I always compare 10th's scale to money. 100th's are like pennies, 10th's are like dimes, quarters, 50 cents... so on, one foot obviously being a dollar. Makes guys more comfortable thinking about it.

Use SI system measurements, and no problem at all. Meters are the best.

I really appreciate how clear you are! Your videos and content are very thorough. You start at step one, thoroughly explain everything and then you move to step 2.. This level of teaching is hard to come by! I Thank you 1,000 times! Keep up the wonderful work. You are very much appreciated Halle

Most underrated channel in the industry right now. Another Great video. Thanks

Wow I went from totally oblivious to this can be very useful to me (of course after a lot of practice) thanks , very cool !

Awesome I'm 100% on the grade rod now. I was a carpenter for many years and am now an operator. Switching from inches to tenths has been challenging even though its actually easier math. Your videos are going to keep me from looking like a fool at work thanks again

I have spent the past hour watching your videos. I have been doing landscape (fancy for mowing) for several years and recently got an awesome deal on a backhoe and want to make a move to excavating. I have dug a shitload of holes and trenches at my house now and I am comfortable with my digging abilities but don't know anything about the technical and planning part. Watching these informational videos and helped me decided I need to find an experienced excavator who is willing to let me work part time and learn this part of it while I continue with my landscaping is probably the best way to learn the trade. I can operate the machines but want to learn the business.

Millimetres and centimetres are very easy 😊

Very informative, glad I found this channel tonight. Many things I’ve been wondering about and needing to learn to grow my skills when grading and shooting grades for patios and such in my landscape company.

Ran a grade rod last year and am going back to doing that monday. Thus makes so much more sense then what i was tought originally. Thank you for this.

Awesome video thanks

Love this video. Plan is to save money and dig my own basement but it is essential it is done correctly and this video helped. I will be watching it again a few times more. Thanks.

Elementary school maths it may be but that sounds complicated as hell for someone like me who only uses the metric system haha

Awesome, exactly the info I was looking for!

Great video just got that exact same laser. Thank you for explaining everything you have truly changed my career

Very good video on describing how the grade rod markings work.

This is the best description on how to get level ground I can now use my mini digger to level off a pad for my shed

Love your attention to detail, great video

This is great! Easy to understand

Your videos are very clear and helpful thank you

Great video! Clear and informative!

The best video ever,Thanks bro.

You really do a great job with your videos!

Super well done.

You're a great explainer, thanks!

Your video is very helpful, thank You

Thank you for making these videos. The information here can be used in numerous ways. I plan to use it for research related to hydrology, but this could become a way to make more money as a contractor.

Very helpful thank you

Supper cool vid!!

Great video!

you the real deal.

I've been away from this for quite a while, running a material handler for several years. About to get back into my old love utilities footings and so on,really needed to see this so I don't embarrass my self 🥴 Thanks again Rockstar, next !!

The beauty, the simplicity, the high precision of using metric becomes apparent :) We "UK" invented the imperial unit and we don’t use it because of the obvious reasons :) 10th of what? Lol Oh, did you mean 5 millimeter? 😉 A 100th of what???? lol

You’re helping me build my rv park. Sub’d

Great video

Can you explain me about the Neal tree And stake

I’m building my own house and like your videos. Thanks !!

I just discovered your channel today and you've already helped me out a lot! You teach in a very understandable way and you're gonna be one of my references and tools in my profession. I just became an assistant project manager on a $42 million dollar highway job and there's a lot I need to learn. Do you work with rovers and gps or repeaters? I'll have some training on the rover but if you do a video or have one already that would be better!

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I was already happy when you said 10 individual segments. I thought you were using the one and only metric system and do you have a video on how to calibrate a self leveling laser level?

Just accepted a job as a superintendent and they're expecting me to come up with grades off of elevations I have to do a lot of mathematics I know nothing about it . your video is helping me tremendously I'm going to continue to watch the rest thank you very much you did a great job I really appreciate it

Thanks a lot bud I learned a lot . Question: What if your on a downhill slope is it the escalators job to fill in more dirt at the lower end or would he remove dirt from the high end or do I pour more cement at the lower end?

Great video thanks for all the info Do you know what F-1.95 to FS means?

Hello. New at this. I am excavating for an addition to our cabin. Going 9ft deeper so we have a walkout garage. I purchased a Johnson Laser level kit. I plan to set the laser to the top of the existing foundation wall , then go to the lower excavation site and extend the rod 9feet and set a point off to the side As my grade level. Am I right to do it that way? Or is there a better way. Thanks Ron

At 12:05, I thought that was funny. I, too, am in America, but we use Stabila instruments (mostly LAR 350's and LA180L's). The back side of the Stabila grade rod is in inches ("Imperial") -- but in 1/8" increments using hairline graduations. If we have to use 0.1 foot measures, I pull out the old CST/Berger grade rod. I used to really dislike metric, but over time, I've become a real fan and use it whenever we can.

If you guys would only swallow your pride and switch to metric system, you would not have to spend 5min of the clip explaining the measurements on the rod. 🙂 That aside, great video that explains how to plan and think with laser measurements. Gets a thumbs up from me!

Dude. You’ve just made an infomercial on why to switch to the metric system.

Another great video. Thank you. It would be great if you explained the difference in feet and inches. The conversation is sometimes confusing.

Very informative and helpful. Actually ordered a grade stick in inches, and bought the same one in 10th's after watching. Thank you much for all the great tips!

What do you do if you are measuring for a walkout basement? Clearly you can't start at the bottom. Do you start with the laser at the top and use the pole at the bottom and just extend the pole with the sensor until it beeps?

Interesting video. I am only interested to be an escavator or Crane operator do I need to know all this ?

I’m new to construction and looking for a laser and don’t to spend too much. Which do you recommend?

that accuracy is only good when compared to how plumb you hold the rod right? even 10 degrees off perfect 0 vertical, could mean .030 off if not more?

Englishman here - we gave you imperial measurements but take my word use metric as it is far easier as it’s already 10 based 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I have looked at several videos, and nobody wants to explain how to read the rod when you begin extending it! Where to place the Laser detector on the rod and how to read the rod when the rod is partially extended. Must you extend in graduations from the fattest part of the rod to the narrowest piece? If I put my detector at the top of the rod for example, but the laser hits the rod on the second extension (i.e. 8' 6"), how do I read that? Those the questions inquiring minds want to know! hehehe :) Great video, but I feel a BUNCH of details left out on reading a rod properly. Thanks :)

I just got into the business of excavation as a Union apprentice. One thing I've never asked or been told, why do we use tenths? Feel like it would be easing to do everything in inches.

But on the laser receiver ,when it is beeping, what does each tick mean. For example, if it's beeping fast (to go down) but it's halfway way shaded. That's 2 ticks out of 4. Does each tick on the up or down beeping, represent 100s?

Hey man I enjoy your videos however I understand how to read the shot rod I just don't understand how you are reading the tenths and hundredths if it's blocked ? That's what confused me

The rest of the world laughing at our reverse engineered metric system. Excellent content-as with all your videos.

@5:50 Helicopter Co-Pilot: “you think Diesel&Iron is shooting a video today?” Helicopter pilot: “F*** that guy. Watch this.”

What brand of laser kit is that?

Why are the numbers backwards?

I get all that but I still don't know what elevation to set the rod at off of a hub

I just bought one grade rod on the net, and it's marked with 12" ........ well it's for the concrete floor of my 24X34 garage. As it's only to level that, I don't think it's going to be a problem.....

Lol we don’t mess around with that , Liberia Myanmar and America are the only 3 countries in the-world that still use imperial measures , and as most of my plant is made in the US I need 2 socket sets and 2 spanner sets , can’t wait for you guys to evolve 😊

why are the numbers on the grade stick backwards?

Explain that again using mm cm and meters 🤣😂🤣😂

As a European I can't help but feel 10th rods are an odd attempt to metricise imperial measurement.

Why have you got the level rod upside down? Also if you are a draftsman/surveyor type that travels with a calculator, Inch/Tenths makes no difference. Fact is if you just look on the other side of the rod you will find 99% of Inch rods have tenths of feet on the back side. ,,,,, And life is easy with inches when you are using 8" block or any other American building ,material.. (Say I'm at 5.3' - how much deeper do you tell the operator to get down to a 6' deep footer made of 2 course of block on a 4" conc slab? - Hint, 2-8" coerce of block is 1.33+' )

Just use the Money method way simply.

Congratulations - you cursed a firefighting helicopter...

Please switch to the metric system. The rest of the world can't all be wrong. I was told by engineers that America pays more for everything being imperial because the rest of the world is the same measurement the USA pays more for so much because of basic cost. Iam from the UK and can easily use both but trust me if you used metric for 6mths you really wouldn't want to go back. Plus all your engineers already use metric and have been for a long time.

Why don't guys just move to SI Units? Quite dumb not to

2/3 video is how to ... I don't know, something about inches and foots or feets... Complicated things. About complicated things. Why you guys playing with these things?

You recorded this video in mirror image so that the image is backwards. Was it not possible to record it with a proper image? Watching this is quite annoying, which is unfortunate because your content and presentation are otherwise very well done.

10ths of a foot? Sounds like you guys bastardized towards the metric system. LOL! Whatever works I guess.