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Joined: December 5, 2013 3:01 pm
Last seen: June 1, 2026 8:39 am
Topics: 16 / Replies: 370
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RE: ChrisNik HoundDog Magnetic Locator

We bought a HoundDog on September 18th of this year and it has already quit working. I replaced the battery with no change. On Monday I will be findin...

6 years ago
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RE: Building America in the Great wide open spaces of Montana

@rankin_file I haven't been into Stanford since 2010 or so. I doubt much has changed. Nowadays I normally boogie in through to Lewistown or Belt, dep...

6 years ago
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6 years ago
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RE: Note to self

Tie/dump/tie has been our mantra for any boundary or control points for as long as I can remember, regardless of conditions. ?ÿ

6 years ago
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RE: Ashtech/Thales Z-MAX Zxtreme rollover fix

@robots Seriously?! Hate speech? C'mon man, that's taking it a bit far. Life's way too short to get your panties in a wad about such trivial nonsense...

6 years ago
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RE: Ashtech/Thales Z-MAX Zxtreme rollover fix

@larry-scott Even if you can get the firmware updated, how are you going to get around the FCC 12.5 narrowbanding? As far as I can remember from my A...

6 years ago
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RE: Ashtech/Thales Z-MAX Zxtreme rollover fix

The real question is: Why? There are so many better choices to use. New base/rover pairs with GLONASS can be had for +/-10k. Retire those clunky boat ...

6 years ago
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RE: The king gets his

Monuments hold, even if that monument happens to be a foundation or building. If that makes the street short, so be it.

6 years ago
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RE: NGS opus

Just had a file go through with out any issues. What message are you getting back from OPUS?

6 years ago
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RE: Rubba dub dub

Mr. Clean magic eraser does a good job on removing the schmutz that ends up on our GPS and DCs. I imagine it would work well on a TS.

6 years ago
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RE: A new type of deed

@rankin_file It's not a terrible show, but it's not really a good one either. It is kind of nice to catch the glimpses of real Montana that are few an...

6 years ago
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RE: A new type of deed

Sounds like a plot line from 'Yellowstone'. Don't take any offers for a ride to the train station!

6 years ago
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RE: Making Marks

@larry-best

6 years ago
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RE: Yesterdays office

@mightymoe All day, every day. I've run weeks long projects multiple times and checked OPUS files from throughout those projects and seen less than a ...

6 years ago
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RE: Yesterdays office

@mark-mayer We use one of these for every base position:/p> 10 minute vial, takes all of 30 seconds to set up and plumb over the point, and there is...

6 years ago
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RE: Yesterdays office

I really can't understand surveyors that don't use fixed height tripods.....

6 years ago
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RE: Safety Manual

I'm going to bump this zombie thread to the top. I had an employee today who had a thankfully minor, injury free ATV accident. I wrote up an ATV polic...

6 years ago
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RE: Plastic Survey Caps

@dave-lindell Hahahaha! I thought they were a good price at 39¢ each! Thanks for catching my mistake. 😉

6 years ago
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