How to read a grade rod in decimal feet/How to set your grade rod from a hub and check grade.

[@pjp80s]

I have to tell you guys… there a tons of videos here attempting to explain this process and yours by far is the easiest to follow.

[@BuildinginLasVegas]

Thank you. We really tried to break it down as simple as possible. And thanks for watching!

[@Mr1laker]

I agree, perfect explanation good stuff !

[@michaelpopescu6615]

Finally. Someone who explained it easily

[@seeunow44]

By far the best explanation!!!!!!!! Must be former military!!

[@BuildinginLasVegas]

We wish we were! Might of led to better choices and no prison time! Thank you for watching!

[@caseyarmstrong343]

You guys make it super easy to understand.

[@jc-ul8ip]

Thank you for making it simple

[@tedjohnston8972]

Thanks! Very helpful.

[@BuildinginLasVegas]

you got t!

[@user-rf7kq8tz6o]

Wowsers. I understand it now. It just clicked in my head. Cheers boys use helped me out heaps 🤙🏻

[@BuildinginLasVegas]

you got it!

[@famfam6205]

Great thank you for this video keep them coming

[@BuildinginLasVegas]

Thanks for watching buddy! We will be doing many more grade videos

[@famfam6205]

Can you make a video on how to make a banjo

[@russellthomas9249]

@@famfam6205 banjos are great for curb grade , footings , shallow pipe grade,etc. you need a 5 , 6 , foot rod , 1 foot rod measured from the top of long rod at 90 degrees on the end,. a 4,5,6 inch bubble . level taped on top of your long rod these clowns can't help you. let me know if you need to know how to read it .

[@charlieperez6844]

Best explanation on utube! Thank you so much for posting! Already pushed the Follow tab

[@BuildinginLasVegas]

Thank you for the support!

[@charlesviner1565]

👍just subscribed

[@mikecioka1180]

Easy yo understand

[@BuildinginLasVegas]

Thank you for watching!

[@user-xd7zk1pw5y]

You mean normal units, and then the ammerican way. I love how you guys use tenths. Just go metric and there will be at least time enough saved at the end of the day for at least 2 more beers

[@chinchuling0710]

Thanks construction knahledge

[@spykids6087]

Great video. Thank you I am building a road 750’ with a slope of 10%, can you please give me an idea how to set up my laser to get a straight slope. Thank you

[@mariodr20]

It's been a year.. How did it go? 750 wide??

[@SyntheticGrassLaunch]

Awesome.

[@BuildinginLasVegas]

Thank you.

[@dylanchandler3697]

So could you use this technique on digging out foundations? Based off print and grade?

[@UnlockingSecretsofTheUniverse]

Yes you can. Shoot a set point, get the number off your grade rod and add the thickness of your footing. Your prints will give you top of footing elevation.

[@jrgd9083]

Man everything sounds so confusing but ill get it soon! So if the 1 foot mark on the lathe says “f” to fill. Does the machine operator throw dirt to fill up to that 1 foot?

[@erock5010]

Yes

[@patwatson2454]

Is that a FF grade?? If so you need to add the material you are using to the grade for subgrade,the way I do Here in Florida is say your stake says grade,that's finish product, Well on a grade I measure up a ft make it a C-1 cut one so I would be 12" from finish grade,Then you have to add your material thickness we usually put 8" of lime rock down so when I'm cutting subgrade and stringing it I would need to read 21 & 1/2 inches for my sub grade 8" of rock 1 & 1/2"of asphalt

[@BuildinginLasVegas]

So what we did here is try to make it as basic as possible which is why we left finish and sub grade out. We felt this was the first step into understanding writing on lath then get into actual story steaks. thank you for your input! What your saying is correct you definitely need to take into account the thickness of your material for grade when reading lath. We will be making another grade video here shortly.

[@patwatson2454]

@@BuildinginLasVegas 10-4 glad someone is trying teach people I normally hire guys that say they know how then have to do it myself because they freeze up

[@wdwtx2.0]

Booyah!

[@smokingbluedream]

Anything high or low of your number is a cut or fill

[@patwatson2454]

If it's below your target number it's high above it low

[@dblood8529]

Why do you use tenths and hundreds in grading?

[@BuildinginLasVegas]

It is easier to add and subtract decimal feet than inches or fractions of a foot. It also saves you from converting from inches to tenths when pulling elevations off a lath for example.

[@kikovert]

So f I fill and c is down ?

[@BuildinginLasVegas]

Yes, up from your hub for fill and down from your hub for cut.

[@grumpy1962R]

When I put a tape measure to my grades stick the inches don’t line up. This isn’t even a matter of tenths of an inch or decimal or fraction, the distance between 1 inch and 2 inch compared to my tape measure is not 1 inch.

[@bradleymcclure595]

Because those aren’t inches they’re tenths

[@BuildinginLasVegas]

One eighth of an inch is almost equal to one one hundredth of a decimal foot . The reason they don’t line up is because there are only 8/8ths in an inch and there are 10 hundredths in one tenth..

[@bulletquest]

Fill is subtract, cut is add

[@katdeskinner]

White ribbon is a 1’ hikeup to grade. Yellow is 2’.. red id 3’ blue is grade. Dont use white for top of curb. Should be blue at grade on stake. Peace.

[@BuildinginLasVegas]

Color can vary based on where in the country you are, thank you for the input.

[@smokingbluedream]

6 ft ruler only a grade rod for eye levels lol

[@UnlockingSecretsofTheUniverse]

It’s all we had on us that day. It works exactly the same, just shorter. It is fast and easy to use one of these grading a pad with a receiver.