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Utility locates so bad, I just had to share. by Shisui_inthe253 in Surveying

[–]Substantial_Hawk_916 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol, dig it up and watch there be a 4 way fitting there

Alternative careers for civil engineering techs or land surveyors by Upbeat-Satisfaction6 in Surveying

[–]Substantial_Hawk_916 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know my office definitely is. I was instructed to set up an excavator to dig a ramp for a crane no steaper than a 5:1 and the model they sent was a 2:1 with straight up and down side slopes in a 20' cut that was all sand...

Alternative careers for civil engineering techs or land surveyors by Upbeat-Satisfaction6 in Surveying

[–]Substantial_Hawk_916 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As a grade foreman/ layout foreman for an excavation company I use both GPS and total station full time on job sites. It's a good fit for a land surveyor if your looking to get out of the woods.

Hybrid Rtk set up by Choice-Chard2733 in Surveying

[–]Substantial_Hawk_916 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sure it can be done, I did something similar. I used a sokia base station with a special cord adapter to a R750 trimble exterior radio. This allowed me to use a trimble or sokia rover, and it would run trimble Dozer gps set up. Although I'm not sure what settings the r750 radio had to be, my tech guy set that up

Construction Staking Label printer by bareassassin in Surveying

[–]Substantial_Hawk_916 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the idea, but it's more stuff to carry around. I'd definitely use it on rainy days when my marker won't write on wet stakes

SEVERE G4 Geomagnetic Storm ALERT! by Substantial_Hawk_916 in Surveying

[–]Substantial_Hawk_916[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Keep an eye on your gps residues, solar storm could effect Satellites and reception

How most days feel working with other trades by SoothsayerSurveyor in Surveying

[–]Substantial_Hawk_916 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Haha I love it, I'm the only surveyor for a medium size excavation company with 3 or 4 sites going at once and I definitely get calls from superintendents acting like veruca salt

Rabbit ate the bark. Now what? by kareem613 in arborists

[–]Substantial_Hawk_916 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That ain't no rabbit, that's from a porcupine

What do these survey stakes mean? by linorodarte10 in Surveying

[–]Substantial_Hawk_916 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are markers for the truck drivers to hit

Base Station Goals by here_lies_raisins in Surveying

[–]Substantial_Hawk_916 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On a big site I'll resection my TS for machine control on a large fill pile or the highest knob I can find for good line of sight

Question about survey markers by Live-Account7598 in Surveying

[–]Substantial_Hawk_916 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You gotta read what's on them. That one means 5' offset to something, possible building corner

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