Hi my name is Tyler Harnden.  I began locating with Marathon Pipeline in 2009 on various projects and 3rd party crossing locations.  I was based out of Casper, WY and handled the greatest number of locates company wide.  This was due to higher population and closer proximity to 3rd party companies.  With my understanding of electromagnetic frequencies and how those principles relate to locating, I was able to excel at complex locates in both station yards and on the right of way.  

One evening, Monte and I were discussing the error of ungrounded tracer wire tails and how this can lead to inaccurate locates.  We set out to develop a devices that could incorporate 3 key components of proper telecom and tracer wire locating: an interruptible grounding circuit for selective leg locating, locator connection points, and an intuitive design.  After several rounds of prototyping, we were able to accomplish our goal and have developed a product that cleanly terminates telecom and tracer wires, provides an intuitive way of identifying grounding status, and allows the user to segment individual paths during a locate.  This significantly reduces the margin for error by decreasing the possibility of bleed over, while also ensuring proper grounding of telecom and tracer tails.