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sjc1989
sjc1989
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Joined: August 13, 2012 6:48 am
Last seen: July 3, 2025 9:47 am
Topics: 19 / Replies: 495
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RE: How many acres a day?

If there's a ton of heard breaks- streams, roads, landscaping, your absoulutely correct. If it's an 80 bordered by a road on one or two sides where th...

13 years ago
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RE: Fade resistant flagging?

I thought all of our marking stuff was supposed to fade in sunlight- photodegredation?Steve

13 years ago
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RE: How many acres a day?

If +/-0.10 Elev is good enough and if I have two experienced rodmen who know what to shoot and why, I would set control with my GPS and shoot chase tw...

13 years ago
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RE: diminishing numbers of surveyors . . . effects

Yup, the lawyers will be allowed too fill the void. They'll hire an xpert measurer (anyone with equipment and very little experience) for pennies comp...

13 years ago
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RE: Carrying on the Job

I'm usually a solo guy and usually in safe places from people and wild critters. Albeit I whole heartedly support a persons right to carry let alone d...

13 years ago
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RE: Hiper+ Question

Did yourself or the previous owner purchase the GLONASS option? It has to be 'turned on' by a topcon dealer for you to have the use of those satellite...

13 years ago
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RE: What do you charge?

> You just never know, some people don't think a bill should come, and others want to pay you in the field. I like to avoid both of those situatio...

13 years ago
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RE: What do you charge?

Toughest decisions for me to make as well. Especially cause the check comes quick and cashes. If I'm gonna make a mistake on the low side, I'm gonna m...

13 years ago
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RE: Exhausting metes and bounds description

Your OCR is better than my OCR. Mine really struggles with DMS symbols.Steve

13 years ago
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RE: civil 3d

I'm a slow learner. My boss allowed me to hire THESE GUYS to help out. I got the Pinnacle Series and the phone support. Seemed spendy at the time but ...

13 years ago
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RE: I found a water line today.....

> In Illinois, two groups of people don't have to call the Locate, farmers doing normal tilling operations, and surveyors using hand tools. In 28 ...

13 years ago
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RE: I found a water line today.....

Was there any locating wire on the pipe? Many drops on private property around here can be difficult to locate and when you call they express this cav...

13 years ago
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RE: What do you think about this practice?

By code we have to, unless your within a recorded subdivision (mostly city/town) in my opinion. Others round here do differ, but I play it safe:5. Th...

13 years ago
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RE: poll on monument caps

We don't need new government regulations to tell us to do the right thing. We just need to DO IT.:good:

13 years ago
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RE: very old surveys are often aggravating

I like to think the old boys understood the importance of evidence in the field more than words on the paper...... however, my mentor's mentor once to...

13 years ago
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RE: Solo Operators-What would you propose to this contractor?

Buy the last guy dinner and find out the particulars...... from HIS perspective

13 years ago
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