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RE: Survey Crew Ahead signs - Where can I get them?

I have a couple of these (48") and the heavy bases they sit on that I had to get for DOT work. I would let them go cheap ($100 for both) plus shipping...

8 years ago
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RE: Control points for concrete

John Hamilton, post: 386433, member: 640 wrote: Lead plug and tack. I worked for Longfield Engineering in Reno in the early 70s. I was head chain and...

8 years ago
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RE: Control points for concrete

Monte, post: 386123, member: 11913 wrote: We had a local building we had to set control inside, went thru, used hammer drill to drill a hole the size ...

8 years ago
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RE: Control points for concrete

Jim Frame, post: 386089, member: 10 wrote: Yes, but while you're still mixing grout I'm down the street drilling my next Berntsen hole. Yup it does a...

8 years ago
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RE: Control points for concrete

Hammer drill, cement grout, PK nail. Be sure drill diameter is slightly larger than head of PK and drill the hole a bit longer than the length and you...

8 years ago
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RE: Survey Distance Measurements in 1974

JOHN NOLTON, post: 385208, member: 225 wrote: I would very much like to get this EDMI from you. I will pay you by money order for packing/shipping and...

8 years ago
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RE: Survey Distance Measurements in 1974

I have a like new HP3800 sitting in the basement. Still works. It came with the battery box which was how you input the met corrections. It also has a...

8 years ago
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RE: Names: why do people do this to their children

And then there's the tiresome Caitlyn and the dozens of ways it can be spelled. Apologies to the many of you who have kids named Kaitlyn or Katelin or...

8 years ago
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RE: Survey Distance Measurements in 1974

The company I worked for in 70 had a model 6 Geodimeter but it was only used for special ties. By 74 we were going great guns with a couple T-2s with ...

8 years ago
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RE: RTK for Boundary Surveying

"I don't have it in me to argue with your irrational opinions about RTK for surveying."Really?? Then why would you even start this thread?Less Filling...

8 years ago
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RE: Can You Pass The Patterns Intelligence Test?

I think it's like little league today.... everyone gets a trophy:-P

8 years ago
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RE: Can You Pass The Patterns Intelligence Test?

Took it twice changed my answers to at least 5 questions and scored 96% both times....... somethins fishy.

8 years ago
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RE: GPS Firmware

I don't think my old Z-12s have had a firmware update in over 15 years. Just last week I dusted them off and collected several hours of data, submitte...

8 years ago
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RE: Survey equipment Prices

"Crazy. And, there are a few[hl] idiots [/hl]that still want big bucks for stuff, that are out of touch, with the economy" Not so sure the sellers are...

8 years ago
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RE: Hammerless Stakes

My boss bought a few cases of them years ago and they never got used. Most all ground is just too hard. I inherited them when the survey department cl...

8 years ago
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RE: What did 2 telescopes serve?

The outside one allowed a look straight down or up. Very useful when surveying in a mine.

8 years ago
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RE: Wild T1,T2,T3,T4,Kern DKM3 and various levels for sale

Mirage, post: 367665, member: 11583 wrote: I hope you got my email. I have sent you a PM.

9 years ago
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RE: Wild T1,T2,T3,T4,Kern DKM3 and various levels for sale

Mirage, post: 367587, member: 11583 wrote: Do you have any T3 legs left? I do, if he doesn't. email in profile should be good.

9 years ago
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RE: Imagining the size of a second of arc

And that second of arc when you are pointing at Polaris is about a billion miles.

9 years ago
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RE: The Beginning of the End of Licensure?

Years ago the State of Missouri was considering an expansion of the definition of "Land Surveying" to be more like Florida's which seems to include ev...

9 years ago
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