The two absolutely best pieces of advice I got/applied during the test were:1) View all the boundary questions through the lens of: Am I the original ...

First off, congrats on getting paid!Someone needs to 'splain to me why Non-payer=Very Needy. Seems like it should be the other way around.Steve

br>Crude, but it's only 400 rubles ($12.00)

You hear things...Five years ago another surveyor said my Hiper antenna cost Topcon $40 to produce. Never bothered me to pay exponentially more, becau...

Paden's California profilograph is the way to go. Did they provide a trace? What's your specs? blanking band, in/mile, etc. It's tedious, but not impo...

> I am in the process of purchasing a used Topcon Total Station for my father inlaw in PERU.> > He has been old school for 30 years. (Leica 1...

Looked at one today I will not dig>... there are times when things fit very well and there really is nothing to be gained.Well put. >The cap isn...

In some areas you will find:1901 Set Stone, Ties: x, y, z etc.1925 Set Hub over Stone, Ties: x, y, z etc.1945 Set 1/2 IP, Ties: x, y, z etc.*1979 Fd I...

costing the taxpayers tens of dollarsNice. My nod to the mag detected folks is this: On hard surfacing, if the ties (PLSSia) match the mag reading/nai...

220lbs of me definitely makes some of the holes a little oblong. The wire those eight footers are composed of isn't as heavey as some of the older sto...

:good: Have many of the same situations here. State missed section line by 0.4, 0.8, 1.2 whatever for no design based reason I could fathom.My predec...

My road dept doesn't stake CL when road gets resurfaced with HMA. Only new construction. Been that way since the 70ish for straight sections and 80ish...

Please do. I have taken my kids there twice and take my kids surveying with me all the time... ages 8, 10, 12... and I've taken them to Kennedy a cou...

I've used grocery bags for rain protection many times. They seem to reduce reception dispite having an antenna hole, and my Hipers generate a ton of h...

I was going to do the DIY thing, but I found a manufactured version of my vision two years ago. and bought it for $160. Seems like the SECO was doubl...

> ...I learned over the years that in these parts you don't put your life in the hands of law enforcement. ...Thankfully, LEO's are trustworthy 'ro...

> I think this is my favorite post ever, and over a tenth!POTENTIALLY the greatest post ever. Still has a ways to go, but it's a five star prospect...