Locating Terminology

**sprayandpray** · July 17th, 2010, 10:03 AM

A buddy and I were talking about different terms used in the industry and I decided to make a list and invite 'Viners to contribute their own. ex;

Toothless drop - refers to ATT sheathless drop - since it doesn't have a metal sheath it can't 'bite' you

Murder Investigation =refers to damage investigation when a utility gets cut.

Drive-by's = refers to aerial , or clear tickets, where no marking is required.

**locator00566** · July 17th, 2010, 11:19 AM

Gravy Tickets= bury drop tickets

**TheCableVine** · July 17th, 2010, 11:56 AM

Blow-by or Blow-through a ped = Locating a cable that goes in and out of a ped without hooking up at the ped. You are hooked up to another ped and you trust the signal will carry through.

**FiosKing** · July 17th, 2010, 01:10 PM

Guesstimate: guess where the utility is

**TMO** · July 17th, 2010, 02:01 PM

Soft contact.

To make a soft contact on a tkt , is to make a call to the contractor, or just enter notes on it , without marking and billing the tkt.

**TMO** · July 17th, 2010, 02:04 PM

Pee-wee.

Silicone cased splice for phone drops. Cheap , quick and easy... So I've heard....

**RD_Wrangler** · July 17th, 2010, 04:24 PM

"Ghost" - false peak signal resulting from signal on target line capacitating to non-target line (or even piece of buried rebar) resulting in both lines producing EMF field which converge and peak at a given point BETWEEN two lines (where varies on depth and capacitance of each respective line). This gets even more fun when 3 or more lines get in the act.

"straight-line" - practice of painting facilities from ped to ped by "connecting the dots" without actually applying a signal.

"cable cum" - petroleum based substance used by phone companies as a water/moisture deterrent inside telecommunication cables, AKA- "icky-pik".

**yahoo** · July 17th, 2010, 04:32 PM

every time someone asks this question i can never think of anything to write????? duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i'll think of something!!!

**headcipher** · July 17th, 2010, 04:51 PM

Gotcha- a locator damage that shouldn't be a locator damage. I.E. service for next house swings 10 feet into next property, or goes a block before hitting a main.

Engineer- an idiot who thinks he knows best, regardless of common sense or proof otherwise.

**paintdown** · July 17th, 2010, 07:27 PM

damaged out,,rats nest,are some we all know,,how about a twofisted locate

**paintdown** · July 17th, 2010, 07:31 PM

yeaah sometimes those drops may pass by two or three terminals

**paintdown** · July 17th, 2010, 07:38 PM

<<superslam+=is when you ask a supervisor to help you power mode some conduit run like you used to see him do, before he was supervisor(saying it in front of his crew)

**gogo49** · July 18th, 2010, 11:54 AM

whacked - getting a damage

gravy - my gravy tkts were always front easement locates where there are rear easement utilities esp. in new subdivisions

**Utilitrack** · July 19th, 2010, 09:54 AM

Playing Frogger- I am sure that you all can figure it out...

**Mke** · July 19th, 2010, 12:58 PM

Leap frog = When inducing on a line, and the signal gets weak, its the process of moving your box up everytime your signal peters out. (not recomended for newbs)

Cheater Clip= Aligator clip with small spike, used to clip onto phone cables, ground wires, and tracer wires so you don't have to strip the wire itself.

Roll-Over-(insert name of Damage investigator)--- works for no matter what company you work for.

F%#$ Magic- The reason utilities are in the field and not on the maps......... "it must be Effin Magic"

mke