I have been going over things and I think that this year is going to be a very bad year overall. If I can work things out with my Dad for the Hill, it will solidify things and make me at least feel better about all the effort that I have put forth, but I am not going to be able to spend a lot of money as there just isn't a lot of extra money to spend. I will be bringing some things to the auction, but no guarantee what those items will bring in for money. I need to stop spending money, period. I have several projects that will need money to finish and at this point I am not sure where that money is going to come from as my current income and expenses are going the wrong direction and last year I dipped into funds that I didn't want to for the gravel at the Salvage Garage. I am going to have to get creative, that is for sure. Luckily I have people that owe me work, so I can collect on some of that, but the parts and supplies will be the problem. I just started looking over my lists and some of the "simple" projects will average about a grand in parts, the more involved ones will be several thousand dollars. I think if I sell, swap, and scrap things I can offset these costs. The good thing is that in October things will change for the better, one of my major expenses goes away and I will have a significant amount of money to put into projects again. In reality that is only 6 months away and with the office project and my elbow, I already have a lot going on.
Perk needs to be inspected, technically I need to change out my air brake slack adjusters to do that, but the guy that stickers it didn't notice it last year, so I may be OK, if not, could cost about $400 (including inspection sticker). The Muv-All trailer should be OK for now, but the rear rams will need to be rebuilt later this year, they leak enough that I do not think it will take an inspection sticker again. The Cat V-80 forklift needs the injection pump worked on so I can sell it at the auction. So Perk needs to be inspected for sure, that is the first thing that has to be done. The clutch/trans swap is going to have to wait another year, luckily I do not see needing to go on any long road trips, just a few back and forth trips from the Hill to the Salvage Garage. I will have to make one more trip to and from the tower site to finish up any loose ends once the town has done the inspections.
The Mitsu needs to have a few hydraulic hoses replaced, the seat needs to be fixed (the base is broken), hydraulic lines have to be reattached and some other minor things, will probably cost about $500 for the hydraulic lines.
The Hyster needs some labor (and maybe parts) to fix the E-Brake, then the engine needs to be rebuilt, it can be done in frame and the parts could be anywhere from $500 to $1,500, I have not been able to find the engine ID yet, once I know that, I can get my numbers figured out. This will need to be done, otherwise it will only be able to be used for maybe 10 minutes every hour or so.
The Tru-Hitch needs to have almost all the rams rebuilt (makes sense to do them all at the same time), luckily I have all the seals already. It also needs almost all the hydraulic lines replaced, unluckily, I don't have those. I think it would make sense to do the hoses at the same time as the rams since they will essentially have to come off anyways. I should be able to buy hose and fittings in bulk, then borrow my Brother's tool to make them myself. One good thing is they are all the same diameter hose and same basic style fittings, making them myself should be both a good experience and save a significant amount of money. I figure $1000 for that.
I hope that Clark will keep on moving, technically it needs the main ram rebuilt as the oil bypasses internally, the forks drop pretty quickly. I still haven't found the exhaust manifold, actively working on that one, if I find a manifold, it will probably cost around $500 by the time it is shipped.
I do have to get the XC70 going, would like to get it done to help save some money and get me a more dependable daily driver. I do not expect that to cost much more money, I have already bought the parts, just have to do the labor. I can technically use the dealer plate for the time being, so no registration costs at this point.
I know my math with labor is always off, but the parts and supplies are usually pretty accurate, looks like if I budget $5k to get these things done I can most likely make it happen. Hopefully some of my items being sold at auction will offset most of that, I have a good chunk of money sitting in scrap (copper and wire), just need to prep it.
