First, cheep tripods are a huge mistake.?ÿ They might be just the ticket if your using a GNSS receiver, level or contractor's transit but not robotic ...

Tommy, It has been a long time since I was a Trimble shop but as I recall they had a program that converted the .00 files to .dat files.?ÿ It might be...

Thanks Dave, From the way I read it, I need to show that I met Illinois requirements for the PS exam in 1994, the year I received my initial license.?...

same as @a-harris on my F-250.?ÿ Mine is really rudimentary, 2"x2" tubing in a 'tee' fits in the receiver (parallel to the bumper) with 2 1" vertical ...

BLJ, This is normal.?ÿ It really freaked me out when I first saw this on the TCA1800 back in the 1990s.?ÿ It took a lot of testing to convince myself ...

Cordless rotary hammer, small bit and painted bamboo.?ÿ A little nicer on the environment than a gas hammer and the eventually the bamboo will wash aw...

The case alone is worth 200.?ÿ Depending on the model the tribrachects are around 500 each the glass with yoke is over 100 each, the posts are a coupl...

Another quick heads up to the OP.?ÿ When surveyors work in feet it is conventionally annotated in decimal feet.?ÿ Thus the .25' = 3".

I even like to use real world coordinates on our monitoring projects.?ÿ I lets me easily add background information which the client may find useful.

Off the top of my head?ÿI can't think of the last time I set up a project on random / local coordinate system.?ÿ I have been brought in to work on pro...

Jim is correct, a one person crew should not cost quite as much as a two person crew.?ÿ The simple fact is one person is not as effective as two for c...

In the field I've been using my Surface Pro I7 with great success.?ÿ The small format is a great advantage in the truck or on a plane.?ÿ I keep a 28" ...

They are quite proud of the Unicat.?ÿ On the second hand page the only one not sold has an asking point of 480K euro. On another note, a friend called...

One aspect that does not seem to have been hit on this thread is receiving C3D files from engineers.?ÿ On the rare occasions that I do layout work, I'...

Back to the Fiat reliability issue, my wife would say they are very reliable.?ÿ She would point out that my Spider has been sitting in the same spot i...

Tommy, You need to add a few others the list.?ÿ Alfa Romeo, Lancia,?ÿFerrari and?ÿMaserati.?ÿ Not so American but very iconic.