The video was removed by the uploader. To bad because I'm sure I would have enjoyed it.
My only mentor in NYS was a former DEC surveyor.?ÿ Traversed for 10 years with a Wild T1AE, 300 foot tape, plumb bob, 2.5 lb. Collins cruiser axe, flagging, and a film canister of tacks.?ÿ If we set rebar they were driven in with the side of the axe.?ÿ Never accepted a closure of less than 1/5000.?ÿ Many were more than 1/10,000. It was common to cut a sapling, sharpen it, and drive it in the ground for a traverse point.?ÿ It would be tacked and was sighted directly and the slope distance measured from the instrument. I'm sure those surveys are being retraced today and would like to think they are being accepted by today's expert measurers.?ÿ Time matters.
I no longer use those tools and methods because for my work there are better ones available.?ÿ?ÿ
PS: Boundary surveys in steep terrain solo sucks.
Here is my most recent video
For some reason some videos got erased when I was messing with my account. Good thing I make a new one almost every day???
Thanks for posting Jed.?ÿ It brought back some solo memories using a robot.?ÿ Lots of cardio exercise.
Right on!???
I used a Leica robot for a couple years till i started wishing it would get smart and turn on me. Construction staking can wear on a guy and you are never appreciated.?ÿ
Made a couple more videos this week???
I made 5 vlogs this week, I think today's might be half way decent???
I've been making a ton of videos that nobody watches lately. I figure this crowd are the only ones who would be interested.
SteelheadJEDi on youtube???
Back when I was cutting my teeth doing this kind of work I was turned on to a method that just worked slicker than, y'know. What we'd do is cut a 4-6" diameter tree off at about 3-4' and sink a 16 penny nail in the center after wrapping it in flagging, alternating between orange and pink so as not to mistakenly back sight the one behind it by accident. Took a few seconds longer to set up over it because of how close it was to the optical plummet but then when moving forward, presto, instant back sight and no need to go back. I do miss those days spent traversing through in the woods like that, except maybe when it rained all day.
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
I'm some what proud to say I was helping a friend just get a rough idea of where his lines were and wouldn't you know it, some one had cut several trees in places that would have been online and bam! Rough lines just for getting the lay of land in check.
It's fun to see things that normal people just don't want to see sometimes.
Another couple weeks of videos and a few corners found??? I know you guys are the only ones that watch these things so??¯
Why would fish and game care? Some places you can still drive around with a rifle in your vehicle...
I watched a couple more, and am still amazed at what you can get done solo in that environment. Even at your age I couldn't have lasted all day on those hills, and my eyes were never good enough to pick out an old paint spot or bare t-post at long distances.
Depends on the state.?ÿ In Colorado it's illegal. Period.
Lots of states actually.
If it's not in a case it's considered hunting from the vehicle.
That's all.
@williwaw Probably a dumb question, but how would you get a distance measurement on that nail?
I think a guy has to grow up in these hills to have the want and courage to work in them day in and day out. The bails creek job is less than 2 miles as a crow flies from the house I was born in and less than 4 miles from where I grew up. Thanks for watching and for the kind words???
@dave-o For traversing we'd use a peanut prism on a hand mount or attached to a plumb bob string over the nail and standard range pole for doing cross section side shots and the like. Use to use a peanut on a plumb bob string for just about all of my traversing back then.
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
Kind of a cool corner find and a bear sighting in this one???