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    35 Years in the Making!

    My hvac relative in another state was a bit put off I didn't buy Daikin units like he recommended. They just didn't pencil out for me. I did use this stuff on the flares: Amazon.com -...
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    35 Years in the Making!

    All I have seen are pre-charged. An Hvac tech in my family told me they are charged with more than enough refrigerant. Supposedly you can lose a little if you make a mistake and there's still plenty left inside. If you do somehow find a leak after charging the system you can pump the system down...
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    35 Years in the Making!

    Install is straightforward. Good vacuum pump, decent gauge manifold, R410 adapter and orbital flaring tool are all you need. If you want to get fancy you can purge the lines with nitrogen, but it works fine to burp some 410 into the lines and suck it out after you vacuum down the system...
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    35 Years in the Making!

    I researched a lot and eventually settled on Senville. I couldn't find a bad review for them. They have real people in America that answer the phones and have brains. Daikin and Mitsubishi are 3-4x the price and do not have any warranty for self installation. Senville does warranty their units...
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    35 Years in the Making!

    My power is on the cheaper side. Running a 3 ton heat pump 24/7 to heat a poorly insulated 5500 sq ft section of my shop to 60 degrees costs me $60 a month. The identical heat pump heating a 1500 sq ft R30 insulated space in my shop to 72 degrees is $12 a month. Heat pumps work great when you...
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    35 Years in the Making!

    The gearboxes are all real similar. The augers are where you can have trouble. Some are too flimsy, some are made poorly and don't cut well. Nice ones will have replaceable cutting edges/teeth, but that doesn't mean others are bad if they don't. Just a nice feature to look out for when buying...
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    35 Years in the Making!

    Gonna mount a generator on the counterweight to run the breaker! I love it! Many years ago I picked up a Rotek slewing bearing from a Genie shooting boom lift. The project I got it for didn't materialize so I put it in storage. Recently I stumbled across it again in my storage building and knew...
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    35 Years in the Making!

    Any implement is a skidsteer implement with a hyd motor and a quick attach plate!
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    35 Years in the Making!

    I can relate. I came down with Covid again 2 weeks ago and it was real harsh, wouldn't go away. I was beat down exhausted with constant chills. I also have a bad Thyroid so got tested and turns out Covid furthered the damage to my Thyroid. Adjusted my meds and now I'm normal again, but there...
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    35 Years in the Making!

    Lifts vary a lot in weight. One of my 2 posts is a Rotary from the 70's. Each column weighs 1500 lbs. No way anyone is standing those up themselves. My other 9K 2 post is a modern cheaper unit. Western I think? Each post might be 400 lbs. I can stand those up myself. If you ever get the chance...
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    35 Years in the Making!

    I wouldn't suggest calling in a pro every time you need to move a scoop of dirt. I was thinking more along the lines of how when you try to modernize an older piece of equipment you can quickly exceed the cost of just buying a newer machine that has all those things. One other thing I forgot...
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    35 Years in the Making!

    If you want a modern tractor that is easy to use and efficient, it would be best to buy that tractor. Those tractors are OK for running a brush hog. Although it will use 50 gallons of gas to do the work a Kubota will do on 5 gallons of diesel. It will overheat on hot days. You will have to...
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    35 Years in the Making!

    Ford 4000 is not that old. Really good tractors. I had a 1978ish one with a loader. It was a 4600? or such. It had the stickshift trans and live PTO, but it had the super HD front axle to go with the heavy loader. I bought it from my town's public works. They bought it new and were all sad to...
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    35 Years in the Making!

    I have a little jet 500 lb chainfall I keep in my truck and use for all kinds of silly things like that. The chainfall is real slow though. I think the blocks and rope will be a sound way to get done what you need to do. I'd just be prepared with something strong to tie the rope off to when you...
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    35 Years in the Making!

    Maybe it's geographical, but skidsteers are not more expensive than tractors as a rule where I'm at. For example, my made in USA 1996 Mustang 2040 with Yanmar diesel and 1300 hours cost me $1000. It ran, but needed a new fuel filter bowl on the engine and the chainbox oil changed. For about...
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    35 Years in the Making!

    Just to clarify, my intended point was that a skidsteer is much more functional, useful, ergonomic, and cheaper than a small tractor with a loader. For around the house tasks like moving dirt, moving stuff, maintaining a gravel driveway, loading and unloading trucks and trailers, mower fields...
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    35 Years in the Making!

    A tractor or skidsteer to move a drillpress? Come on guys. I have equipment. I also have lots of gravel in my big driveway. When I need to move things under 300 lbs I usually grab the old handcart and it does a fine job even right over gravel. I recently picked up a drum cart for 55 gallon...
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