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gregg-gaffney
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Joined: January 20, 2011 9:05 am
Topics: 15 / Replies: 185
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RE: TOPCON PS - RC-5

Worked like a charm! Strange since the contacts did not necessarily look dirty and it just stopped working during a job.But, we have been using it at ...

11 years ago
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RE: TOPCON PS - RC-5

Wow - that was fast!Thanks Stephen, I will give that a shot.

11 years ago
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11 years ago
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RE: Improving Topcon Magnet

Lee - I haven't used the RTK in a while but when I did this morning I remembered something.When you go to re-occupy a RTK point for redundancy, you ha...

12 years ago
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RE: Improving Topcon Magnet

Lee,Below is a sample of the RAW backsight checks.By the way this is on an OS-102 with on-board Magnet.This is on a job that we are staking out propos...

12 years ago
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RE: Improving Topcon Magnet

No problem but I say thank Lee for starting this post!Glad someone feels our pain and may be able to get Topcon to listen.I have to read through his i...

12 years ago
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RE: Improving Topcon Magnet

Thanks Lee,I was going through the software with one of the guys and could swear we tried that toggle for the PTL and then exported the points again a...

12 years ago
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RE: Improving Topcon Magnet

I'm sure I have more but to follow are a couple quick ones.1. when staking points to line, the routine works great but the point that is collected onc...

12 years ago
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RE: 0.06 Backsight discrepancies

Thanks - we are not currently having that issue but I do remember that outside of the Topcon survey program (in regular old fashioned measure mode) we...

12 years ago
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RE: 0.06 Backsight discrepancies

I could swear we had this kind of problem with Topcon in the past.If I remember correctly, the backsights were off by about that amount but if you the...

12 years ago
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RE: GROUND SHIFTING DUE TO HEAVY EQUIPMENT

First Rule of ConstructionWe have been staking curb for 25 years this way and this has never been an issue. I have asked curb guys many times in the p...

12 years ago
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RE: GROUND SHIFTING DUE TO HEAVY EQUIPMENT

First Rule of ConstructionYep - I read it again and it was misleading.The contractor built the curb by pulling a slope distance from our stakes.

12 years ago
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RE: Conventional/Robotic Setup

What type of collectors are you using with that?We found out that on a 2600 running magnet, even though we were not in the map mode the collector was ...

12 years ago
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RE: GROUND SHIFTING DUE TO HEAVY EQUIPMENT

First Rule of ConstructionWell here is another fun one.Got the call that the curb is screwed up. Luckily this is a guy that has the smarts to make sur...

12 years ago
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RE: GROUND SHIFTING DUE TO HEAVY EQUIPMENT

That's what happens when guys simply "store" the point they just staked. Then if during the course of the layout the gun was bumped, out of level etc....

12 years ago
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RE: GROUND SHIFTING DUE TO HEAVY EQUIPMENT

First Rule of ConstructionWe have other groups we work with that really know what they are doing and are a pleasure to work with. They will call insta...

12 years ago
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RE: GROUND SHIFTING DUE TO HEAVY EQUIPMENT

I agree 100% and it has all been said to him already.I had my crew leave another site to check this out and help them.They are really going to be thri...

12 years ago
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RE: GROUND SHIFTING DUE TO HEAVY EQUIPMENT

nGROUND SHIFTING DUE TO HEAVY EQUIPMENTNow that is funny, although I am sure at the time it wasn't.

12 years ago
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RE: GROUND SHIFTING DUE TO HEAVY EQUIPMENT

Yeah, if only this gentleman was understanding.I was pretty convinced once we saw the ruts what had happened. Overall I am not so worried about it sin...

12 years ago
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RE: GROUND SHIFTING DUE TO HEAVY EQUIPMENT

That is almost exactly what another contractor told me that is involved in much bigger projects that we are building with him.Thanks for the input

12 years ago
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