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jhframe
@jim-frame
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Joined: July 1, 2010 10:44 am
Last seen: June 8, 2026 6:11 am
Topics: 464 / Replies: 7003
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RE: Where are all the up and comers?

It's even worse on a one-person crew.?ÿ I have no opportunity to sit back and watch the other guy work, because there isn't one. (On the other hand, ...

4 years ago
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RE: 2" Total Stations and Use

I've been using 2" robots for about 10 years now (first Leica, now GeoMax).?ÿ To me it's right at the sweet spot for general use.?ÿ I had a 3" Topcon ...

4 years ago
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RE: Trimble 4000 4400 7400 Manuals and Software DATM4000 wanted

Every time I look at my pile of 4000-series gear I think, "I should get rid of this stuff, it's just taking up space."?ÿ Right about then another camp...

4 years ago
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RE: Todayƒ??s Office

We both worked for the Spink Corporation at the time.?ÿ Spink had a PT&T contract and we did fiber route surveys all over Northern California, usu...

4 years ago
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4 years ago
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RE: WILD Collection, T16, T2, T3

I suggest posting asking prices for these in order to maximize your base of potential buyers.?ÿ The figures can be aspirational, but should be realist...

4 years ago
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RE: Todayƒ??s Office

In the late '70s I was on a crew that surveyed a fiberoptic cable route from Kentfield in Marin County over the (almost) top of Mt. Tam and down to St...

4 years ago
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RE: Oddities and the 12-Mile Circle

You mean kind of like Austin?

4 years ago
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RE: Surveyor Job Function and Salary Prospects (USA)

In California, being a surveyor in one county does not necessarily mean that you have the right knowledge base and experience to competently survey in...

4 years ago
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RE: Shingles

I got a very mild case sometime after I got the old vaccine.?ÿ It was a small patch on the back of my right shoulder, and it was pretty painful.?ÿ I l...

4 years ago
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RE: Project down payment?

I only ask for a retainer when the client is a non-local entity that's unknown to me.?ÿ It doesn't happen often.?ÿ Everyone else is net 30 days unless...

4 years ago
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RE: Robot calibration

My Zoom80 is set to pester to check and adjust me every 6 months, as I recall.?ÿ I probably do it more like every year.?ÿ In the 7 years I've had the ...

4 years ago
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RE: Stolen equipment

Most of the "untested" ones just need their internal batteries replaced and the firmware reloaded, which is not a big deal if you're handy with a sold...

4 years ago
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RE: Stolen equipment

Today you could get it for about a hundred bucks.

4 years ago
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RE: What is this???

Hard to tell what it came off of, but it's an Acme thread (possibly square thread) drive screw for a pretty hefty piece of equipment.?ÿ That thread de...

4 years ago
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