11am
Caller, "looking for a surveyor to stake a house"
Me, "Ok, when?"
Caller, "today, you know, a robot staking"
Me, "today? It's almost noon, is this a house we have designed"
Caller, "no, my crew is waiting"
Me, "well, good luck finding someone, we are booked up till next week"
Haven't had one of those in a long time.
Around here it's more like "We're booked up 8 weeks out". Then they call back the next day because all the other surveyors told them 4-6 months....
With no foundation plan, a site map drawn on a napkin and no control within 1/2 mile!
Or with the forms in place, not where they are supposed to be, concrete truck backed up, saying to us in broken English..."Is good Is good to Pour"? We never even opened the box and drove off to the model sales house and told the super we wont come back until the head shed talks this one out. We even engineered it. NOPE NOPE NOPE!!!!!
When you tell him the surveyor that did the boundary would likely be quicker he says: Didn't need any survey! Just got a CAD exported from the county GIS picked off the "OFFICIAL CORNER" coordinates. Put them in the phone navigation app and set the corner hubs myself.
@dallas-morlan DANGER, DANGER, warning Will Robinson!
(might be dating myself, but if you remember LOST IN SPACE)
Had a guy call this afternoon wanting me to string a bunch of words on paper and sign it without a survey. Said all he needs is a legal description. Nope. Not gonna do it.
Truth is I could write it up now without even going to the field. Not gonna do it.
I surveyed the adjacent tract to the south about five years ago, which he now owns. He wants 13 acres. Piece of cake. Still not gonna do it.
Told him XXXX dollars and three to four weeks to get there. He's been using GoogleEarth to get close to where he "KNOWS" it will come out.
To top it off I think he's related to a certain participant here who lives in Okiehoma, based on the last name.
Awww Cmon! Drive by Surveying is almost legit, almost.....
A guy i was teaching hunter safety education with asked me to come out to his rather big and nice mountain house to walk around with my survey gear ( not mine i explained, belongs to the company i work for) and when his neighbor walks up to put a mark on the road and say "yeah, that's it "
I never talked with him again, and I hope he still has trouble with his neighbor that has a legal easement across his property, and that she tears up that driveway worse every year shes there.... some people.... 😶 🙄 🤐 😣
