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That is a great deal. We bought a propane Clark C-500 for $1500 from a local guy. My wife thought, "here we go spending more money". That night my big snow plow (1300 pounds) fell over in the building. My wife says "how are we going to pick that up"? I told her stand over there and watch...

I use Boeshield T-9. http://www.boeshield.com/rust_prevention/t9_spray.php I sprayed it on and let it dry overnight. Wiped off any left over in the morning. After wiping off any that is left leaves the top a little "tacky?" Used Johnson paste wax after that over the top. This is what I use on...

Yes, the transfer switch senses the power from the utility is off and energizes a coil that phisically switches to the generator side and signals the generator to start. When the switch transfers the load to the generator and you are anywhere within earshot of the transfer switch, you know it...

Stuart, It is big for home use and since it is 3 phase it will be de-rated by going to single phase if it isn't rewired. Our Generac unit is 15KW with a 100 amp transfer switch and we do not have my wife's shop or my building hooked to it. We also need to add the geothermal too. It does have a...

No it's 3 phase. My electrician said it will be no problem and the Cat dealer said the same thing or we could have it reconnected for about $18-1900. I ran it today for about 35 minutes after hosing off the top of the fuel tank. Came up to 180 degrees as it should and let it run to dry...

Mainly backup. We might consider running it a few days a month to keep the fuel fresh. It has a 155 gallon base tank. It has more than enough power to run all we have which we can't do with our current 15KW Generac on propane. We were out of power for over 2 hours yesterday and have lost power...

I had been to an auction about 4 weeks ago to look at a Cat Olympian generator. The company was downsizing and didn't have a need for it anymore. We watched it "sell" for $7100 plus 10% buyers premium. Everyone thought that was a good deal, as it retailed for $19,000 in 2004. After reading...

I use a tankless water heater. The book says it's 87% efficient. I thought it was along the lines of 90+. BTU output is 15,000 to 180,000. Below is the post I wrote before. I've added 2 pix. HTH Steve I use a Rinnai tankless also. Morton Building, 30 X 60 with 16' ceiling, fully insulated...

Well I ended up with a compressor over the weekend. It's a Champion VR5-8. I got it on a bankruptcy auction 100 miles from where we live. Got it home, cleaned it up, and checked everything out and fired it up. We just temporarily wired it to make sure everything is the way it was presented to...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ya think you could drill though that with a hand drill?? You might have to mount a pedestal drill and run it with oil for a while! What kind of work/projects do you do? I have a friend that has a mag drill I'll...

It was surplused where I work. I think that's the PC way to put it. I'm lucky enough to be able to load it with a fork lift at work, have a GMC C5500 flatbed to haul it on, and a fork lift at home to unload it. I have been watching this table for a number of years. Lets just say we weld really...

Here's my weld table/work bench. I figure the top alone is 2200 pounds. That does not include the framework under the table. Needless to say it does not move.....period!! It takes all my fork lift has to pick this up. I'm guessing it is around 3200 - 3500 pounds, maybe more. Just finished...

Thanks for the info. Krooser I'll check out the Bel-air compressors. A quick look shows they are better on the numbers and only $60 more.

Looking at 2 different compressors. Would like input on both of these or a different compressor altogether if you have a better idea. It will be used mainly for air tools such as grinding, impact/ratchet, and light painting needs. I don't have or anticipate a blast cabinet at this time. Greg...