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Jim_H
Jim_H
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Joined: April 5, 2016 10:13 pm
Last seen: June 3, 2026 2:43 pm
Topics: 10 / Replies: 82
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RE: "Set Hi-Boy w/Flagging..."

SellmanA, post: 376028, member: 8564 wrote: Apparently, a "Hi-Boy" was an elderberry or alder staff about 6' long or so and placed alongside a propert...

10 years ago
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RE: FS Exam

Good advice. I remember that too. They do throw everything and the kitchen sink into a lot of the problems. Weeding through them to understand exac...

10 years ago
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RE: FS Exam

I think PPI publishes most of the prep materials these days. I would recommend the "land surveyors reference manual" as well. It's good because it ...

10 years ago
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RE: Just 1 corner

I don't see a problem setting the one corner if the south and west plats agree with your subdivision. I'd tie his NW and SE corners (assumed to be se...

10 years ago
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RE: IT'S RIGHT HERE!

Now that I've gotten his methods, back to the paint. I must be getting older because this kind of thing bugs me deeply. I mean, how 'bout a good des...

10 years ago
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RE: IT'S RIGHT HERE!

The paint is pretty bad, but sadly it isnt the most offensive aspect of your post. His elevations are going to be blown apart! Judging from your pho...

10 years ago
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RE: How to fix what got broke when it was already broke when you got it....

Nate The Surveyor, post: 373614, member: 291 wrote: What do you do, when1. You ran some tie line, 10 yes ago, tied an original monument.2. It got dest...

10 years ago
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RE: RTK

On a site that small, I would set two points with GPS spaced as far apart as feasible. Shoot the baseline distance with the gun. Hold the SPC bearin...

10 years ago
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RE: How Can 30.00 Feet Turn Into 30.01 Feet?

LookingForAnswers, post: 372867, member: 11710 wrote: Is it possible the monument at the SE corner of the plat "moved" slightly south between 1907 and...

10 years ago
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RE: Moved pin

I agee that the corner was likely displaced when the fence was replaced. Perhaps the 1997 surveyor would prefer you reset his pin at calculated posit...

10 years ago
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RE: Retracing an unrecorded survey

Not sure what state you're in, but here in Washington the rule of thumb is to accept retracement monuments within 0.5' of record positon. Of course t...

10 years ago
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RE: How Can 30.00 Feet Turn Into 30.01 Feet?

LookingForAnswers, post: 372547, member: 11710 wrote: 1. If you allocate 0.01' to every original lot on the block, you end up with a total of 0.19'--g...

10 years ago
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RE: How Can 30.00 Feet Turn Into 30.01 Feet?

Mark Mayer, post: 372417, member: 424 wrote: The way that 1907 plat is Lots 2 thru 37 should get their full measure of 30 feet in the north/south dire...

10 years ago
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RE: I need help interpreting a property number/land location issue

Start with a title report from a title company with all underlying recordings.

10 years ago
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RE: Fence Posts as Boundary Monuments (Another Example)

If the fence post was called for in the deed, I'd locate it where it enters the ground and call it the corner. It looks like the nail in the side mig...

10 years ago
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RE: Lost section corner on sectional correction line

Multiple choice.... but it boiled down to either double or single proportion. I chose single because I considered it to be a senior line, but like I s...

10 years ago
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