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Joined: July 1, 2010 10:29 pm
Last seen: June 1, 2026 5:06 pm
Topics: 12 / Replies: 975
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RE: Land Surveyor Halloween costume ideas

Years ago on this forum someone was getting excited about founding father costumes in the field on Halloween to celebrate the surveyor connection. I t...

3 years ago
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RE: Slowing tripod settlement in asphalt?

I had a long standing distrust of using wood pieces at the feet and instead piled sand bags about them. Works well but only in environments where tran...

3 years ago
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RE: 3 wire

I am woundering exactly how to run a 3 wire. My party chief has explained to to me but he is horrible at teaching . Trying to learn everything I can n...

3 years ago
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RE: SurvPC Store Points

Calc a point at your origin and another at az 0 and do line staking with sta for N and OS for E. JK, I am sitting in a mechanics waiting room and only...

3 years ago
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RE: Weasel words

One of the very best boundary surveyors I have known had a liability limit clause in their contract, he laughed when talking about it and had no expec...

3 years ago
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RE: Equipment for solo fieldwork

I have used laser levels from Leica, and Spectra Precision. All make fine tools that when properly maintained and used are capable of much tighter wo...

3 years ago
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RE: Using color on survey plats?

Does anyone have advice on using color in general? Is there a resource out there, I prepare color drawings and have a lot of freedom but feel like I...

3 years ago
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RE: Good Surveying Companies to Work for Near Pittsburgh, PA

I dunno about the working but with these four places you could put together a weekend. Fish Sandwich/p> Really well prepared vegan Eastern European ...

3 years ago
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RE: TDS Survey Cards

Willing to break up the lot? This you on ebay?

3 years ago
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RE: Screen Shots in Lieu of Field Notes

I asked my wife one time why she was such a stickler about having her crew make a sketch of the site, she responded that if they could not sketch it t...

3 years ago
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RE: Phone etiquette

There's little that annoys me more than either- A) "The mailbox is full", or, B) "This person has a voicemail that has not been set up yet". When t...

3 years ago
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RE: Things that you see on a survey site....

Which one of you guys advocated for filling new boots with water on the first day, plunging your feet in there and walking it out to break them in? ...

3 years ago
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RE: Opening DWG files with Civil 3D

Does anyone have advice or words of wisdom about how to maintain a drawing while working in it? I had a manager who wanted the drawing to have all t...

3 years ago
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RE: Good Nail Belt for Land Surveying

Boulder Tool Belts | Boulder Bag Tool Belts | The #1 Rated Tool Bags - Made in the USA Not as good as I would like but the best I have found.

3 years ago
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RE: Green Flagging

Get rid of it, then a solution for what you need it for will present itself.

3 years ago
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RE: How do you guys deal with engineers challenging settlement monitoring data (simply because the they don't like the results)

Depending on the configuration of the circuit I do not think you benefit from not using intermediate shots and turning through everything. Any of you...

3 years ago
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RE: Unexpected

I saw yesterday that Filson is having a 20% off sale. Heavier than the synthetic stuff, but still some of my favorite clothing. For those in hotter c...

3 years ago
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RE: Accuracy of Laser Plummet

John has it for approach. How they write the specs is beyond me. For as much as that laser dances around you end up with a pretty tight result. I hav...

3 years ago
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