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james-vianna
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Joined: July 2, 2010 4:21 am
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RE: The truckers hitch

Thought about it a little more and we called it a Z drag as it looked like a Z. The other neat thing was by moving the tag line upstream and downstrea...

2 years ago
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RE: The truckers hitch

Use to use that for the mechanical advantage to haul whitewater rafts off rocks. Usually use the taught line hitch for tie downs

2 years ago
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RE: A neat pile of antique survey junk

Love that 2B. Ran many many miles of traverse with one. Great instrument.

2 years ago
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RE: RR ROW CL vs Design CL?

On one section of an old abandoned spur where they removed the rails in WW2 for scrap, I was able to recover the PC and Pt in the raised bed. They wer...

2 years ago
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RE: If You Find A Bent Tree In The Forest

Dont remember where i saw it but have seen old pics of peace trees where a limb was threaded through another limb

2 years ago
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RE: Lath

Not uncommon to see lath used around here but most have gone to hardwood stakes in the last 30 years

2 years ago
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RE: Equipment Advice

Being blunt here but would suggest a better use of your money would be in hiring a licensed land surveyor. To many pitfalls for a laymen.

2 years ago
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RE: Double Ring Ring

Similar to Paden's tale: I had a wingnut take me out on a row boat to an island in the middle of the Hudson River where he wanted to build his house....

2 years ago
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RE: Do you know any good advertisers?

I mentioned Beerleg to E-38 Survey Solutions

2 years ago
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RE: What is a Set Stone?

They can be all shapes and sizes usually a dressed stone around here. A rather unusual one from tuesday ?ÿ

2 years ago
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RE: Resetting Destroyed Property Corners

@dave-o?ÿ ?ÿBased on what he wrote it is. I understood it to be the original has been washed away so he has two maps showing the corners location that...

2 years ago
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RE: Resetting Destroyed Property Corners

Not sure i fully understand your issue but split the distance between the 2 maps and set it or some kind of o/s. Your using the best available evidenc...

2 years ago
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RE: What special skills make you exceptional?

Well according to swmbo i can piss off the pope

2 years ago
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RE: Plumbness of a chimney

Shoot the perimeter of the base and compute a center. Then the same for the top via reflectorless

2 years ago
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RE: Hand held GPS for surveyors

While your mileage may vary depending on your counties gis database accuracy, hunt onx works very well for me in my county. Way easier/faster than tra...

2 years ago
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RE: Insurance Broker - New Company for Renewal

My experience over the last 22 years is that every three years you need to shop around.

2 years ago
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RE: Field Notes/Field Books

you will get my field book when you pry it out of my dead cold hands

2 years ago
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