Ranging rods are colored poles used in tracing out lines in the ground. They are useful in conducting various types of surveys. Rods are made of wood, metal, or fiberglass and are graduated in feet or in meters. The foot rod can be read directly to 0.01 feet, whereas, the metric rod is usually read to 0.01 m

Materials used for making Ranging Rods

They are usually made of steel conduit pipe.

Features

The important features are:

• They are fitted with strong iron shoe at the bottom.
• Rods can either be purchased outright or made from pieces of straight pipe, roughly 1.5 m long.
• These rods are alternatively painted with two colour

Application

Ranging rods are used in various types of surveys. Some of its application are:

• Construction
• Civil Engineering
• Geological Surveys
• Mining