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  1. Spud_Monkey

    1985 gmc brigadier speedometer not working

    I have the GMC General and the speed just bounces around, I know by RPM where I'm at in speed. Use a phone or whatever to find speed and then match the RPM to the speed to the gear you are in.
  2. Spud_Monkey

    Overload of the Day

    Sign me up, no less than $75 an hour and I will run any heavy equipment. I want two on two off, with at least 12 hour shifts.
  3. Spud_Monkey

    PITA pond

    Very small, if it isn't sealing after cleaning it out you got few ways of sealing it. Pigs, bentonite, or pond liner.
  4. Spud_Monkey

    Tore up the 24" backhoe bucket on my CAT 430F. Appreciate suggestions on sourcing another.

    IF he can't find one in his area, he should drop it off over here, just will have to drive across MT to get here :p
  5. Spud_Monkey

    Tore up the 24" backhoe bucket on my CAT 430F. Appreciate suggestions on sourcing another.

    Eh just drill stop it, vee it out and weld it up then plate it over.
  6. Spud_Monkey

    There's no making me happy - this has nothing to do with machinery.

    and these tax rebates come from the printing press and have no bearing on what you pay a year in taxes or why inflation is rampant.... Causality...
  7. Spud_Monkey

    There's no making me happy - this has nothing to do with machinery.

    Wait for when the notice comes in of having to pay the electric company for line maintenance since they aren't getting enough revenue since so many jumped on solar.
  8. Spud_Monkey

    There's no making me happy - this has nothing to do with machinery.

    Damn I needed that laugh this morning, thanks. Sheridan CO which is Denver that gets more snow than here. Yeah that ROI is going to be a long lost memory in a distance based on multiple factors, but it's a damn good laugh.
  9. Spud_Monkey

    There's no making me happy - this has nothing to do with machinery.

    Idiots trying to get much as power as possible without dabbing into high voltage will cause problems such as this. My panels capable of pushing 600 plus VDC is more safe on a roof than (which I wouldn't want them there based on maintenance) system half it's voltage pushing twice as much...
  10. Spud_Monkey

    There's no making me happy - this has nothing to do with machinery.

    Technically when you have panels in series is as such of having batteries in series, take negative or positive off and the circuit is disconnected. I have 9 panels in series, if I need to make any major adjustments I take one line off and the array is dead.
  11. Spud_Monkey

    There's no making me happy - this has nothing to do with machinery.

    Then the NEC Section 690.12(B)is nullified since it's impossible to just walk up to it and then it wouldn't need to be shut down at the solar panels since it is guarded by elevation Thus then NEC, Section 690.12(B) from 2020 reverts back to the 2017 NEC's of within 10' of the array boundary...
  12. Spud_Monkey

    There's no making me happy - this has nothing to do with machinery.

    Within 1' of the array boundary per NEC, Section 690.12(B) and not at each panel.
  13. Spud_Monkey

    There's no making me happy - this has nothing to do with machinery.

    That can be mounted anywhere. What goes in comes out through it through a series of breakers with however many strings you have. There is multiple configurations and is rated for outdoors.
  14. Spud_Monkey

    There's no making me happy - this has nothing to do with machinery.

    Look for this and flip the red handle, all is disconnect from the array.
  15. Spud_Monkey

    There's no making me happy - this has nothing to do with machinery.

    It would cost $100k to get power here, I paid about $15k so far in what I got. Yes will need batteries in 10 to 15 years, but take your electric bill and times it by 120 and see if you beat $2500 for the battery. Will have to buy the whole set up again in 20 to 25 years which puts me around 65...
  16. Spud_Monkey

    There's no making me happy - this has nothing to do with machinery.

    This was mild, but here is why you don't put solar on the roof. This is one of my three sets of racks. Still feeling green? I do this after every snow storm, sometimes twice a day.
  17. Spud_Monkey

    There's no making me happy - this has nothing to do with machinery.

    DON'T put solar on your roof unless you plan on climbing up there to knock snow off of them, would be useless most of the winter if you did. At 52 years old putting solar on a new metal roof that will last you 50 years, yet the solar degrades at about 1% per a year in half the years panels...
  18. Spud_Monkey

    Overload of the Day

  19. Spud_Monkey

    Strange, interesting and funny stories buying and selling equipment

    I got some free Dodge 3500 06' with Cummins 4x4 truck that was rusted out from saltwater incursions on putting a commercial bow picker in the strait every season and pulling it out. Anywho transmission was slipping, saltwater even got in the cab to the point the frame was showing on the seat and...
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