Oh, this might help.... http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=cable+locator
On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 6:28 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < [email protected]> wrote: > I purchased an expensive line locator from somewhere when I moved into the > new place. Located everything I could with it. > > Even with that, I cut my own propane line when I moved into the new > place. It was absolutely positively not where it was supposed to be - > when the tank and the regulator is on the other side of the house from > where you're trenching you don't expect to find a yellow pipe. The propane > company told me when they came out to fix it that the propane tank was > originally where the shop is now and when they moved the tank, they were > told to leave the old line hooked up so that they could use the propane in > the shop at some point in the future. > > The frustrating part is the guy walked over to the shop, dug the end of > the line out from under a pile of pine needles to show me where it was - > complete with it's own locate wire (which didn't continue all the way to > the new tank location). > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Darin Steffl <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hey guys, >> >> When we install the antenna somewhere besides the home where the cable >> needs to be trenched back to the house, we always submit a locate for >> utilities. That covers the big things but what I'm worried about are >> underground sprinklers, propane gas lines, dog fence, etc. that are private >> and wouldn't be marked by utility companies. >> >> What do you guys do to accurately locate these other things underground >> before you trench the yard and cut something important? I know we can ask >> the homeowner but they won't know or they'll forget and we'll have an >> unhappy customer who is mad at us. >> >> Any ideas for the best tools to trace metal things in the ground to mark >> them before we trench? Thanks >> >> -- >> Darin Steffl >> Minnesota WiFi >> www.mnwifi.com >> 507-634-WiFi >> <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Like us on Facebook >> <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> >> > > > > -- > *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* > Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 > [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> > <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> > > -- *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> <http://twitter.com/@packetflux>
