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Only if all the moisture is out, no trapped gases and the micron gauge holds and varies little with temperature change. All my hoses are Yellow Jacket, so why can they not leak? Trust nothing. "I'm more worried about it catching fire" The actual pump side should run hot, it aids in boiling...

If it is the same equipment it could easily have developed leaks, even if the equipment was new 5 years ago. Is your micron gauge on the king valve with NO hoses, vacuum pump isolated and disconnected after pumping down to a low micron level? My experience, first 2 micron gauges I purchased new...

"Since your ground is so rocky and wet you should rent a backhoe like a John Deere 710 w/ a 12inch wide bucket" "although your 1.5 year old lawn will get chewed up" Main issue is the roots are only down sod depth as of yet anything tracked will tare it up no matter how carefully I make turns...

AS usual GJ assumptions are made with little knowledge of the situation which is the nature of the beast on forums, no one including myself knows what is in my ground. Common around here to fill with large concrete slabs/pieces which is a major concern should they show up, so is the health of my...

Aware a powerful minx is not going to transport in a pickup. Also aware a minix unless it is the biggest made is not going to dig ground loaded with small rocks, as is I expect slow going with any machine I rent. Around here I will have a machine delivered, around $60 each way

No minx hauled in a pickup could possibly dig through the rock fill (small rocks) the previous owner used, also large tree roots are a likely issue. Likely I will rent a large backhoe, the small "toy" bucketed machines will not do it. Sure would be nice if I had sand fill. "Try not to just...

Just double checked clearances in the yard, I should have no issues maneuvering any machines out there. As to a minx or backhoe, there are no major obstructions and the area of most digging is already a mess from the well equipment. Thank guys for the information.

The rt45 is a kick *** trencher, they go for a premium rental fee around here, nice though. Looks like a backhoe can be had at a decent rental price around here . When I get done my lawn will have the rustic war-torn look, it was looking great until my well went dry and a 30 ton drilling machine...

Technically I only need 42" for the frosty line here, the only place I need the 48" depth is for the pitiless adapter install.

Need to excavate for a well water line in soil with a fair amount of small rocks in moist soil to a 48" depth, also plan on placing a water line into the front yard (100 feet). Question is do I rent a Dingo with a carbide trencher (shown below) or a backhoe with an 8" or 12" bucket. An 8"...

If you had an HP water heater, it has the ability to act like a large air conditioning unit plus if it is truly that warm it will cost extremely little for hot water cost, almost free but unless the room is very large the room will get very cold, and the efficiency will drop considerably...

Not in NYC, the most your going to hit is a mixture of gravel and sand, in Brooklyn and Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island for a residential foundations. Bedrock is many feet below.. Personally the exterior walls should have been excavated again and redone correctly. As to the present work...

Yes working against fiberglass but not cellulose, fiberglass loses r value as the temperature drops. A few inches of cellulose packs down allowing very little air/moisture movement through it; cellulose only gets better the thicker it is installed. The only major negative of cellulose is if it...

"We were talking about wall options, not ceiling work and whether dense packing cellulose is a good idea pressing against metal siding with no house wrap" No issue at all, the blower machines can only pack cellulose lightly, no matter how hard you pack. Cellulose has low permeability to air...

You are lucky, have a variable Delta, little did I know they used RED Loctite on the shaft......took me a day to get the pulley off.

"Blasting stumps is cheapest method..I had a vendors permit when i hauled explosives.. a stick of 1” 75% was less than $2.00 back then." I wish, dug up by hand and burned 14 large stumps. At the time I did not have access to a skid steer or backhoe, dynamite would have been fun.

The tube benders are made from polyethylene, worried about contamination also but the material stretches, is not affected by the smooth surfaces in the lineset tube. As far as contamination, I wipe off the bender tubes before using them with alcohol or brake cleaner. Too bad the tubes are not...

If you think this is tough try getting a 1 1/2" OD fitting on 1 1/4" 200psi poly tubing. HVAC tube expanders with heat work great on smaller tubing.

Wow...... so many experts on animal **** orifices and associated smells, never knew such interest existed. :unsure:

Twinfin is right, a Skid Steer with a standard bucket can rip up 8" stumps easily, no grinder necessary. I up rooted 4 stumps, 16" diameter in hard clay with the standard bucket.