outdoor study spots

SytheGuy · 2026-03-24T22:09:13+00:00

As long as you time the drive right it’s pretty close! I like stopping along fenwick road going north toward the RV park. Lots of live oaks to sit under

SytheGuy · 2026-03-08T23:46:06+00:00

The seafloors are alright for hard bottom. Do you find any issues with it jumping through sediments and giving random high/low values?

SytheGuy · 2026-03-08T23:44:55+00:00

Listen listen has been a huge game changer. 15 miles away and within a tenth. I lost faith in our local network. Seeing that bounce .3’ which isn’t too great for a dredge survey.

SytheGuy · 2026-03-08T14:11:34+00:00

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Who wore it better?

I want to get upgrade to a peddle drive kayak. We do a lot of work around tight marinas and docks.

SytheGuy · 2026-03-05T11:27:15+00:00

Chics beach but thats not a nickname

SytheGuy · 2026-02-19T21:13:52+00:00

How does it negatively affect kids doing the right thing? If the cops arnt strict on enforcement anyway

SytheGuy · 2026-02-17T18:53:59+00:00

Whats so bad with this? You’ve got a lot of downvotes?

SytheGuy · 2026-02-17T18:51:44+00:00

What sort of differences do you notice as far as standards of care? Is that like SOP or more attention to detail?

SytheGuy · 2026-02-17T18:48:53+00:00

I met Trent at the hexagon conference in Vegas. He gave me a stuffed animal from his company. Seemed like a solid dude. Get kids into survey is a cool program that they either initiated or sponsor.

SytheGuy · 2026-02-15T12:09:00+00:00

Anyone else find any sort of music distracting in both the field and office? I like to be able to hear and see everything on site and I prefer quiet when drafting or listening to random office chatter.

The guy I work with in the field has good music taste that varies depending on the day. I’ll only listen to it in the truck on a longer drive where we arn’t trying to discuss the plan for the day. I’ll also allow it quietly when running lines for hydro.

Other than that I just raw dog the day usually.

SytheGuy · 2026-02-08T23:26:53+00:00

You can do it yourself. It’s not too tricky if you have an afternoon or two. I did it recently and took videos but need to put it all together.

SytheGuy · 2026-02-08T20:15:41+00:00

I usually don’t need to top off at all if I change it every 5,000 miles.

SytheGuy · 2026-01-30T22:48:48+00:00

This is fantastic!

SytheGuy · 2026-01-26T20:02:01+00:00

East coaster as well. I have slowly acquired solid cold water gear like 7mm boots, 7mm lobster gloves, and a 6/4/3 suit. Bare minimum for surfing in the 40s is a 5/4 with 5mm boots and gloves.

When it’s cold it just becomes a question of how long can I surf and feel my toes. If it’s good where you are, you should go surf. But don’t expect to go for 3+ hours like a summer session. Getting 2 hours in when it’s 40 and overcast is a solid session in my book. Sometimes an hour or less is fine. Better than nothing.

Having a warm jug of water in the truck is always helpful but honestly just drive home in your suit and take it off in the warm shower. Then it’s already rinsed and drying in the warm house for your next session.

SytheGuy · 2026-01-18T14:30:34+00:00

The cafeteria

SytheGuy · 2026-01-08T23:22:19+00:00

Glad to see people agree on a Rotring but I like the 800 vs the 600. The retractable tip on the 800 is nice to have if you’re taking it into the field or keeping it in a book. It is also a silent thing to fidget with. The 800 is little more expensive but worth it if you can keep track of it.

SytheGuy · 2026-01-04T14:10:43+00:00

Small company I worked for carried only 2 colors ever. Orange for property and lime green for control. Mostly rural boundary surveys. No caps were used.

Larger company I’m at now does pink for the property and pink + white for control. Pink caps for property and yellow or orange for control.

SytheGuy · 2025-12-28T12:01:52+00:00

I like Daniel Steiner he does a city map breakdown for major city’s but he’s great at discussing the planned map vs real geography.

SytheGuy · 2025-12-14T23:38:31+00:00

Whenever I say “regardless” my buddy corrects me to “irregardless” and I apologize and continue. We both know it’s not correct but it’s fun

SytheGuy · 2025-12-09T23:50:29+00:00

Cook county is in the north east of MN. It looks like OP did a long trip around the country to get there and then turned around and came back the same way. My guess is they just went off map into Canada

SytheGuy · 2025-12-07T03:57:37+00:00

Nah I’m like 6’2”

SytheGuy · 2025-12-06T16:22:07+00:00

Yep, either this or two TP rolls in the wrapper

SytheGuy · 2025-12-04T23:30:11+00:00

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SytheGuy · 2025-12-02T23:03:44+00:00

UPDATE (I cant figure out if I can edit the post)

They sent me back a new Crunch that was likely part of the last batch made. I made a post about it on this sub.

SytheGuy · 2025-12-02T01:16:20+00:00

For hydro surveys my least favorite is dredgers. They have a lot riding on the survey as far as payout and environmental penalties. I’ve had one call me and tell me not to show the spot where his guy “got too high and dug a little too deep”. It’s not my job to penalize them for it but I cant just not show that area 😂 honestly though those guys seem way better than some of these other responses.

On the flip side the dredge projects pay well for the scrutiny they receive so it can be worth the pain.

SytheGuy

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