That's business, people. Trimble ain't stupid. If SECO was having trouble shipping before, why would the buyout help that instantly?
Andy J, post: 447029, member: 44 wrote: That's business, people. Trimble ain't stupid. If SECO was having trouble shipping before, why would the buyout help that instantly?
"instantly????"
It's been over 9 YEARS, Trimble bought SECO in July of 2008.
Just say'n
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Loyal, post: 447033, member: 228 wrote: "instantly????"
It's been over 9 YEARS, Trimble bought SECO in July of 2008.
Just say'n
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Maybe corporate just noticed and started treating them like they owned them
Andy J, post: 447029, member: 44 wrote: That's business, people.
Business maybe, but that does not make it good for the client
Loyal, post: 447033, member: 228 wrote: "instantly????"
It's been over 9 YEARS, Trimble bought SECO in July of 2008.
Just say'n
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haha! I suppose so. Was going by the OP comment that his order troubles were somehow related to "Trimble" ownership.
Obviously Trimble has owned Seco for 9 years and this problem is a recent development. It could be poor management on the part of someone at Trimble... it could also be something completely out of their control, like an inability to obtain raw materials. Most likely it's a combination of the two.
I like how the Trimble bashers refer to "Trimble" as if it were some single, dark, evil entity. Trimble is a corporation made up of people, just like, I suspect, where most of us work; some of them more competent than others. I know a lot of those people, and have yet to meet one with evil intentions.
J. T. Strickland, post: 447013, member: 246 wrote: I noticed that too. I didn't realize that Trimble had bought out Seco. That's probably why Hayes is now stocking the SitePro brand.
SitePro is what a local dealer of mine is selling. This is David White Stuff and it is JUNK!
FairleyWell, post: 446905, member: 12279 wrote: It's hard to beat a Tri-Max when you're running a robot.
No it's not, just buy a Leica GST120-9 🙂
SHG
Shelby H. Griggs PLS, post: 448386, member: 335 wrote: No it's not, just buy a Leica GST120-9 🙂
SHG
The "tale of the tape" from a Leica seller's website:
Obviously a Leica web site is going to going to give the Leica tripod the best review. They based their comparison to the Tri-Max on the quick clamp version, whereas the GST120-9 is screw clamp. The Tri-Max is available with a screw clamp as well; or you could go with the one I have for my SX10, which has both quick clamp for easy leveling and screw clamp for stability. Put the dual clamp Tri-Max in that chart and things change a bit.
Lee D, post: 448408, member: 7971 wrote: Put the dual clamp Tri-Max in that chart and things change a bit.
Maybe, BUT after almost 40 years of being in the field, I have yet to find a tripod as stable as the Leica GST 120-9 (including wooden competitors), I haven't used the Trimax, BUT I am going to guess like all composite materials it isn't as stable as the Leica. It is the horizontal drift and tripod hysteresis that are the things that kill the Trimax for me and I don't see how a different leg clamp changes that.
SHG
With sliding and adjustable legs, small amounts of wear of the moving leg brings in ever so slight space between the two parts of a leg and cause minimal movement.
Having a dual clamp on the tripod legs adds a whole new dynamic to being stable.
A flip clamp on top firms that end up and a screw clamp on the bottom will firm that end up and there is no more chance of movement along the entire leg.
Most of the time, I am rarely setup on a traverse hub over 5 minutes at a time and have taken shots for the control points and monuments located or set.
The rest of the time I am locating posts, fence location, power poles, telephone pedestals, water meters and building corners and wells and other non boundary items that the accuracy desired falls far below the requirements for boundary location.
I have become very prone to using solid fiberglass legs when I want the best results.
Hey I finally got that pole I originally ordered in June! The clamp doesn't close tightly enough to keep the section from slipping and the bubble was out of calibration. Also, the silk screened graduations look like crap. They definitely changed something about the manufacturing process, and it's for the worse. I wish I could say it was worth waiting half a year for this pole.....
