Food for thought:Are you providing surveying services if a company is providing crews to do fieldwork only? In that sense they aren't providing survey...

Jim in AZ, post: 358134, member: 249 wrote: "...don't many of us rely on our non licensed PC to go and do the field work portion only and rely on it, ...

Jim in AZ, post: 358081, member: 249 wrote: You are saying that 80% of surveyors in your area don't have employees? They just pay people cash to perfo...

A Harris, post: 358094, member: 81 wrote: When your helpers work one or two or three days a week, they are not actually employees according to the IRS...

Mike Falk, post: 357970, member: 442 wrote: I think you would have an Anti Trust argument if you tried to restrict this. The rub isn't temporary, or "...

Not much difference to me honestly. If I subbed out my work to another surveyor or if I contracted a crew*** assuming the crew I contracted came to...

spledeus, post: 357921, member: 3579 wrote: Anytime.FWIW, the CFM was not that bad of an exam. I would recommend that every surveyor who works in the...

lmbrls, post: 357915, member: 6823 wrote: Excuse me. I heard that argument over 30 years ago. Just because our hair turned gray or in my case loose d...

Has geo lock. But I've never used it. To be honest if geo lock took more than 10 seconds to find me than I wouldn't use it anyway. I'm usually worki...

What are you using it for?I had the focus 30 and now have the 35 and use it for boundary. It obv doesn't have active lock, but only the trimbles do. ...

We never do topo without boundary. The boundaries show on the topo so we always have to tie in. Well I shouldn't say never. We have done a little...

paden cash, post: 357577, member: 20 wrote: The monolith, some 2 foot square by 7 or 8 feet in lengthSheesh. I'd hate to be the one sitting against ...

That fence post is prolly 60 years old vs the pin which I suspect no more than 5-10. The wood fence is new. Def is the responsibility of the PLS whe...

Who knows... Im not blaming the surveyor himself (unless he was in the field to set the pin) but it would definitely fall on the field crew if this is...

Take your time and do it right the first time

LES, post: 356873, member: 7252 wrote: RichI presently have a 5603 that I bought new almost 12 years ago. It has been a work horse and my crew chief ...

Tommy Young, post: 356839, member: 703 wrote: Can it be fixed? Prolly not. I'll post mon a pick of mine which hit some flagstone. After 3 months i...

If ur interested in the trimble, take a peak at the focus 35 robot. Spectra is trimble although they keep them separate. I love my focus robot. Doe...