grinder/50074199
And a drill to match and share batteries

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Thanks Jason, this is exactly the answer I was looking for.

I wouldn't recommend hammering anything into a power pole. We have better options than that.
I carry a plastic garden shovel and a heavy soup spoon for digging. Wear leather gloves, you will find things that you don't want to. Get yourself a concrete scribe with a magnet on the other end and tie a bit of plumb bob string to it. I also carry a short wire tent peg with a loop in the end. You will find many uses for these things in an urban setting. I wouldn't carry around an ax unless you want the police to visit.
You will also learn where to set up your equipment otherwise you will not have equipment.
Have a pat answer or two to most visitors. After 30 years as a hockey referee I have learned that humor works wonder. Last week we were on a very steep gravel alley in an uber urban part of town when asked by a young lady in an Audi (not kidding) asked what we were doing my reply simply was: Light Rail.

Daniel Ralph, post: 412685, member: 8817 wrote: I wouldn't recommend hammering anything into a power pole. We have better options than that.
I carry a plastic garden shovel and a heavy soup spoon for digging. Wear leather gloves, you will find things that you don't want to. Get yourself a concrete scribe with a magnet on the other end and tie a bit of plumb bob string to it. I also carry a short wire tent peg with a loop in the end. You will find many uses for these things in an urban setting. I wouldn't carry around an ax unless you want the police to visit.
You will also learn where to set up your equipment otherwise you will not have equipment.
Have a pat answer or two to most visitors. After 30 years as a hockey referee I have learned that humor works wonder. Last week we were on a very steep gravel alley in an uber urban part of town when asked by a young lady in an Audi (not kidding) asked what we were doing my reply simply was: Light Rail.

I had an older fellow on horseback stop and ask what the orange sticks meant. Told him 'that one is the center of reactor 3'. The office folks didn't think it was funny...

Williwaw, post: 412496, member: 7066 wrote: All the usual stuff, from a big carwash sponge to dry out water filled monument cases

I bought something similar to this a few years back, added an SAE connector and now my base station battery and that little pump will get all but a small amount of water out of a well in short order.

https://www.wholesalemarine.com/trac-submersible-bilge-pump-600-gph.html?gclid=CMu76_-3_NECFQ-dfgodYa0Dfg

SHG