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rich-roberge
@rich-roberge
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Joined: July 2, 2010 7:03 am
Last seen: May 15, 2026 4:17 pm
Topics: 9 / Replies: 95
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RE: Bipods, quality, business, and the end user

I've always used Seco stuff too, but last year I bought a Dutch Hill bipod. It's excellent! I also finally broke down and bought the Hixon 25' prism p...

6 years ago
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RE: No More Print Media!

To be totally honest, those magazine inserts actually kept me from even considering Javad for years because the early ones were so lame. My reasoning ...

6 years ago
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RE: Best woods robot

@gmpls I'm in western Mass, and head up to southern VT all the time. I could haul the Focus up and you could check it out. Lemme know...

6 years ago
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RE: Best woods robot

@stlsurveyor I visited the Sokkia national service center about 30 years ago, right after I bought first total station, a Set 4 I think, and asked the...

6 years ago
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RE: Best woods robot

@stlsurveyor I'd much rather carry the 15 pound Trimble or Spectra in their really nice instrument case/backpacks than the 9 to 10 pound Nikon or Topc...

6 years ago
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RE: Let tick season begin

It's coming up on 50 years this June since I started my surveying career, and after years of not worrying about much more than mosquitoes and black fl...

6 years ago
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RE: Survey Slang

Pretty glaring omission: RCH - meaning "left" or "right" less than a half a hundredth. Usage: "Left, left a tenth, left a hundredth, left a hair, le...

6 years ago
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RE: 5600 problem

A bad cable or a bad antenna will both give you fits, the antenna being the hardest to figure out. Easy fix if you can find one though.

6 years ago
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RE: How old were you when you started your own surveying company?

I was 37 the first time and 57 the second time. Both times were out of necessity, as the jobs I'd had disappeared due to economic downturns. Starting ...

6 years ago
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RE: Throwing Rocks at a Hornets Nest

If you haven't spoken with Mark Silver at iGage in Salt Lake City, do yourself a favor and give him a call. He sells CHC, and provides the absolute be...

7 years ago
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RE: Arrgghhh

That happened to me on a brand new shopping center that I got hired to do an ALTA on.?ÿ We had the plat that showed corners, but there was nothing set...

7 years ago
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RE: Vernier transits

@a-harris In good light, and with my 19-20 year old eyes, plus the magnifier on my Swiss Army knife, I could read our 30" Dietzen to 7.5". Nonadjusta...

7 years ago
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RE: Buying my first robotic total station - Trimble S5 or Spectra Focus 35 or...?

I had a Focus 35 w/SurveyPro, both onboard and in the Ranger DC, for 3 years. Never had a problem with either, but I only worked in the woods and neve...

7 years ago
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RE: Time wasters

This one really rang a bell for me: "Workers who run late frequently but are great at doing what needs done." I had one of those some years ago. At th...

7 years ago
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RE: Brushing

Back in the summer of '85, we were staking centerline for a future high tension line going through the Oneonta, NY area. We were the "B" crew from the...

7 years ago
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