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How far are your traverse distances and are you considering curvature and refraction? At say a good balance bs and fs they can cancel each other out a...
@jitterboogie I had a Gunny in the USMC that use to say that on deployments. But I usually had to wake him up as he could sleep standing up. ?ÿI would...
@jon-payne If I can remember we always avoided setting close to 0. Reasons were to keep from making a math blunders with direct and reverse readings. ...
Don??t worry about it being tricky in the backseat of a car. That wooden box and bullet case can withstand jumping out of a plane. Literally! ?ÿI kno...
First lets go in order. If you can??t get the dini to level then that needs adjustment first. It has been many years but I would set dini up and use ...
@tfdoubleyou well If you get it all figured out please please share the secret with me. ?ÿI run a small herd of breeding stock of cows. ?ÿMake hay for...
Well one thing is for sure. ?ÿYou are a true professional and have integrity. Because you made the choice not to steal from where you left. Thats an h...
@bill93 my dad made me put potatoes and aluminum foil on top he rabbit ears and go and hold the antenna while he watched his show. ?ÿI was the remote ...
@holy cow has stated some very wise advice. ?ÿThat list was full if wisdom. ?ÿI started out many years ago and ended up going a different route so I a...
I have always thought that a cab n chassis 4x4 single rear wheel would be nice. Do a custom box sort of like the omaha or service bodies. The reason i...
Is your level loop .02 feet or .02 cm either way if the didni is pegged and adjusted you should be able to run a very far distance level runs using ap...
They gave us that stuff to drink when I was in the USMC lol. I am fine. ?ÿJust kidding but before deploying and or field exercises I used that stuff a...
My brother trains horse and has a few ready to go. I am sure with a good horse or mule your worries would be over. And with the rising fuel cost it ma...
@holy-cow yes sorry carbine carbide all close on this darn smart phone that??s not very smart. ?ÿ Calcium carbide. My great uncle was a big coon hunt...
@stlsurveyor do they still have the T-3??s. Those are what I liked the most. We had them still in my USMC days. I was getting my old survey books out...
@gene-kooper ?ÿcarbine light. ?ÿ ?ÿThats what goes on the head ???? ?ÿ Rigged up an old one for my daughter to see how they worked. ?ÿWho needs a fan-...
@john-hamilton 100% agree. Some people are motivators, create the enthusiasm and desire for an individual that has a flame already they just help guid...
@john-nolton well one of the best instructors. In the way I had to do the work and was not given my grade but had to earn it. Many professors I witnes...
Lets look at some facts. ?ÿLand Surveyors are great at what they do. But some don??t understand GPS. They assume they have done geodetic work because...
Uhmmmmm There were T-1 and T-1A same with T-3 and T-3A not all were inverted. We had both inverted and non inverted in the USMC. ?ÿ T-2 I can??t reme...