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I get the concept of dodging bad clients and impossible expectations but my curiosity is aroused as to how often you guys encounter 'mission impossibl...
One section I've done work in over the last couple decades has been 'broken down' atleast three times. First appears to have been in the 1950's and an...
Definitely. Is there a Trimble dealer in Belize? If you contact them they can trace the serial number to the owner assuming they purchased it through...
@350rocketmike That??s a good attitude to have. What some guys don??t get in my world is the surveyor is the tip of the spear. Nobody can do their j...
Just let a Rodman go for exactly the same reason. Every Friday for a month he??d show up hours late. Last week I told him on Thursday we have an impo...
That??s one way to use up one??s hoard of TP.
Out last week in the field, hot (relatively) and sunny, was wearing my straw hat when a Robin landed on top of my head and decided to hang out there w...
Excellent post Paden. We should all be listening with an open mind for opportunity. Rarely does it present itself forthright. A long time ago I was st...
@d-bendell?ÿ You need to install 'Trimble Data Transfer' Utility to connect for downloading.
@robertusa?ÿ It was a passive prism over a back sight. Never had a problem with the multi-track doing anything like this. I have had plenty of reflec...
Only one comes to mind that I have no personal knowledge of and I only stumbled on while researching an unfamiliar LS# I recovered on a monument. The ...
@jitterboogie?ÿ About 105' or roughly the distance between the back sight and the car. Ended up just doing a couple short static sessions on my gun p...
@fairbanksls Benchmarks? What stinkin' benchmarks. Ninety five percent of the areas I work in have zero benchmarks and if there happens to be one, it...
I do mostly utility support work spread out over an area larger than some east coast states. For the last 8-9 years, I've used OPUS to reference nearl...
I typically configure the R8 to begin logging on power up and store data the internally. Use the Trimble Data Transfer Utility to download the .dat fi...
Most of the time, at least around here, they acquired a blanket easement, but as usual, it depends. Transmission lines across federal land don't neces...
@nate-the-surveyor Moss, to stanch the blood flow. My first aid kit was in the truck. We adapt, overcome and carry on.