No disrespect intended to your equipment, but I'd guess you could buy another Locus receiver for less than the tripod that one in the picture is setting on would cost these days.
Nice to see one of those little mushrooms still in service.
Peyronie's Wood and Hub Company
I'd guess that was a product of Peyronie's Wood & Hub Company.
Kevin-
Good pic !
Obviously you are about to lay out an end "bubble" for a road ?
TNAI
GIS grade positioning, equipment exceeds accuracy requirements
Locus units are paid for
Used all fixed HR tripods for ease of processing
Sort of odd, but I can probably tell a bit about how it got
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Sort of odd, but I can probably tell a bit about how it got
>I also highly recommend using an increment borer.
I've often wondered how hard it is to core a tree with an increment borer. Are they durable? It seems like it'd be easy for it to get bound up and break once you get more than a couple of inches into the tree.
Funny, when I first looked at the photo - granted, it was sideways - I thought that was an R10.
I wish!
Perhaps the R10 was aesthetically influenced by the LOCUS!
I just noticed that this cap is mis-stamped! Should be "R11E"
Sort of odd, but I can probably tell a bit about how it got
> >I also highly recommend using an increment borer.
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> I've often wondered how hard it is to core a tree with an increment borer. Are they durable? It seems like it'd be easy for it to get bound up and break once you get more than a couple of inches into the tree.
Depends on the type of tree. Some are easier to bore than others. Wax helps with the sticking.
It's possible to get the core out in one piece, but if you have to back it out and remove the core to make it easier to advance, that's not the end of the world. I guess that's where the "increment" comes into play. Kind of like threading a pipe.
I think it should be standard equipment on all surveys involving witness trees/blazes. It certainly has it place in disproving evidence, or evaluating if you should cut into a live tree to look for evidence.
EDIT: My dad used to borrow one from the local forest ranger district. There is a big difference in the quality in different brands. The good ones are expensive.