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jhframe
@jim-frame
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Joined: July 1, 2010 10:44 am
Last seen: October 13, 2026 8:00 am
Topics: 465 / Replies: 7012
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RE: Robotic Total Station Antenna Replace

Sounds like a job for Viagra.

6 years ago
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RE: Trimble Survey Controller & RTN -- How To Store Vectors?

Alas, they're using Survey Controller, so an Access workflow may not be useful, but I'll see what I can find out.

6 years ago
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RE: Home made tuger

@brad-ott I don't know Bob except for occasional run-ins on Facebook, but his sister was in my high school class.

6 years ago
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RE: HELP! Battery Change for Trimble 5600 Total Station

Yep, I was thinking SLA but writing NiCd.  I've recelled at least 3 of them, and all were SLA.

6 years ago
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RE: HELP! Battery Change for Trimble 5600 Total Station

The Trimble cowbells contain a 12v 7ah NiCd battery commonly used in emergency lighting systems.?ÿ $22 delivered from Amazon and available at any batt...

6 years ago
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RE: Newest race to the bottom

Not cheaper, just doable.?ÿ Different budget categories.

6 years ago
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RE: Home made tuger

For sure.?ÿ I've taken mine in some places it probably shouldn't have gone, and it can be a lot of work.?ÿ But for paved or fairly even unpaved ground...

6 years ago
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RE: Home made tuger

I've been using a Foldit aluminum cart for almost 10 years now.?ÿ It holds everything I typically need, and folds for compact storage.?ÿ One of the be...

6 years ago
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RE: Solar observations

I take it that " is a typo and ' was meant.?ÿ If not, the standard is too unrealistic to impose.

6 years ago
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RE: Backhoe use to recover survey stones

Certainly before calling in Golgotha, but also before calling in a military unit.

6 years ago
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RE: Scanners

Be glad you sold it, because you can't get ink for it anymore.?ÿ I had to replace my 450C for that reason -- it worked fine, just no available ink, ex...

6 years ago
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RE: Resection error

This is a common misconception, common enough that I had it before being challenged on it and investigating some years ago.?ÿ With a 2-point resection...

6 years ago
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RE: Today in ALTA Surveys and Easements

Maybe the reason they never got recorded is that they never got executed, i.e. the proposal was rejected and the easement wasn't created.?ÿ I don't th...

6 years ago
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RE: Plummet

My experience with optical plummets is almost exclusively limited to those in standard tribrachs, but I did have an opportunity to use the plummet tha...

6 years ago
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RE: Today in ALTA Surveys and Easements

The way I handle these is "[Type] easement per [Book & Page] may affect subject property [and is shown hereon] [but is not shown hereon]."

6 years ago
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RE: Hello from Brazil

Welcome to the community!?ÿ My mom was Brazilian, grew up in Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte, with summertime stays at the family sugar plant near P...

6 years ago
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