Recent content by moobeast2

Been a long time since I was on this board, not sure if this is proper spot, but here goes; recently bought a hot water pressure washer, it's a MiTi-M branded as John Deere. It has a Honda GX390 recoil start gas engine; the engine is a bear to start. First few times it started ok, now it has a...

So, wasn't thinking straight...the farm has an oil-fired hot-water boiler with a 250 gallon tank on a weekly re-fill schedule. The tank is in a insulated shed, we fill it with 50/50 oil/kerosene mix in winter. I could use that to supply a diesel fired generator, right? Can keep it re-filled from...

My current backup is only 50KW, barely big enough to run the essentials, during the summer we have a lot of big ventilation fans running as well...and we may expand the barns in the future...so, need a bigger generator. I want a stand-alone so that when power goes out it switches over on it's...

Looking to replace our farm's PTO driven back-up generator with a good stand-alone unit, preferably propane powered, 100 KW range. Any opinions on good brands? My electrician really likes Generac, but he deals mostly with household type backups. I've heard not so good things about Generacs on...

I'm looking to put a whole house humidifier in. We are generally running 20% RH or less in the winter. Been looking at several Honeywell or Aprilaire models. Any thoughts on which is better. Reviews seem to favor Aprilaire. Will install myself, I'm a decent DIY'er. Thanks !

I need to replace my parents hot water heater, and move it's location in the basement. They live in an old farmhouse which gets water from the barn well, about 200 ft away. The farm well also supplies the barns, (still in use). Supply comes into basement, hooks to a second pressure tank, then...

Re the pressure tank; this pump does not require a pressure tank. It kicks on as soon as it detects a drop in pressure or increase in flow. http://www.pexuniverse.com/grundfos-mq3-35-booster-pump-96860172 I have a bypass around the new setup; when I cut the copper to splice into the main 3/4"...

I just installed a new water softener, pressure booster pump and cistern in my basement. We have a well located a long ways from our house and pressure and flow have always been mediocre. So I put a 100 gallon tank in the basement to fill from the well (with a float valve), then used that to...

I have a similar problem to Motown 454. Low pressure in house, but we are on a shallow well not city water. The well and pump are in a well-house about 125' away from house (no grade). I know pipe is galvanized, but it runs under circular driveway in two spots, not keen to dig it up yet. I've...

Any suggestions for durable brand or type of paint to use on hand tools. Just for marking to keep track of whose tools are whose. Thanks.

Getting moved into new farm shop. We are planning on getting an air-operated pump for filling tractors with motor oil. I'm having trouble figuring out what kind of hose to get. The hose reels for oil are 1.5-2.5x the price of same size air- hose reels; (including the hose). ( I'm looking mostly...

Thanks for the advice, some really good tips in there. re the insulation and wiring; only half of one wall is an outside wall. The electric isn't great, but it isn't bad either. Mainly, I can't stand the look of the room, but since we plan on moving or building within five years I just wanted a...

We've redone several rooms in our 1840s house, tearing out the lathe-and plaster and re-studding then sheet-rocking them. (I did the tear-out but not the rest). We plan on moving out in a few years but have a few rooms I'd like to do over that look crappy, and am thinking of putting up...

I know this has been discussed many times, but I am ready to run air lines in new shop. Was going to do black pipe but I'm interested in this Duratec stuff from Rapidair. There are a number of areas on the wall that it would be very convenient to have the flexibility. Anyone use this stuff? What...

We will soon be hooking up the heat source for our in-slab heat in the new shop. We are using a one zone system with an electric boiler (Argo 24 KW). My heating guy normally works with oil or propane boilers, and is planning on having a recirculating loop with it's own pump and a mixing valve...