Doing this 29,000 sq ft parking lot. We laid out the grading stakes "Old School" scale, tape & measure. #gradingstakes, #dirtlife, #thomasconstructiontexas, #grading, #parkinglot,
Sometimes the old way is still the best way to get something done. Thomas Construction of Texas, don’t ever forget “old school” in this modern world. We all need to be reminded from time to time.
I guess if you want to get technical, we should use the water level to stay old school. But we were referring to if you’re not using GPS now, then you’re definitely doing it old-school.
Thomas, I love watching your videos. Do you pour the concrete right over the tracks left by the dozers or do you have to back drag the final grade to get it really smooth?
Bill , you overfill grade, compact it , call for survey stakes, cut grade within a hundredth. of a foot so as to not waste concrete which is expensive. a banjo and string line for longer runs helps.
@@centerbuilder7677 I noticed some of these guys on here shut down for the winter. Just too cold to pour concrete. It doesn't seem that way in Seattle.
Yes but how do you set the numbers on that stake? How do you come up with where your grade is? I know how to grade and how to check stakes just not how to set my own stakes
if you call this old school, you must be very young. with a hand level, 100-foot tape, plumb bob, 6-foot folding ruler, hatchet, engineer's scale, and set of plans you could grade the site compacted very close before calling for the survey. there should be no fill as in the finish you cut grade, not fill you are not a grade checker until you can walk on a bare site, go up a natural canyon, ,, climb a hill, chain off from a known point however far away it is, with a bundle of lathe, flagging, a kiel and be able to set up a cut, over-excavation, and/or a fill. with minimum staking to move the bulk of materal and get it ready for survey stakes. I'm retired after 30 years of checking grades, operating, running jobs UNION work.did not have lazer, GPS, or computers. only what fit into our pouch.if you use a lazer or GPS that's not old school.
Get your butt home and get ready for the Super Bowl🏈🏈 get them wings and tater skins and nachos and all that going on you’ll do a really good job Dougie love you mean it
