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Williwaw
Williwaw
@williwaw
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Joined: December 12, 2012 5:31 pm
Last seen: June 4, 2026 10:08 am
Topics: 278 / Replies: 3336
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RE: Repeat caller

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...

5 years ago
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RE: How Many More Times (can you break down the section) ?

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...

5 years ago
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RE: Found GPS Receiver

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...

5 years ago
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RE: Hate Is A Strong Word

@350rocketmike Thatƒ??s a good attitude to have. What some guys donƒ??t get in my world is the surveyor is the tip of the spear. Nobody can do their j...

5 years ago
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RE: Hate Is A Strong Word

Just let a Rodman go for exactly the same reason. Every Friday for a month heƒ??d show up hours late. Last week I told him on Thursday we have an impo...

5 years ago
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RE: Just Another Benefit of Owning Your Own Shop

Thatƒ??s one way to use up oneƒ??s hoard of TP.

5 years ago
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RE: A New Definition for Perch

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...

5 years ago
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RE: The best business advice I ever received..

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...

5 years ago
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RE: R8 Static Help

@d-bendell?ÿ You need to install 'Trimble Data Transfer' Utility to connect for downloading.

5 years ago
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RE: Trimble S6 question

@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...

5 years ago
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RE: Revocation of License or Board Discipline

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 ...

5 years ago
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RE: Trimble S6 question

@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...

5 years ago
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RE: FEMA FIRM map fraud

@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...

5 years ago
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RE: Why do you use OPUS

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...

5 years ago
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RE: R8 Static Help

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...

5 years ago
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RE: Power line easements

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...

5 years ago
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RE: First Blood

@nate-the-surveyor Moss, to stanch the blood flow. My first aid kit was in the truck. We adapt, overcome and carry on.

5 years ago
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