JaRo, post: 448175, member: 292 wrote: I used to get poison ivy on top of my foot. I finally learned to keep my socks on when I got home. The socks ke...
My first 6 years I worked for a local guy and bonuses ranged between $200 and $1000 depending on how good a year it was. Then I spent 11 years with DO...
I agree with Dan. Even with GPS the liability is still too great to do a certificate for $200.00. Shoot, I would have more in office time than $200.00...
Attorney's don't rewrite around here, they copy and paste the same one from the last transfer even if there's a new survey. I dealt with one last week...
I have a Spectra Focus 35 and Ranger Data Collector with Spectra TDS software. I have been using this setup two years now and it is excellent for a 1 ...
Went and staked a house footing first thing and then went back to a job I'm having trouble finding corners on. Then home for lunch and mowed grass so ...
I carry bottled water to the field, just because it's convenient. Around the house/office I carry a large coffee mug that I drop ice in and run it ful...
Watch out for the ones with the white dot on there back. I have a fellow surveyor I team up with on larger jobs that is allergic to beef now, due to a...
I'm not a fan of consulting engineering/surveying firms. They treat surveying as a necessary evil. When things are good they will work you to death an...
No benefits is the kicker. My out of pocket family plan insurance is $12,000 a year. Which is an increase of $3900 over last year.
I was working for a large engineering/surveying firm several years ago and did some work for a client that didn't have the best reputation around. The...
I like the horizontal tree to squat on if available. The most common routine is to find a 4"-6" tree, grab it and lean back. I also raid the napkin bi...
From my past experience I haven't seen trees move objects. As mentioned above, I've seen barbed wire buried deep in trees and have chipped out to find...
I just went solo in March and wasn't sure if I would Be able to turn anything down at first. But I've been busier than I thought I would. The majority...
