$0.206 per linear foot of boundary, AND on this job you have to paint the lines AND pull witness trees on every corner. This tract is also about half wooded.
I tell you one thing. South Central Tennessee has some broke @$$ surveyors. This job is about 50 miles from the other one.
For a hack, blaze, paint and witness tree job on 1155 acres, figure a price of about 16k to break even.
If it's less than that around here, you're either trying to keep crews busy or you're a glutton for punishment.
think i'd rather flip burgers for a living. D-bags like that are bleeding the profession dry. The guys who mark/flag subsurface utilities have more prestige nowadays, and probably make a better living.
Well, how much are you paying your survey technicians? Does it make sense to stay with a company or get licensed and do this work for 20 cents a foot? I'm guessing things are the same there as they are in other areas. The technicians get trash wages until they can qualify and pass the test. Then they move into their own practice that at least gives them some sense of worth even if the actual income is the same or lower.
Don't know the answer, but it seems to be the driving factor in the economics of surveying business.
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> Well, how much are you paying your survey technicians? Does it make sense to stay with a company or get licensed and do this work for 20 cents a foot? I'm guessing things are the same there as they are in other areas. The technicians get trash wages until they can qualify and pass the test. Then they move into their own practice that at least gives them some sense of worth even if the actual income is the same or lower.
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> Don't know the answer, but it seems to be the driving factor in the economics of surveying business.
Diggggg. I found myself in the EXACT same situation in 1994. Was able to ride the pant legs of the 96 olympics. Good work when ya can get it, eh? Made it through the tech bubble debacle 120 miles from my homeies. Rode the build build build fiasco for all it was worth. Now, it's crap all around. I don't worry about it anymore. I charge what I feel it's worth to me. Screw the lowballers AND the highballers. Just myself and my poor dear wife. Helps that she has a secure job in the health/sick care 'industry', small animals flavor. Holy Cow has said it best here. Diversify. Don't rely on surveying alone to keep YOU busy. Try doing a little farming, selling scrap metal, something, or anything. Or, fade away.
Is that break even price for 80,000 feet of line?
that's to big of a job for me!
> DON'T FORGET THE NEW GOLDEN RULE
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> I JUMP FOR CASH B!TCH
snoop, I am suprised that you actually put your real life photo as an avatar.