How many years locating?

[Goldenboy]

Just curious how many years everyone has been in the business?

[Goldenboy]

I've been locating for about 11 years.

[Wingfoot]

I've been locating for about 11 years.

Same here. There has been a time or two when my 1st line asked me if I started yesterday.

[beyond help]

Damn, Guess I'm the newbee. 8 years here (by some miracle).:rolleyes:

[RoadMap]

15+ for me, and still rolling!

[frostypeters]

ugh! 15+

At 15 years, I think our health insurance should include mandatory therapy!

[yahoo]

8 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooooooooo onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggg years;)

[Goldenboy]

Maybe we need some more useful advice on the forum. It seems like it's just a bunch of us old timers out here that already know everything.;)

[6way_DPS]

10 for me, with a 2 year break in there.

[underground quester]

Sheepish grin and nervous laugh...Three years for me.

Wha Hoo, so far I am the junior guy. Oh wait, thats not something to brag about...

Man, looking back, three years has gone by pretty damn quick...

[RoadMap]

Sheepish grin and nervous laugh...Three years for me.

Wha Hoo, so far I am the junior guy. Oh wait, thats not something to brag about...

Man, looking back, three years has gone by pretty damn quick...

Wait until you have been here around 10, then you wonder why you didn't drive you truck straight into a tree!:eek:

[TBONE]

9 going on 10 been one hell of a ride so far :eek:

[FigNewton]

2 and a half years. 3 in December. =)

[beyond help]

Wait until you have been here around 10, then you wonder why you didn't drive you truck straight into a tree!:eek:So that's what I get to look forward to in a couple years. No wonder why they gave me a new truck this year. It'll have 100,000 when I crash into a tree.:eek::eek::eek:

[locatetopia]

I will hit 19 years in July. Only thing I have done longer than locating is my wife!

[stormgrey]

I will hit 19 years in July. Only thing I have done longer than locating is my wife!

LOL!!!!!!!! Thats funny, 10 years for me, well off for a while trying to find greener grass and now back at it for the last 4 years or so.

[Goldenboy]

I thought I'd give this poll a bump since we've got a bunch of new members registered.

[TechMaster]

Been a long 20 years!!!

[geez70]

year 12 here:yikes: never would have imagined

[ifinditunderground]

I will hit 19 years in July. Only thing I have done longer than locating is my wife!

LMAO! You and I are in the same boat there. I'm at 13 years.
:joke:

[BratPrince]

8 yrs. for me too.

[justanotherlocator]

Entering year 16

[Mr810]

132 months for me..... the way this buisness is going you might as well keep track of your time worked in months instead of years ... take it one month at a time :hammer: :hammer: :tease:

[UULC]

:good:I see there are 15 of us over 15+ years. Over the years I have had at least 10 at fault damages. the two worst were a 30" water main and a 900pr phone. The water main was not on any maps and we (water dept) knew it was (in there) but did not know where.

The 900pr was at a splice with a 600pr. I wrote on the road VZ SPL and put a big circle over the splice with a least 40 flags. The contractor thought the kid put all the flags in one spot. He did not even look at the paint. The marks were two weeks old during the raining season.

So if you have any lenth of time in this field it is not if you have a damage, but when.

:good: :smash:

[gypsygirl]

I am in 8th year also. Would be on 11, but I took a few years off and came back. 1 at fault so far... yes it really is just a matter of time, but maybe I can retire before I rack up too many. Heck, my first one almost caused me to quit... (it happened on a Friday... went home & didn't talk to anyone all weekend)... Yes, it is only a matter of when again... but golly I hope it isn't anytime soon!

[yahoo]

8 for me.....good job golden............

[MidnightElectric]

Three years going on 30.
What a long strange trip.

[Goldenboy]

Welcome aboard ME.

Looks like we hit the 50 voter mark. Not bad. There is definately quite a bit of experience on this forum.

[Dave72]

Ive been browsing this forum for a year or so now, finally joined up a few days ago.. might as well put my hat in.

Im actually a cable splicer (20 yrs in), doing contruction/repair/fots.. everything from the frame to the terminal. I guess it was about 4 yrs ago we took in the locating dept into our dept. One of the locators went of on perm disability and then retired, so we have the one full-time locator guy and then us splicers fill in as #2 or #3 as required.. plus we do all the standby/on-call locates.

If i had to guess, id say Ive done about 4 months of locating (full time), and 60 or so call-outs. One at-fault (dang map even showed a weird jog in the cable, but i painted a straight line.. i was preoccupied with trouble tagging the drops ).. lucky it was only a 50pair.

One real nice not at-fault I know of was when a core sampler asked for the north side of this roadway and then changed sites and drilled the south side.. right thru a 900 paper.. as a splicer, I got in a 24hr shift repairing that one !

Thats one odd thing of being the splicer on-call as well as the locator..if you get an emergency call and tag it wrong.. guess who gets to lay in the mud to repair it ! lol

Anyhow, "hi" to all.. lots of interesting stories Ive read in the past on here.

[LadyLeatherneck]

Welcome Dave. Glad to have you aboard! Post often!

[BabyGirl]

11 years for me, and counting...

[mls62976]

6yr for me.

[Lucky219]

Will start on my 18th year in Sept. For the most part it has been fun.:happy:

[paintman]

10 year in north west ga

[paintitout]

It will be 14 years in April of 09. Somedays it seems like 114 years.

[bareclaw]

10 years for me

[wet_boots101]

5yrs cumulative. Took 1 year off to do something else in between there somewheres.