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Topics: 59 / Replies: 537
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RE: PPP

@john-putnam What's this about sole owner businesses?  What would the PPP do for a solo surveyor?

5 years ago
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RE: TRIMBLE ACCESS VS NON TRIMBLE CONVENTIONAL TOTAL STATIONS

@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'...

5 years ago
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RE: Educating out of state?

IMHO, get educated where you plan to work.?ÿ

5 years ago
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RE: Cooped up

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.

5 years ago
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RE: Educating out of state?

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...

5 years ago
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RE: Looking for a cheap truck?

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...

5 years ago
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RE: DC-3 (C-47)

@northernsurveyor  Still being manufactured or should I say re-manufactured in OskKosh, WI. (I think).  The outfit is called Baesler (sp?).&...

5 years ago
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RE: Cash Flow woes

@williwaw, well put.  I'm mister distraction.  

5 years ago
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RE: Rock to Pipe

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...

5 years ago
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RE: Apply for a land survey technician position now or wait till I complete a few classes geomatics courses first?

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...

5 years ago
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RE: Such a deal

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...

5 years ago
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RE: New guy

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.

5 years ago
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RE: Most valuable State License to hold?

@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...

5 years ago
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RE: Weather Forecast for December 25-----share yours

@aliquot, slight chance of snow, High -12F, low -20F Puts hair on your chest  

5 years ago
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RE: She is still alive

@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...

5 years ago
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RE: What happens to old surveyors?

@jim-frame Good point.  That's what prevents me from quiting my business.

5 years ago
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RE: Curious as to what the most popular data collector used?

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

5 years ago
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RE: 5600 problem

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.

5 years ago
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RE: How old were you when you started your own surveying company?

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 ...

5 years ago
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