Looking for a word to describe a pin or pipe that has been bent over, the base still being undisturbed and located for the position of the original monument. Using the term "bent over" produces a mental image of granny in the dandelion position. Maybe there is a better term. Thanks.
spinners
Found disturbed iron pipe, base intact.
or maybe
Found iron pipe, top disturbed, base intact.
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> Looking for a word to describe a pin or pipe that has been bent over, the base still being undisturbed and located for the position of the original monument. Using the term "bent over" produces a mental image of granny in the dandelion position. Maybe there is a better term. Thanks.
Old timer here used to put "Rod Found Askew, replaced" or "Pipe Found Askew, measured at bend"
I will tend to try to rehab those types of things. I keep a 3/4" pipe in the truck with a half a union over each end to protect the threads. As someone above suggested, I will "spin" the monument in place to find vertical, and then try to bend the iron back to that same measuring spot. It works well about 95% of the time.
or
rehabilitate it and just say "Found iron pipe."
RFB
Beat me to it. All bent corners that are intact at the bottom get spun, pulled, straightened, re-drove, and tied in and called found.
> Looking for a word to describe a pin or pipe that has been bent over, the base still being undisturbed and located for the position of the original monument.
Typical note for me would be:
>Found __ in. iron pipe, top section severely bent, bottom section straight and plumb. Removed pipe, straightened it and reset it in position of base.
One of the 1-1/4 in. iron pipes we found yesterday was so bent and mangled that we had to saw off its upper 6 inches. To stabilize what was left, I drove a 48 in. rebar though the pipe and capped it with a 2 in. aluminum cap stamped "FD IRON PIPE", with a punchmark for a reference point. From the surface, the pipe looks pretty good.
Try a Limerick
There once was a surveyor named Kent
Who once found a pipe that was bent
He said with a grin
as he gave it a spin ..........
Yank it, it ain't one of my pins.
Try a Limerick
> There once was a surveyor named Kent
>
> Who once found a pipe that was bent
Don't give up your day job, Perry.
I've used statements very similar to Kents. Just say what you did. Who cares if its two or threes sentences. I don't think there is a substitute for a good, clear explaination.
Try a Limerick
The message provided is mainly for the benefit of future surveyors. We use 'bent' to indicate that we found a monument that still provides the original intended position, but, the top is not at that position. You must dig deeper to find the true position. The next surveyor expects to find the monument bent and knows to dig a bit to find the truth.
Perry Williams...
that's just the best one yet. Sorry, Kent, had to do it.
