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Jon Collins
@jon-collins
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Joined: January 30, 2016 8:46 pm
Last seen: November 26, 2024 3:29 pm
Topics: 9 / Replies: 388
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RE: Snake boots. Which is best

I have the Danners. They are far less sweaty than wearing gaiters

4 months ago
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RE: Survey Truck Size

I've always used 3/4 tons since we all moved away from suburbans. Just a little stronger for what we do and not very much more than a 1/2 apples to ap...

4 months ago
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RE: Tracks or tires?

They both suck on ice. If I could afford I'd buy a tracked one any day. As an amatuer, the stability is more comforting to me.

3 years ago
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RE: Truck gearing question

@mathteacher he will have to change the front diff gears as well. Again not worth the cost. I'd say about 1g per diff.

3 years ago
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RE: Truck gearing question

The kid is right. That little bit of a change will help it scoot a bit. Not a ton, not enough to warrant the cost and effort but it will. The higher r...

3 years ago
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RE: Scanning kitchen countertop

I just had granite done in my house. He scanned my cabinets to .0001 inch.?ÿ

3 years ago
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RE: Which Trimble Data Collector what type of work and why is it your choice.

So I just bought the TDC600. I came from the tsc3. The 7 is of no interest to me. I only do cadastral/boundary work so small light and easy. I really ...

3 years ago
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RE: GLO Consultant

Jerry Penry would be a good choice as well.

3 years ago
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RE: Setting semi-permanent control

I have used the Bernsten targets as well. We had great success, in fact they are still there several years later. They sell a glue with it, but really...

3 years ago
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RE: MicroStation Right of Way Mapping

South Dakota still uses Microstation Inroads. Working to transition to Openroads.

3 years ago
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RE: OPUS Inconvenience Issue

Well in a year we will all be using the international foot any how.

3 years ago
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RE: Off-road suggestions

This veteran off road surveyor highly recommends polaris side by sides. If you can afford the purchase, they are great. The other brands, JD excepted,...

3 years ago
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RE: Surveying Tattoos

@norman-oklahoma guilty here. One is now covered by something representing my 3 kids ?ÿ

3 years ago
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RE: Who knows how much weight they haul in their trucks?

Always go 3/4. Since we abandoned suburbans some years ago I've always had a 3/4. Private and DOT. Engineers and techs have 1/2s, surveyors get 3/4. H...

3 years ago
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RE: What is It?

I'm my neck of the prairie that's called a valley pan

4 years ago
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RE: Lehto's Law, and adverse possession

his example of a 3 foot fence sounds more like a case of acquiescence instead of adverse possession, doesn't it?

4 years ago
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RE: Fence law

State fence laws most likely will not apply to state row. Seems many replies got to the fence sharing which would apply to 2 private adjoiners. The OP...

4 years ago
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RE: Dutch Hill DH-1000 Tripod for Robotics?

I wouldn't buy composite legs for a robot. I had a set of Dutch hills and my trimble s6 lost its mind on them, the instrument would just shake.?ÿ

4 years ago
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RE: Fence law

In South dakota the interstate fence is built 1ft inside ROW so that the state owns and maintains it. On all other highways it's built 1ft outside the...

4 years ago
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