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Joined: August 13, 2012 1:59 pm
Topics: 39 / Replies: 323
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RE: How do you bid a Topographic Survey?

Brian Allen, post: 416973, member: 1333 wrote: The current scourge and probably the future downfall of our profession is the "bid"Professionals don't ...

8 years ago
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RE: Texas Rule Changes

"And if appropriate to the chain of title of the tract surveyed" seems a little vague and up for user discretion until the board decides they don't ag...

8 years ago
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RE: Going solo

SWAG, post: 416520, member: 1364 wrote: I'm 35 and a solo operator and trying not to sound arrogant I look at it this way:Get good gear (not necessari...

8 years ago
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RE: Texas Suveyors and Bearing Basis with Static Observations

Thanks for the feedback folks. Still lots for me to learn on this topic

8 years ago
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RE: Mulberry Post & Trundle Iron Cog Wheel

Interesting. Would like to see pics when you find them. Around these parts in that era they typically only called for a stake if anything at all.

8 years ago
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RE: Variable Costs for growing business

Very good point [USER=10211]@FrancisH[/USER]. Many surveyors and other business owners tend keep lowering their prices to keep their people busy. Hard...

8 years ago
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RE: Sales Tax in Texas

We do exactly what Mr. Harris does, which is the same as my last employer. We are in a small town and we shopped CPA's when we started (for knowledge ...

8 years ago
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RE: Trimble M3-use with external data collector?

I'm going off of memory here but I think the first time you will have to go out to Windows on the DC and pair the devices thru Bluetooth connections a...

8 years ago
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RE: Variable Costs for growing business

I've seen companies where 6 crews was the magic number. There profit margin was higher than when they had 3, plenty of people to move around ability t...

8 years ago
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RE: Trimble M3-use with external data collector?

We jump over from our R10 with TSC3 to the M3 with the TSC3 routinely. All you have to do is pair the Bluetooth connections and setup a M3 template in...

8 years ago
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RE: Why, oh why do some people scale CAD drawings down?

Hi jacking a little bit. What's the benefits of using paper space? I've only been taught to draw in model space and scale drawing accordingly. I would...

8 years ago
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RE: First Rattlesnake of the year!

How old is that machete?

8 years ago
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RE: It's New Plotter Time...

We just ordered a T120 about a week ago. Our dealer told me he didn't want to sell it to me because they are junk compared to the 4K model he wanted t...

8 years ago
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RE: FAA Part 107 - Remote Pilot Airman Certificate Training

Drone pilot ground school is what we used. A lot of good info and no problems passing the test

8 years ago
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RE: Finding monuments buried deep

Nate The Surveyor, post: 410383, member: 291 wrote: I hate to dissapoint... But I'm on the waggon as far as alcohol goes.But, I do eat canned smoked f...

8 years ago
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RE: Finding monuments buried deep

Bruce Small, post: 410242, member: 1201 wrote: Digging for the center quarter corner in a pecan grove, a foot down I found an upended bucket with the ...

8 years ago
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RE: Finding monuments buried deep

I think just about any surveyor would shoot your nail and see that it matched the subdivision plat and never dig it up because they would assume a nai...

8 years ago
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RE: Safety Program

andrewm, post: 409940, member: 10888 wrote: Consider yourself lucky. We are a very small company (4 full time employees including the office manager ...

8 years ago
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RE: Safety Program

Nate The Surveyor, post: 409895, member: 291 wrote: And I'm packin, an i got me leatherman, and i have a axe, and a camera. 🙂 I prefer to be packn a...

8 years ago
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