Yuk
I was just thinking how much fun this would have been not that long ago having to hack sight lines through this jungle to traverse conventionally. I don??t miss that part.
I was just thinking how much fun this would have been not that long ago having to hack sight lines through this jungle to traverse conventionally. I don??t miss that part.
Especially when it is 90 degrees and 90 percent humidity and pulling a chain (tape).?ÿ And when you are cutting out lines that you will stake and run levels for profile.
Andy
I was just thinking how much fun this would have been not that long ago having to hack sight lines through this jungle to traverse conventionally. I don??t miss that part.
??Especially when it is 90 degrees and 90 percent humidity?
Andy
Yeaaaaa??No thanks.
Jesus
Is that devil's club in that hazy mess?
@jitterboogie Gobs of it, and cow parsnip, close relative of hog weed.?ÿ
Why? It??s the weekend! And hit those points at different times of the day if using RTK preferably from different base points
@robertusa Fair question. Because this project requires staking something on the order of 15,000?? of utility easement and ROW for fiber optic placement. They want to begin clearing next Wednesday and as of this afternoon I??m 2/3 the way done staking. Also by next Wednesday I need to provide staking data to a contractor on a 45,000?? project I put together over the winter. By Friday I need to stake at least two other smaller jobs.?ÿ
My stakes will guide clearing crews on hydroaxes and grinders as well as placement crews. The splicers depend on the placement crews. It??s all scheduled according to my getting this done and if I fail, because I was worried about .05??, everyone that follows will be affected. All of this depends on two surveyors and a helper occasionally working a Saturday because in Alaska, you have six months to accomplish a year of work. That, and the money??s really good and I??m a glutton for punishment. ?????ÿ
@robertusa May I ask why? This isn't needed as long as you have the correct solution the first time.
The juice from cow parsnip leaves a chemical burn on your skin. Don't ask me how I know????????
You guys hiring? Sounds like my kind of work???
@brad-ott One man??s Yuk is another man??s Ka-Ching!
I'd use some of that "Ka-Ching!" on a Cat D8. ?????ÿ
@jed I am looking for a helper but it??s seasonal. I try and hire surveying students to give them practical hands on, one on one experience. Draw back to this is they return to classes in August and we remain busy until freeze up. I posted not long ago how hard it seems to be finding good raw talent interested in this line of work these days. FWIW, Puchki or cow parsnip, will make a mess of tattoos and leave scars, of which I have a few.
I??ll trust Williwaw??s judgement. ?ÿHe is the RLS on the ground. ?ÿWhen staking and flagging clearing limits you often have a visual check. I can??t recall the number of times I??ve visually projected a line when staking ?ÿclearing limits.
One of the biggest complaints I??ve heard from contractors is that Land Surveyors think everything needs to be staked within a 1/4 inch. ?ÿ
@fairbanksls Yes, exactly. I don??t lose sleep over a couple of tenths. It??s the brain fart when staking a line where a number gets fat fingered and somebody??s trees get whacked on private property. Use a lot of common sense checks as we proceed, checking into control as we go, nearly every corner is hit twice, once on the preliminary pass, compared to record computed location, then again on the staking pass. Biggest issue is running through really dense secondary growth, can??t see last stake 30?? away so we cut stobs, 6-10?? tall to extend above lath to enhance visibility. If can??t make out last couple stakes, more clearing between stakes is in order to make sure we didn??t get a bad initialization and several stakes off by 10?? or more. It happens. The old R83??s we use to use did this often enough to keep you on your toes, R10 is much better but no perfect. All raw GPS data is archived and post processed if anything appears askew. You can be as careful and alert to problems as possible but given the limitations of RTK, there??s nearly always a tenth floating around. Just try and explain to a hydroaxe operator why he should care if my lath is off by a tenth.?ÿ
