I refer to a Kia Soul as a toaster. I saw a guy surveying out of one today. Commercial property about 60 miles from his office. An older surveyor for a well established Surveying Engineering Planning group.
What would you say to your boss if he handed you the keys to one of those spacious beauties?
I guess, go with the flow as long as he doesn't insist you take a hamster for a rodman.
I can not see how tripods or prism poles would be involved without a roof rack.
Worked out of a Chevy Chevette for a time. It worked. Everything had a certain place.......or else. Very inexpensive but it had 4-55 AC which is not good when it has to work at 4-20.
I surveyed out of a Scion Xb for a few years. Surprisingly spacious and the tripod and prism pile just barely fit across the width of the tailgate area
I would imagine that staff morale is not the highest in that establishment.
I surveyed out of a 76 impala for a while. My tripod was a Gurley fixed leg. That and the level rod both fit in the trunk without a problem. I called it my lowrider suburban...
Surveyed out of Honda Element AWD for a few years. It had ample space for everything and more. Ingenious design for interior space. Had a Thule roof rack for extra loads when needed.
Traded in a F250 Diesel Supercab long bed with tonneau lid for it.
I worked out of a Toyota Tercel for a while. Tight squeeze-- real problem was that every tripod and box had to come out just to get to a shovel or metal detector.
There was a firm here in town that exclusively surveyed out of sedans from the 70's. If course that was in the 80's and they specialized in lot surveys inside the city limits. I think they were passed on to the business whenever the owner's wife wanted a new car.
For the majority of the work I do, I need 4WD and clearance just as much as storage space.
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My first gig was with a guy worked out his basement. We had an old dodge ram 50, but when that quit out we used his saab 900 for 6 months.
Here are two of our prominent contributers (one thinks he's a cow, and well we all know "Uncle PC") on their way to perform an ALTA survey.
What would you say to your boss if he handed you the keys to one of those spacious beauties?
My reply would be: Where's my site today, Boss?
I once worked for a guy out of a BUSTED old station wagon. The kind with the clamshell rear doors and rearward facing 3rd row seats.
That company is now one of the larger survey, engineering, design and testing companies on the ease coast.
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Dang it, Paden. I sent you enough to cover my half of the hush money request What happened? Don't tell me you FORGOT to add your half.
Worked out of the trunk of a 1983 Chevy Impala for quite some time. Plenty of room for everything but we did a lot of walking to get to places that would have been accessible with a 4WD vehicle that could jump stumps and rocks. Great for in-town work, though.
My FJ Cruiser was perfect, until SWMBO took it over. Now I have to use one of those Ford 250 super dutys....talk about big...
I could survey out of a "toaster"; just as long as it was big enough to hold a banjo.......
JB, post: 427791, member: 346 wrote: What would you say to your boss if he handed you the keys to one of those spacious beauties?
My reply would be: Where's my site today, Boss?
I once worked for a guy out of a BUSTED old station wagon. The kind with the clamshell rear doors and rearward facing 3rd row seats.
That company is now one of the larger survey, engineering, design and testing companies on the ease coast.
Love that attitude. That's the same way I was raised. It took me a few years in the industry to realize that most people (engineers and some surveyors) are extremely class sensitive and associate professionalism and merit with shiny material goods.
Elias Glover, post: 427707, member: 1494 wrote: I refer to a Kia Soul as a toaster. I saw a guy surveying out of one today. Commercial property about 60 miles from his office. An older surveyor for a well established Surveying Engineering Planning group.
What would you say to your boss if he handed you the keys to one of those spacious beauties?
Depends. Would I still be afforded the opportunity to charge only by the hour...ethically speaking of course?
BushAxe, post: 427776, member: 11897 wrote: For the majority of the work I do, I need 4WD and clearance just as much as storage space.
Yeah. I did rip the rear bumper/ground effect off my Scion driving down a very rough lease road. The low clearance was a negative and I did bury it in the mud a time or two.