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Verifying Grade with Laser Level

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What happens here

After the subgrade has been established, use a laser level and grade rod to verify the grade accuracy. The instructor demonstrates how to read the DeWalt laser receiver mounted on the grade rod. For this driveway, the target is a 2-inch drop over a 16-foot span. The operator measures the initial benchmark and then moves to a new location to confirm the 2-inch difference, ensuring the proper slope has been achieved. The laser level eliminates the optical illusion that can occur when trying to eyeball grades from different perspectives.

Goal: Confirm the accuracy of the graded slope using a laser level.

Tools and materials

  • DeWalt Laser Receiver DeWalt — Receiving the laser beam to determine height differences
  • Grade Rod — Measuring height with the laser receiver
  • Laser Level — Emitting a consistent laser plane for elevation reference

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a lot of times will happen with somebody else stand between the laser and the receiver where are we at six three and a quarter six three and a half six three and a half or a quarter Alex damn those are my good numbers oh yeah six - no is that that's six measure from the top there oh yeah I mean you can measure from the bottom janice that's what I have been doing that six salt technically no you measure from the top so this coincides with that that's that's why you don't measure from the bottom so you're six three and a half six three and a half right there right so then if we're lower over here the numbers gonna be higher so we want that number to go up from six three and a half and that'll tell us technically you should go up by two inches because that's a 16 foot mark so it should be six five and a half six five and a quarter close enough for me likes it's got this dialed and dude you right there six five between six five and a quarter and six five and a half you got your two inches a drop from that point to that point and you can't eyeball that that's where you need a laser you nailed it that's with your top dressing on so you cut the subgrade down and you got that all cut down so you removed all this soil off right so you remove this off then you cut the subgrade down graded it back over here you nailed it all right I think we wrapped up Alex this looks here so how did it go for you how did you feel running your very first time ever foot can a hand foot control skid loader yeah yeah this looked great did you check your grades right here how are we doing along here okay I think we've I think we've nailed everything that there is to nail we just got to put all the equipment back this all looks good smooth flowing we know we've got a 2-inch drop there so you guys tell me in the comments down below did this video help you out I don't I covered a lot of ground covered a lot of ground teaching Alex so thanks for being my guinea pig and that in the world being comfortable that in the world know that you haven't ran one of them pieces with equipment and haven't ran a grade rod because it helps other guys when you're learning it's helping other guys and it sounds like my dog just got off the leash it can offer on the street I recognize that howl it's the funniest thing though when I'm like talking to somebody and all of a sudden my dog just zooms right past me down the street thing sign of a dog I'm gonna go chase a huh let's do that dog is the weirdest thing…

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