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09/29/2026

🚜📐🛜One of many things we’re changing when it comes to equipment measurement.

The game didn’t change.
The physics didn’t change.
We’re still moving dirt.

What needed to change was how we measure it.

You shouldn’t have to turn a machine into a rolling technology stack just to know where you are relative to grade. The operator needs the measurement, live, while the work is happening.

That’s what started CheckIT.

Reference it. Measure it. Keep digging.

We didn’t change the dirt.
We didn’t change the machine.
We changed how the machine knows.

And to the people we’re already talking to — and the ones watching from a distance — there’s a lot of motion in this direction right now.

If the idea of simplifying the system, grounding an existing technology stack, or adding a measurement layer without rebuilding everything around it resonates with you, there’s a good chance we’re working toward the same goal.

It’s physics. We don’t have to overcomplicate it.

And physics? That’s just a hobby anyway. Curiosity is what keeps you asking questions — and sometimes one of those questions changes the way you’ve been doing something for 30 years.

From a PR standpoint, I laid my benchmark a long time ago.

Operator first.
Reference first.
Measurement first.

The benchmark hasn’t moved. The technology around it has.

Reference it. Measure it. Keep digging.

There’s a reason we call it CheckIT.

U.S. Patent 12,735,873 B2
CheckIT-X™ | AzerGrade Innovations

not AzerGrade Innovations Inc. Richard Strickland Checkitx

08/23/2026

GPS knows where the machine is. (Position.)
LiDAR knows what it sees. (Detailed shape.)
A total station knows the points it measured. (Electronic reference.)

We know what they don’t.

Where the dirt actually is from the local benchmark.

And at the end of the day, no matter how much technology gets stacked on the machine—

they’ll still have to CheckIT.

Benchmark → Dirt → Machine → Cut/Fill

08/06/2026

🚨🌎 THE DOOR IS OPEN. 🚨 A couple years ago, there wasn’t a company. There was a workbench. A prototype. A jobsite. And one person determined to solve a problem. Today, the conversations have changed. I’m now in active discussions with manufacturing partners about bringing CheckIT-X into ...

09/06/2025

09/01/2025

LABOR DAY.

Not the sales. Not the cookouts. Not the “day off.”

It’s the hands that wring sweat out of the flag.
It’s the calluses that built this country one brick, one beam, one weld at a time.
It’s the women and men who carried America on their backs when no one else would.

The media won’t tell you. The politicians won’t live it.
But labor is the heartbeat.
No dirt moved. No steel raised. No freedom without the ones who never quit.

So today, don’t just celebrate a holiday.
Remember the weight. Respect the grind. Honor the builders.

💥 From the dirt, we rise.
Happy Labor Day. 🇺🇸

07/18/2025

🚫💩🍽️ DON’T SH*T WHERE YOU EAT

Check out DickNoDirt’s video.

07/17/2025

INTRODUCING CHECKIT-XROD™
The first mobile benchmark + layout tool built for real dirt, real jobs, and real-time control.

This ain’t your granddad’s 2D receiver.
XRod™ is a self-powered smart unit that sets live benchmarks, checks grade instantly, and syncs to your site using LDM, barometric pressure, and laser comms — no GPS, no line-of-sight required.

• Set your benchmark
• Check grade anywhere
• Tell the machine where zero is — in real time and more!

Live grade. No GPS. No file. No surveyor.
Patent Pending. Built for Us.
Construction just got the upgrade it’s been waiting for.

Check out DickNoDirt’s post.