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jsavage977
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RE: Trimble R8 rover, changing MHZ

Buy the correct radio module for your R8.

4 years ago
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RE: My control is WAY off of orthophotos, why?

Also check you converted the NGS point coordinates from Meters to US survey feet. Many calculators and converters are default to convert to INT. Feet.

5 years ago
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RE: My control is WAY off of orthophotos, why?

Check you are using U.S. Survey feet instead of International Feet? This can easily cause an unexplainable 5-12' shift in coordinates.

5 years ago
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RE: Use hub or tack for grade??

Always use the highest point on the hub because thats what the contractor will use. If elevations are critical you should be taking care to set your h...

5 years ago
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RE: How wet is too wet to survey

Haven't you heard of the 10 drop rule? A true fair weather surveyor says when 10 drops of rain or more hit the windshield you don't get out of the tru...

6 years ago
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RE: I am having a senior moment

Have you tried putting a piece of black electrical tape over the ghost dots? It ain't pretty but I'm all about real world solutions. 

6 years ago
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RE: Survey vest

I had a Seco with a side load back pocket with zippers. Thing was tits for a few cans of paint or a 300 foot tape, or maybe a cool garage sign found o...

7 years ago
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RE: Went to the top of the mountain

Its what Ive always known as a triangulation station. Made it easy to survey on state plane coordinates here in utah with nothing but a total station....

7 years ago
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RE: Pin Cushion may not be Traditional Pin Cushion

In Utah pincoushions would undoubtedly be more frequent in the winter due to snow and frozen ground.

7 years ago
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RE: Identify this Splined Shaft, Please

Im a gear head. Those are definatly axle shafts from a truck or car. Higher splines suggest stronger axle and more recent manufacture. Judging by the ...

7 years ago
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RE: Positioning Candles on a birthday cake is a surveying dilemma.......

Scan the cake. Then import the data to CAD. Compute the best fit of a circle to find the weighted centerpoint of the cake. Then lineout an array of ca...

7 years ago
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RE: First day advice

Listen and ask questions. Stay busy. There is always something to on a survey crew. Organize the truck. Write notes. Prepare your staking bags with fl...

8 years ago
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RE: How do you measure this distance?

Just did one here in Utah. 600ft. From the nearest property corner perpendicuar to the right of way, then along the right of way, crossing the road at...

8 years ago
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RE: Essential tools for Surveyors

25ft tapeCaseXX Trapper pocket knifeIdeal mark markerRoll of flaggingOrange vestDavids sunflower seeds,...Then send rodman back to the truck for the l...

8 years ago
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