paden cash, post: 431882, member: 20 wrote: I have carried "canned air" in the truck to blow out (and off) dusty corners.
I just use this:
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We changed a flat tire over a dead possum a few days back. Does that count ??
R.J. Schneider, post: 431913, member: 409 wrote: We changed a flat tire over a dead possum a few days back. Does that count ??
Livin' the dream
Mark Mayer, post: 431906, member: 424 wrote: You pull the rags/paper towel out and much of the mud comes out with them. I usually find it to be a welcome find.
Usually? They had been in there over the winter, were in a state of decomposition that smelled like sewerage. The experience was akin to mucking out the outhouse by hand. I am afraid to go home, the truly unpleasant Mrs. Ralph may not let me in because I still smell.
Tim Libs, post: 431904, member: 12482 wrote: I've never left a roll of rags, but I believe the reason for leaving hubs at the bottom is to protect the monument from someone destroying it as they are digging it up, and also to let you know you are close. I usually don't do that with cased mons, but definitely on concrete mons buried in gravel roads.
If you leave a hub or brick, it would be a good idea to wrap it in flagging or something so that the finder can clearly see that they have not arrived at the destination. I found a brick in a case once that had a scribed red x on it which didn't look right, removed the brick and found the tack in lead in concrete no where near the x.
Trundle, post: 431901, member: 12120 wrote: On an a somewhat unrelated note, SDOT standards are cumbersome at first, but there are a few preparation things you can do (both fin the field and the office) to make the process much smoother. If your interested, feel free to shoot me a message.
Now this is helpful. I will give you a message and perhaps we can hoist a few while we talk shop. I buy.
Daniel Ralph, post: 431916, member: 8817 wrote: Usually? They had been in there over the winter, were in a state of decomposition that smelled like sewerage. The experience was akin to mucking out the outhouse by hand. I am afraid to go home, the truly unpleasant Mrs. Ralph may not let me in because I still smell.
I can't remember ever finding a rose garden growing in a monument well.
Have left lots of flagging, many squashed cans, flat rock, brick and other lasting object on top of monument, hubs and reference points that were in the dirt under dirt, gravel, asphalt and oiled roads.
Let me know how near I am so it don't get disturbed by me.
After digging up a rebar that was 15" deep in the gravel entrance to a truck stop last year, I filled the hole in about 4 inches and then found a nice flat rock and tied some pink flagging around it. On the flagging I wrote "Keep digging, only 4" left to go!", then finished filling in the hole. Hopefully the next poor SOB that has to dig that corner up will appreciate it.