r/UtilityLocator

Just had a conversation with a contractor who’s bitching about locates being late or incorrect. So, I finally asked her “have you located before” and she replied “no, but it can’t be that hard” I just hung up on her ass.

I’m just wondering if there is any lurking contractors, have yall located before? Do you seriously think every single line will locate perfectly with no issues?

Especially the contractors on TikTok, they swear locating is the easiest thing ever. I agree slightly, it’s not hard. But literally 75% of locating is troubleshooting. 20% dealing with the political side of the job. 5% actually locating. If everything located perfectly, half of us wouldn’t have a job.

What’s the best way to try to get a truck at the 4 letter locating company while driving a Trax? Got the Trax with 6k miles currently have 23k on it now, really tired of hearing paint cans rattle, cardboard seat that hurts after any real driving, Very limited cargo space while being organized and just getting stuck in mud/Snow the Trax just overall sucks.

I have a mix of rual and city areas to cover in the Northeast. Any input? Or am I just screwed

Why call in multiple non-compliance tickets that are 7 miles long when you're only widening intersections and then you refuse to shorten the scope and want everything marked within those 7 mile stretches?

Hello! I love my job and I've held it down for 3 years now at age 20.

So I was wondering, How old are you, how long have you been a locator and do you enjoy it?

Jesus I had to mark a row of townhouses that are military housing outside base.

Let me tell ya whole damn area smelled like ammonia.

That smell did not left my nose hours after I left.

Sick fucks

Does anyone else just locate Water & Sewer? I work for a big city in the south FL just wondering what set ups you guys run and if you got any GPRs that you use also to locate both. Also do you guys get involved with the Distribution part of things like emergency shut downs for breaks and also responding to service calls around the city? Just curious to see if there’s other cities in Florida that the Locator is not just a Locator he’s like 5 jobs in 1 🤣

When I got into locating I had a pretty irrelevant background for the job. 

I had/have a Political Science degree (they can’t take it away from me, but I wouldn’t try to stop them if they did), and had worked as a realtor, a bookkeeper, a bakery boy, a bartender, a wading pool lifeguard, and just prior to being hired I was the founder of an ‘Uber-for-moving’ style app. 

My fellow rookie locators also came from all kinds of interesting/random/inexplicable backgrounds, none of which had anything to do with utility line locating.

I’ve tried to capture that eclectic mix in this scene from our upcoming mockumentary series, Locators. 

How about you? What did ya’ll do before you got into it? 

I’ve been working on a small accessory for Radiodetection locators that lets you carry a marking paint can directly on the receiver.

The idea is simple: locate and mark without having to hold the paint can separately.

It currently fits Radiodetection models:

RD7000

RD7100

RD7200

RD8000

RD8100

RD8200

I’ve been using/testing the design and have already had some units go out to utility locating companies.

I’d really like to hear from people who actually do utility locating:

Would something like this be useful in your daily work?

What would you change or improve?

I’m especially interested in feedback from people using RD7000–RD8200 receivers.

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Hey all,

Anyone know or have an idea if they are hiring right now or can get me in contact with that regions recruiting?

I know how bad it is but I lost a house and my vehicle in a storm and I’m starting over from scratch.

I did the recorded interview on the 16th of July and Workday still says “In Progress”.

Any help is appreciated, thanks.🫡