We're lucky enough not to have those in my area. The few rattlers we have are mostly concentrated in one area. I've only seen a couple of them in my...

Being solo with a small budget, I bought mostly used equipment when I started business, including my total station. Just my experience, but I have ha...

I've been near pig farms, chicken farms, and the City of Memphis sewer treatment plant. I'll take the treatment plant.

I got hired to survey a small lot in a platted subdivision. All the corners were in and checked well. As I'm setting up the instrument, the neighbor w...

Reminds me of a time two guys were hired as rodmen at the company I worked for. They were roommates, and it just happened that I passed their apartmen...

Sounds suspicious, but being his first time I would probably give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he really did get caught behind a bus and didn'...

I agree with the website idea. I have a simple one-page site, but it gets my name on the web and I get a lot of business from it. I get local and ou...

I'm in a nonrecording state also, and I'm used to working without recorded surveys, but some of the recent posts sound like even subdivision plats are...

Hi Steven,A lot of the responses here have been pretty harsh, but I will do my best to explain. It's impossible to tell you how to go to one point and...

I vote #2, but they're all great photos

I agree, time is the most critical part. Don't get caught up spending too much time on any one problem.

The short answer is yes. The only thing I know to do is ask them to go somewhere else.

A company I worked for once had a rodman with a master's degree in civil engineering. He didn't stay around very long, though.

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