@john-putnam What's this about sole owner businesses? What would the PPP do for a solo surveyor?
@jimcox interesting comments. I don't use and S6 or S8 but I've been considering a purchase. If you're using reflectorless I take it you'...
IMHO, get educated where you plan to work.?ÿ
No stay-at-home for me, still going out into the field.?ÿ It's not like surveyors meet a lot of people out there, especially the rural stuff.
Are there surveying schools in Nevada-Arizona??ÿ The Western ones I know of would be University of Wyoming and maybe Metropolitan College in Denver.?ÿ...
Well, I'm still using a 1996 Jeep Cherokee XJ.?ÿ I've had it since about 20k miles, I have about 275k on it now.?ÿ Holes in the floor board, replaceme...
@northernsurveyor Still being manufactured or should I say re-manufactured in OskKosh, WI. (I think). The outfit is called Baesler (sp?).&...
@williwaw, well put. I'm mister distraction.
I always set an IP next to a found stone so the next surveyor or land owner can identify that is the corner stone.?ÿ Measuring to the stone or IP, wha...
I was in the same boat as you about 43 years ago.?ÿ I had a BA degree in Speech (thought I wanted to be a trial lawyer) but I didn't want to go to law...
Here's another guy.?ÿ Same creature as above I'm sure. ?ÿ He's in the middle of the ocean somewhere, as if I'm going to contract with this.?ÿ?ÿ ?ÿ Tha...
Software, also first in gps.?ÿ A lot of guys started w/Trimble hard to give up familiarity.?ÿ Leica (Wild) was popular before gps.
@stlsurveyor Land torren system? Could you elaborate on that? I've heard of land torren's but it's never been properly explained to me, a...
@aliquot, slight chance of snow, High -12F, low -20F Puts hair on your chest
@just-a-surveyor I was surveying near a forest preserve outside a big city one year and we ran into a deer in the ditch that was hoppin around with a...
@jim-frame Good point. That's what prevents me from quiting my business.
TSC-2's and I love the old stuff.?ÿ I really wanna go back to field notes and K&E Auto rangers top mount on a theodolite.?ÿ Those were the days.?ÿ
Have you done a reboot by holding down the power key??ÿ Whenever my TSC-2 acts up that's what I do and it solves the problem.
I was 48 and worked part time for four years.?ÿ Than I retired on a very small pension and went full time.?ÿ It took me about 5-10 years to establish ...