Much to my suprise, I found this at the Warehouse yesterday.
There were alos 3 power poles, 3 Dutch Hill Tripods, 3 Tribrachs, 2 360-degree Prisms, and 2 Long range active prisms. The internal battery needs replacing, but the gun seems to be in real good shape.
Were you expecting to receive a package full of 0.04' offset caps so your bar is always in the right place.
Caltrans transferred two S6s with TSC2s (no radios) and also two TCUs (these have radios for robotics) to us. These are the first ones acquired in 2005. For us these instruments are a huge step forward.
They don't have bluetooth and have optical plummets.
They work very well. The only real issue I have had so far is the auto-lock seems to get confused when there are two prisms in view which are close to each other in angle. Leica separated target recognition (ATR) from target lock (where the instrument tries to follow the target). Trimble has those functions combined. I tried turning it to the target I wanted to shoot but it kept either going to the closer one or somewhere in the middle. So far my impression is Trimble is more optimized for topo, the thing topos very fast. Leica seems to be more optimized for control but a lot has to do with settings and so forth.
I have some nice 2" Aluminium Caps on order the say "PS 1254" "Certified Land Corner", and 3" Brass Caps that say "PS 1056" "Certified Land Corner".
[sarcasm]I also have this stamp, if I want to do a plat. It reduces liability. [/sarcasm]
Your experience with the S6 locking onto the closer target is probably the same as everyone else, including me. Just wait until you try a traverse or topo survey around other reflective surfaces... which include but aren't limited to: your safety vest, reflector posts and freeway signs, vehicle headlights and tail lights, glass bottles and foil. Tree branches and leaves that flutter in and out of the line of sight with the wind also cause problems. Consider carrying a towel or something to drape over the easy to reach yet ever pesky reflective object. Sometimes you just have to turn an angle by hand with the S6 so you can get on with your day. The $3000 multi track target is a huge improvement for a topo survey in an urban environment.
If anyone from UPS is listening, I'd like a surprise like this, also.
> If anyone from UPS is listening, I'd like a surprise like this, also.
You beat me to it.
I had one of those. It is a good instrument but to me it's too big.
🙂 Because of the lack of a local dealer and due to all of the wires, cables, radio's, and the powered prism the Trimble requires, I bought a Leica 1200 smart station and sold the Trimble to someone in California.
Why in the world would UPS send that to you. That stuff is just junk. Send it to me and I'll see that it's disposed of properly... 😀
Steve,
Since you are one of my PALS, I'll give you $0.25USD for each of those PS1056 Caps.
DDSM:beer:
And by the way...are you sure that total station wasn't used to map bomb disposal areas?
There is a setting on the S-6 which will prevent this. I'm at home now and don't have it in front of me. I'll look on Monday.
We never have those kinds of problems unless the setting somehow gets changed or resets.
Mine came with a ATR? that slips under the 360 target. You set it to a number and set the same in the instrument and it will only lock onto it.
> I had one of those. It is a good instrument but to me it's too big.
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> 🙂 Because of the lack of a local dealer and due to all of the wires, cables, radio's, and the powered prism the Trimble requires, I bought a Leica 1200 smart station and sold the Trimble to someone in California.
Those are the some of the same reasons we bought Leica. This was just too good of a deal to passé up. It came with 2 top load external frame back packs and 3 Dutch hill tripods. I think we can get it up and running for about $1,500 and we will be good to go for 3 years. Then we can convert it to a boat anchor and get rid of the Geodimeter 620 that we are using for a boat anchor.