I've been doing this for too long in the same counties. Looking at my current list of little projects to get done soon. Here they are in a nutshell:
1. Find bars set in 1996. Move north line north 16 feet. Figure that area, then cut that much off the west end of the original tract to swap to adjoiner.
2. Find bars from 2012, 2011 and 2009. Use these to then cut out 10 acres from 160.
3. Find bars from 1998 and 1997. Use these to lay out new culvert alignment.
4. Find bars set in 2011. Use these to find two bars set in 2011 that were then driven about 3 feet deep by client who thought he could go right back to them someday when he wanted to build the fence that should have been built in 2011. These are out in a 100-acre soybean field with the nearest references being other bars set at the time.
. Find elevation benchmarks set near an in-town tract about 5 years ago so a client could build a new garage above flood level. We set two benchmarks on their property then. Guess what. Both were destroyed while clearing out for the new garage recently. Oh, yeah, while we are at it, we might as well find the property corner bars we set sometime in the mid-90's for two owners ago.
6. Find two bars found and one set in 1995 to then cut 5 acres from 160.
7. Find numerous bars found/set in 1994, 1995 and 1996 to be able to create a new tract of unknown dimensions until we find the ones from nearly 20 years ago.
8. Find bars found in 2013 and 2010 to then cut 3 acres from 80.
9. Find bars from 1999 and 2002 to prove to neighbor that his nice barb wire fence is about 30 feet too far south.
Arggghhhh! Where is the adventure and excitement? No helicopter rides. No wading through icy waters. No need to test out the latest gizmo from some advertiser in the survey magazines. No wild tales of camping out for two weeks and cooking everything on the exhaust manifold. No sultry clients trying to invite me in for some ice tea and a reason to make a big deduct on the invoice. No need to rent a jetski/trackhoe/skidsteer with 18 attachments to get the job done.
> Arggghhhh! Where is the adventure and excitement?
10. Find bar serving beers and ales on tap operated by good-looking woman who likes surveyors.
Sounds like this profession has udderly driven you to drink...:angel:
10. Find bar serving beers and ales on tap operated by good-looking woman who likes surveyors.
11. Give me your schedule and I'll try to go out and pincushion a few of your bars to make life more interesting.:-P
Pablo B-)
In my constant fight to pay bills on time I came to a realization a few years ago that I wished that somebody had told me about "residuals". The monetary kind. You know, like insurance agents get every month when you pay your premium, or when you own rentable property... you get the idea.
Anyway, the things that you mention are part of the residuals and things that keep a business afloat when you have been in business awhile and new work needs to be done from them on the whim of a new or longtime owner.
I look forward to the day that I have clients that will call me back over and over to work off my own work and draw new plats and such. 🙂
Carl