How to use a Transit

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  • Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
  • Here's how I use a transit to make sure that the footers are level all the way around the new addition.
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Комментарии • 126

  • @iMiker62
    @iMiker62 3 года назад +3

    For some reason…right out of the blue today I thought of your father and the wonderful infectious personality he had….I was driving by some apartments when he came to mind and I actually thought I saw him taking a stroll…🚶 ……just shows how people carry on deep in the memory of even strangers…he must have touched your hearts deeply.

  • @elizabethreid9448
    @elizabethreid9448 3 года назад +6

    see...I learn something Every time you post...thank you.

  • @kmc528
    @kmc528 3 года назад +3

    That's funny because I passed a construction crew using one of those last week, one guy looking through it and the other moving around with the stick thingy, and I thought about what the heck that thing was used for, I kinda figured it was to measure something, but now I know! Thanks!

  • @SharonG-ip3ll
    @SharonG-ip3ll 3 года назад +4

    Thanks for showing how a transit works. I've always wondered about that and thought there had to be a lot of algebra and geometry involved. It's good to know that it's just a matter of getting the transit level to begin with and then making sure your measuring stick is at the same height/depth at several spots in your project. Deer just love rose bushes. My dad put cages like the kind you put around tomato plants to protect my mom's roses.

  • @aspenriverrun
    @aspenriverrun 3 года назад +2

    The deer are so cute you can't get too mad at them,lol 😂 Nice lesson on the transit.Wow, not a small undertaking to add that extra space. Hope you both have a fantastic week!

  • @crazycritterlady8788
    @crazycritterlady8788 3 года назад +3

    Not only did I not know how it worked I didn't even know what it was called! I've seen many of them in road work going on over the years, but had no idea what they were for. And in every case there was a second person with the stick thing holding it and moving it around for the person at the transit. Thanks for that lesson I learned something new today. Much love from So.Cal.💟

  • @lindapeterson7166
    @lindapeterson7166 3 года назад +3

    Good ☕️ Morning Bill & Elizabeth from south Texas!Enjoying your renovation! 👏👍😊

  • @chrishicks5359
    @chrishicks5359 3 года назад +5

    Goodmorning from Colorado!

  • @katherineb.3140
    @katherineb.3140 3 года назад +2

    Good morning Bill,
    I have seen those over the years (never knew the name).
    Thank you for the explanation and demonstration. 👍 Very helpful and much appreciated!
    God bless!

  • @peanutsassyathena
    @peanutsassyathena 3 года назад +2

    Those sneaky deer - they have the entire outdoors to eat, but they eat the roses instead. It's a good thing your garden, and fruit frees are protected.

  • @marykubick8783
    @marykubick8783 3 года назад +1

    Good video Bill! You explained the transit process well. So far you’ve done a great job!

  • @rauloliveros516
    @rauloliveros516 2 года назад +1

    Man that is exactly what I was looking for. Being able to look through the lens. You are a good educator....liked it. Thank you

  • @pavelusa3423
    @pavelusa3423 3 года назад

    Yep thanx bill..as surveyors of sort back in 68in Toronto we used the transit,for angles and azimuts and the level for what you were doing taking the elevation.
    You brought back memories of the construction of highway 27 & 401.(:-).
    I only did that work for five years.
    Good job

  • @irisf.9355
    @irisf.9355 3 года назад +1

    I always wondered what those surveying tools did! Learn something new every day. Thanks Bill!

  • @jan6293
    @jan6293 3 года назад +2

    Thanks Bill, that was very interesting!

  • @wandahall4435
    @wandahall4435 3 года назад +2

    Bill is always so informative 👏 🙄 👌 👍

  • @MKCarol-ms7lg
    @MKCarol-ms7lg 3 года назад +1

    I learned this in high school but had forgotten. Thanks for a refresher course.;)

  • @candyalexander2196
    @candyalexander2196 3 года назад +1

    Always busy improving
    Look in like a nice day from that sky. Lots of info to pass along thanks.greetings from NC Moab forever

  • @cs266
    @cs266 3 года назад +1

    Yey good morning Bill & Elizabeth. Have a wonderful week. 🧑🏼‍🦳

  • @willymags123
    @willymags123 3 года назад +1

    I love it love it love it!! Thank you! I love learning new things! Great video I never heard of transit but then again in my profession I didn't need to. You crack me up with the deer eating your roses. Lol oh deer.🌹🥀⚘

  • @paigeyap4082
    @paigeyap4082 3 года назад +1

    That was interesting. I always wondered how those worked. Thanks for showing us. You may have to put wire fencing around the rose's to protect them from the deer but it was pretty cool seeing the 2 does together at your house.

  • @LeeCraftyHomestead
    @LeeCraftyHomestead 3 года назад +2

    I always wonder how it worked. cool. I learned something new today. thanks

  • @GinaSiska
    @GinaSiska 3 года назад +1

    Aww 🥰 the fawns were having rose leaves for a snack, lol 😂 Thanks Bill, I always learn a lot!!

  • @pamhutzell8268
    @pamhutzell8268 3 года назад +3

    So cool, Oh no Elizabeth's rose 's. Her kitchen is coming!

  • @dawnbaker9274
    @dawnbaker9274 3 года назад +1

    Didn't even know its name much less how to use it! Thanks for the info.

  • @scrappy836548
    @scrappy836548 3 года назад +6

    Fascinating! I always wondered how to use one of those. But to be honest, I never even knew what their name was, lol. Thank you for showing how and why they are used!

  • @larrylishman6038
    @larrylishman6038 2 года назад

    Thanks a lot buddy! Your explanation was great.

  • @judyabernathy80
    @judyabernathy80 3 года назад

    Bill, I had no clue how transits worked. Thank you!!

  • @jenniferhammer9214
    @jenniferhammer9214 3 года назад

    Love your videos! Even the wildlife!

  • @ljjackson7106
    @ljjackson7106 3 года назад

    Bubble and crosshair all came thru very well for me Bill! 👍

  • @Randy8923
    @Randy8923 3 года назад

    Good information. Thanks Bill.

  • @georgiannmaloney6594
    @georgiannmaloney6594 3 года назад +1

    Enjoying your videos. Take care from Indiana. 🙋😎

  • @coloradopackratprepper
    @coloradopackratprepper 3 года назад +1

    Another good morning from Colorado!!!!! Thanks for showing. Didnt kno how🐾🐾🐾🐾🐈🐈🐈🐈!!!! I didnt even kno what it was called!!!

  • @WILSON.1
    @WILSON.1 Год назад

    Awesome, thanks!

  • @docbooth8834
    @docbooth8834 2 года назад +1

    Enjoyable learning video. No useless blab. As in all good presentations, information from the commenters is good viable information or opinions. For the majority of commenters they got what they were looking for, "Oh, that's what that is!" I was looking for a little more. Armor Vestrus added enough for the redirect I am looking for. Having already used an "optic level transit" to facilitate placing 60,0000 lbs of steel structure and contents, I am faced with 3 more simpler but vastly larger structure locations. After that I will need to use a laser level, altitude verified by a distant "transit". If I understand correctly, I should be able to accomplish the task with a powerful optic leveler and not need to pay for the more expensive transit. Bottom line, I have more learning to do. Thanks for the video.

  • @fms6306
    @fms6306 Год назад

    Ty that was a great explanation

  • @karldunne5595
    @karldunne5595 3 года назад

    Well done!!........ thanks for that 😊

  • @TinaRice4
    @TinaRice4 3 года назад

    AWEEEE BUT BUT the Deer are just SO ADORABLE!!! LOL
    Yes I found this video very interesting because I not only didn't know how it worked nor did I even know the existence of a transit!! LOL But I love learning new things!!!

  • @stacyhackney6100
    @stacyhackney6100 3 года назад

    That's so neat. Thank you.

  • @nickallen419
    @nickallen419 3 года назад

    They have an app on the phone level transit that we used on ours. It works pretty good. Until then I never knew how they worked. Pretty neat and makes the job easier.

  • @ef5842
    @ef5842 2 года назад

    No, I never had a lesson on ho a Transit works. That was easier than I thought. Thanks

  • @edithsens4868
    @edithsens4868 3 года назад +1

    Thank you, I had wondered how that work. 🙂

  • @cherylt8590
    @cherylt8590 3 года назад

    Thanks for the information on how to use the Transit👍😊...

  • @michellefricke7942
    @michellefricke7942 3 года назад +2

    The measuring stick is called a Philidelphia Rod.

  • @debrezo58
    @debrezo58 3 года назад

    Very good!

  • @jamesjackson7752
    @jamesjackson7752 3 года назад +2

    Here helping you make some money.👍😎

  • @Teresa-K
    @Teresa-K 3 года назад

    Very cool!

  • @130sutphen
    @130sutphen 3 года назад

    GREAT IDEA TO USE IT

  • @zoeyround3747
    @zoeyround3747 3 года назад +4

    Bill, you think your transit is old school, you should have seen my dad's! His was probably from at least the 50's. I don't think he would have had a current one in the 60's when he was building golf courses and surveying for grade. We used it all the way up till he surveyed some land he was selling in 2012-13. I'm sure the transit is still around, even though my dad is not. We called the stick a surveying rod. Thanks for the memories!

  • @cindyburst
    @cindyburst 3 года назад

    You guys rock. 💕💕

  • @skytechbits
    @skytechbits 3 года назад +1

    Thank you Bill. I love tools. I saw the crosshairs just fine both times. I would love to check out the laser one. Too bad you couldn't just rent one :) Thanks so much for sharing :)

    • @LiveSimpleLiveFree
      @LiveSimpleLiveFree  3 года назад +2

      Oh, you can rent laser transits. But I don't need to since I haver a transit that works just fine.

  • @maggiesue4825
    @maggiesue4825 3 года назад

    Thank you!!

  • @bonniekaye
    @bonniekaye 3 года назад

    Awesome! 🙂👍

  • @MiscMitz
    @MiscMitz 3 года назад

    Great tool

  • @Fazillah
    @Fazillah 7 месяцев назад

    Thanks so much

  • @l.m.o.8948
    @l.m.o.8948 3 года назад

    Thanks Bill 🇨🇦

  • @chrishicks5359
    @chrishicks5359 3 года назад

    Very interesting!

  • @c.julien8266
    @c.julien8266 3 года назад

    Thanks for sharing...always wondered about transits. Was likely painstaking work before they were invented.

  • @clionamm
    @clionamm 3 года назад

    I did find it interesting!

  • @AKLight2008
    @AKLight2008 3 года назад

    Thank you for explaining the transit(?).

  • @annsharp3519
    @annsharp3519 3 года назад

    I thought you had a new camera!!! Shows you how much I know!!!

  • @mikerowland1701
    @mikerowland1701 3 года назад

    Thanks👍🏻

  • @beverlysyferd379
    @beverlysyferd379 3 года назад

    Thanks. I didn’t know anything about it either.

  • @liangelkuli6591
    @liangelkuli6591 Год назад

    I appreciate you informing us about the transit. I am doing this for a project in Precalculus. I have one question though. Whenever we continue our transit the next day, does our rod reading have to be the same as the previous one we did in order to keep it balance everyday for an accurate measurement?

  • @sharon4364
    @sharon4364 3 года назад

    Ask those pruning fawns to come back again when they are full grown. . .
    Interesting building tips as usual!

  • @Centerpieceofmind
    @Centerpieceofmind 2 года назад

    We use a transit in New home construction to measure individual stud height in a garage.

  • @juliafayeconner8978
    @juliafayeconner8978 3 года назад +1

    My husband had his dad’s transit and used it a lot while he was still doing concrete construction. It looked a lot different from yours.

  • @charlesworkman2772
    @charlesworkman2772 2 года назад

    Love the video would you please put this on rumble. Thanks

  • @sueupham2519
    @sueupham2519 3 года назад

    Lord bless you both...

  • @debracook530
    @debracook530 3 года назад

    That was interesting. Iv seen people on the side of the road with these and wondered hoe it worked Now I know

  • @fcalin21
    @fcalin21 3 месяца назад

    The water hose is the most precise.

  • @philipbrazis8732
    @philipbrazis8732 3 года назад

    Ruth here, gosh my dad used a transient way back in 70's or early 80's, he had to repair kills in a brickyard

  • @cindyenglert.az51
    @cindyenglert.az51 3 года назад

    I’ve always wondered how those worked!

  • @crunknavajo
    @crunknavajo 7 месяцев назад

    The "stick " .. Philly Rod , Linker Rod.. sure there's more but that's what i know it as ... Even called the "Shitter" Rod for dipping Sanitary Sewers to get a invert.

  • @knittingnana2939
    @knittingnana2939 3 года назад +1

    When I got my new granite countertops they brought in a laser and put it in the middle of the kitchen and then shot laser lines all over. 3 weeks later, there came my counterrops.

  • @bessieoriotis5104
    @bessieoriotis5104 3 года назад

    Gee I never knew what a transit was.
    Thank you.

  • @Mamaspeeder
    @Mamaspeeder Год назад

    Went union, and while I worked for a plumber for a year and a half and learned a lot the unions teaching us about a lot of tools I had never heard of before. Wanted to see a visual demonstration of the transit level, great video!

  • @carolinagirl3896
    @carolinagirl3896 2 года назад

    Maybe there just pruning the roses. Lol

  • @josechristianreyes
    @josechristianreyes Год назад

    What brand and what zoom is that please?

  • @CVenza
    @CVenza 3 года назад

    Good information on the Transit. Those deer are adorable. Is a Transit necessary for a greenhouse?

    • @LiveSimpleLiveFree
      @LiveSimpleLiveFree  3 года назад +1

      It is if you want it level. Or if it’s small, you can use a level on top of a 2x4.

  • @pauld5641
    @pauld5641 6 месяцев назад

    You forgot to mention the height of the center of your sight glass on the transet off of the ground to set proper height of your finish.

  • @denisbarriault6781
    @denisbarriault6781 3 года назад

    Bill, they are pruning them rose bush.😅

  • @kmwrites7456
    @kmwrites7456 3 года назад

    I have always wondered how a transit works and I thank you for the nice demonstration. However, dumb question: how do you know if it's level if the stick might be stuck down farther in to the ground than the one by the house or are the sticks just set on top of the ground?

    • @LiveSimpleLiveFree
      @LiveSimpleLiveFree  3 года назад

      The stick is set right on top of the ground at whatever point you want to check.

    • @kmwrites7456
      @kmwrites7456 3 года назад

      @@LiveSimpleLiveFree Thank you. I get it!

  • @keithkeller5259
    @keithkeller5259 3 года назад

    how are the tires on the F250 You can change them and the wheels to the van if they are better its the same bolt pattern

  • @armandhammer9617
    @armandhammer9617 11 месяцев назад

    I used a laser transit today but they're not as accurate in my opinion. I shot my grade and double checked a few and some were 1/8 " different. Nothing wrong with old school. 👍

  • @barb8335
    @barb8335 3 года назад

    I always wondered what that was used for and why. And now I know..lol

  • @mattb1951
    @mattb1951 3 года назад

    ☘️ A nd a Top O The Mornin from IRELAND ☘️🇮🇪🇺🇸☘️

  • @lisastephens9703
    @lisastephens9703 3 года назад

    😊🙏

  • @pamelabell5084
    @pamelabell5084 3 года назад +1

    Twins fawns

  • @armorvestrus4119
    @armorvestrus4119 2 года назад +1

    Please don't think that I am being mean or a know it all because I am not, but I have learned that a tool like the one you have in this video is a Level not a transit. I use to think they were the same thing but they have completely different functions. The industry even misuses the name but I do not know why. A true transit will let you flip the scope vertically 360 degrees so you can shoot a line backward without turning the head at all. I also have another type of Transit that a lot of builders use. It lets you tilt the head at a 45 degree angle but it is not even a true transit. A true transit lets you prolong a line more accurately than a haft transit or a level. To answer your speculation about how the level is used by surveyors like you have they use them to do contour mapping.👍

  • @justindankel43
    @justindankel43 Год назад +3

    NOT A TRANSIT BILL! THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC LEVEL.

  • @ShepherdsHook
    @ShepherdsHook 3 года назад

    Would also be useful to show how to use a "water hose level", very accurate.

    • @LiveSimpleLiveFree
      @LiveSimpleLiveFree  3 года назад +2

      Yes, very accurate. But very slow and cumbersome when checking the level at many different points. But MUCH cheaper, LOL

    • @ShepherdsHook
      @ShepherdsHook 3 года назад

      @@LiveSimpleLiveFree depends upon availability. A transit is expensive and fragile. Had several and trained many crewman to use...even lazer.

    • @michellefricke7942
      @michellefricke7942 3 года назад +2

      String levels are good, too.

    • @ShepherdsHook
      @ShepherdsHook 3 года назад

      @@michellefricke7942 have one...

  • @bobkeeler5964
    @bobkeeler5964 2 года назад

    lesson starts at 1:21

  • @jaynebuck5163
    @jaynebuck5163 3 года назад

    Nom Nom they say

  • @jppcasey
    @jppcasey 2 месяца назад

    That is not a transit; it's an auto-level. Other than that, it was a great video.

  • @lindayaya59
    @lindayaya59 3 года назад

    👍😻💚

  • @johnelmore2459
    @johnelmore2459 Год назад

    Bill, do you understand that that unit you are showing is a level not a transit?

  • @130sutphen
    @130sutphen 3 года назад

    Laser to hang pictures

  • @BenSlover1
    @BenSlover1 Год назад +1

    That's an automatic level, not a transit. Generations and generations of contractors in the past have referred to levels as transits, but they're not. A transit is an engineering instrument that can measure elevations like your automatic level. Also, the scope swings all the way through vertically 360 degrees which enables it's capability for surveying applications in the field for line transfer, or plumb, like for steel erection engineering, columns, etc. A transit has a finely graduated horizontal circle for measuring precise horizontal angles in the field like for applications such as squaring up concrete forms for large commercial type concrete foundations, or establishing bearings and boundries between tracts of land. I've heard levels referred to as transits hundreds of times over the years because I've been involved in land surveying equipment sales and service since the 1970's. I always thought it may be because there are other types of levels on jobsites, including carpenter levels, or speed levels, so contractors way back when may have called levels , transits, as to avoid confusing it with other types of non-optical levels on the job. Not sure, but it's always a point of humor in most instrument shops.

  • @jmadventures9830
    @jmadventures9830 Год назад

    you can't do leveling without metric units, great video but that stick just ain't right

    • @LiveSimpleLiveFree
      @LiveSimpleLiveFree  Год назад

      You must not be American? We don't use metric here. I've been using these transits for decades, and I've never seen a metric stick. It doesn't matter which unit you use, and long as you use the same one consistently.

    • @jmadventures9830
      @jmadventures9830 Год назад

      @@LiveSimpleLiveFree i promise metric measurements is better, but for an optical level it's the only thing that you can use. But anyways, ain't nagging at ya, good video, old timer,... looking to buy a level now... take care ....