Others have suggested the best cheap solution, a water level. I'll add one
more tip. If you need to take the level along a line, say, to check the level
of the pad out in the center, do it with a cheap laser. Any laser can work,
even a cheap laser pointer, as long as you can affix it securely.

The method is to aim the laser across the worksite at a convenient height. A
cheap laser level is handy because it has a tripod socket. The level the beam
using the water level. One end at the laser and the other end on the far side
of the worksite. Once the beam is level you can shoot vertical distances at
any point along the beam using a simple steel rule. Or even a string with a
mark at the laser impact point. Just touch the ground with the rule and
observe where the laser grazes it.

Most cheap lasers have too much beam spread to use the spot so use a grazing
contact, say, on the bottom of the beam. My rule is magnetic and I have a
cylindrical magnet that I can roll along the rule until the laser just barely
illuminates the edge.

John

On 19 Apr 2004 10:59:08 -0700, (Don) wrote:

I am wanting to have built or to build a pole barn garage about 30x30.
I have been working the ground with a power tiller and a tractor. It
is alot more level than it was but still has some low spots. Is there
a good way to ensure this is level?

Is there anything out there not too expensive that I could make or buy
that would help me get this as level as possible? (Short of buying a
200 buck transit). WOuld a laser level on a pole work?

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John De Armond

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