Traverse Point FarmI missed the existing Mags when I set up my traverse because of gutter debris. They are nowhere near a corner. On this same surve...

You know our very own Kentucky based Carlson Survey has been supportive of KAPS in the past. It is possible that they could be talked into donating a...

Rephrasing an old quote, "Ask not what my state/federal society can do for me but what I can do to protect and promote my profession"Unlike the licens...

I recently did a survey upstream from the Markland Dam and my parent deed claimed to the low water mark. The Army Corps backed up the river in the la...

General Liability is probably going to run you about $500 a year and E & O about six times that. You will need to do quite a few jobs just to get...

Realtors have that information at their fingertips. I thought it was a fantastic idea but it didn't pan out as big as I had expected. If I were look...

I started out five years ago and was very hungry for the first two. My business model was to lose money for a while and then slowly climb out of the ...

In my immediate area, planning commissions require roads and improvements (sewer,water,etc) to be in before a final plat is filed. The centerline of ...

I hate to derail the primary question but it would seem the appropriate thing to do would be to defer services until the original surveyor has been pa...

Another outstanding lesson Mr. Stahl. "Presumption of law" is something I like to hear about.

This seems like a parallel to something I run into often. Several counties have planning commissions that must approve any splits. This is a legal l...

The surveying curriculum in the local college requires co-op credits in which a student works in the field in between various levels of courses. At g...

I've been wearing Justin logger boots for the most of the last decade and they do well for a about a year and a half. I am seriously considering maki...

I spend a lot of time trying to educate clients, lawyers, landowners, etc about the importance of attaching the plat with the deed. One county in par...

In Kentucky only a surveyor can write descriptions, and that has been the law for some time. The former law wasn't perfectly clear about it so we re-...

Excellent response Mr. Stahl, and similiar to a position you have stated earlier that changed the way I look at this problem. My state does not have ...

There was a lengthy thread called "bought the farm" that had to do with this subject. The essence of it was that I recently purchased a farm that had...

I was a rescue swimmer in the USN and had plenty of open water miles. Having your noggin clean of hair will give you a little bit of an edge. Learn ...

Last week a 92 year old widower farmer down the road had three burglars break into his house at 2:00 am. He had recently had 90 cows stolen and anoth...