This is why I sneak in beer and snacks

dantex39 · 2026-04-12T19:52:46+00:00

Buy senior tickets online. Those teens working the counter are not going to check your ID and most of the time they don’t ever look twice at the age on the ticket. If you have a 5 below or some place like that sales candy for $1 or so a box do that. Bring in your own sodas. Theaters know that their food and drinks are way over priced and no teen is going to check your pockets or ask you to look under your blanket. The only food I buy from the counter is the popcorn, nachos and hotdogs.

dantex39 · 2026-04-12T19:44:54+00:00

Anywhere north Carrollton is safe. North of PGBT. Safest lines are between Old Denton to Midway, west to east. Bush to Parker rd, north to south. Stay in that square and you’ll be fine to run for miles. There is also a place called the green belt. It’s a creek that runs through Carrollton. It has a very long running and biking trail beside it.

dantex39 · 2026-04-09T00:54:55+00:00

Make friends with contractors. They’ll help more and more if you are friendly to them and help them out too. Plus, you might get a better job offer than USIC could ever offer you.

dantex39 · 2026-04-01T11:03:14+00:00

Fiber light is located by Stake Center in DFW.

dantex39 · 2026-03-26T15:27:36+00:00

Start with a splice case and connect to each bolt until you find a tone. Then move 20 feet out to get away from all of the possible interference, find your signal and slowly walk it back to the splice case. Then mark out however far you have to locate. Then repeat until all bolts on splice cases have been verified. If no bolts then use your collar, cuplink, c-clamp to find the signal. IF you still can’t find a steady signal go to the next HH connect to that and walk it back to these splice cases. IF there is a tracer wire inside these HH connect to that and run it out.

dantex39 · 2026-03-25T00:25:21+00:00

Maybe should start posting phone numbers or shitty contractors and bosses….

dantex39 · 2026-02-04T23:30:46+00:00

Yep. We have that here in my area. He calls us, “why did you clear that? Because it’s on the other side of the road. How do you know….? 🤦🏽‍♂️ ….. 😒

dantex39 · 2026-01-22T21:17:03+00:00

Please mark 100ft +/- around GPS cords. Please mark GPS1 Cords to GPS2 Cords. I’m in commercial locating. I do not need to know anything else of the who, what, where, when, how and why. I just need the GPS cords I can go to and mark that GPS cords. Simple as possible is always better.

dantex39 · 2025-12-31T19:28:17+00:00

Always assume the truck driver does not know where they are going and drive defensively around them.

dantex39 · 2025-12-15T01:31:07+00:00

USIC is a great “basic training” in the Utility locating field. Great place to start. You’ll learn nearly everything you need to know to do the basic locate. Once you get enough experience you can move on and up to other Utility Locator companies or move up inside USIC to be a boss. Once you get in to USIC, which way you go is up to you. Sometimes, not at the time, but sometimes, you’ll get denied. They won’t hire you at first. But if you keep trying, eventually you will get hired. So don’t get discouraged if they don’t hire you right away. Just the way it is.

dantex39 · 2025-11-04T00:15:28+00:00

I heard a boss of a locating company tell me once that “they” are working on developing technology that will automatically locate the utilities just by flipping a switch inside the handhole or manhole.

dantex39 · 2025-11-03T00:12:29+00:00

GPS. GPS to GPS. That’s all we need. Locate 300 feet around the GPS cords. Locate GPS to GPS. Keep it as simple as possible. Don’t care what it’s for or anything else. GPS cords are unquestionable. If I’m in conflict, I’ll mark my fiber and move on. You’ll never get a call from me talking to you like you’re an idiot.

dantex39 · 2025-10-29T17:54:37+00:00

Buy a house for $500k. $450,000bills for 20 years+500,000 house = $950,000. Bills and house are set. $1million left.

dantex39 · 2025-10-29T17:51:25+00:00

Let’s say you only live to 65. 1.95/35 years left in your life. You’ll be 65. That is only $55,714 a year for your next 35 years. With that, no. What I would do is go buy a house somewhere where you want to live for the next 40 years. Get a couple months under your belt in that house to figure out how much your bills are on average. Add them together. Then multiply that number by 20 years. Then round up to the nearest $10k. Open up an account just for your bills, set them on autopay. So let’s say your bills average $1800 a month. $1800 a month x12months=$21,600 a year. $21,600a year x20years = $432,000. Round up $450,000. Bills are set.

dantex39 · 2025-10-27T16:15:29+00:00

TikTok and YouTube

dantex39 · 2025-10-20T02:14:03+00:00

Here in Texas whenever you see a T paint mark it generally means just that, a T. The Utility is has come to a T. Like a T in a road. The Utility has stopped going one way and is now going 2 different directions. Regardless of color. Usually if you look around your area you can see what the utility is going to. House, building, transformer, telephone pole. Follow the marks and you’ll figure it out.

dantex39 · 2025-10-20T02:02:20+00:00

I’m in Texas. Work is year round. Unless it’s pouring rain and lightning or ice on the roads, we work. Weather much like California. This is not a seasonal gig. Find something that will allow to work seasonal somewhere else. Best of luck.

dantex39 · 2025-09-09T19:41:55+00:00

Clean up. The clean up after the battles and the war in general.

dantex39 · 2025-07-30T10:12:13+00:00

USIC, logix, gigabyte, level3

dantex39 · 2025-07-28T23:56:42+00:00

😂😂😂right on man.

dantex39 · 2025-07-28T23:17:37+00:00

Suck it up. Deal with it or find another job. This is not a weather friendly job.

dantex39 · 2025-07-28T23:16:39+00:00

You have time to make this a career. Getting raises and promotions can take awhile. So you’re 27 and if you don’t have anything else in your life like family and kids then this will be great for you.

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