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Except if you compare like foods there is little if any difference i.e. home canned green beans vs. Commercial canned green beans. Comparing say home canned tomatoes to Chef Boyardee canned ravioli isn't remotely a reasonable comparison.

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Beyond the other points noted, also bear in mind that these days when you have RFID ATM/Debit/Credit and perhaps other RFID cards stacked in your wallet it is particularly difficult for any reader to get a read as multiple cards will be trying to respond. For RFID shielding there are numerous...

They mostly work at the 20' range, but they are not 100% at that range. They could be better. I also need to find a good wireless mag-mount camera / monitor I can use to see the distribution at the back of the trailer better and more importantly so I can actually see the clamp on forks I use on...

While you're making a new an improved version be sure to properly automotive harden it with an appropriate IP rating and surge suppression. Longer RF range would help also, at the back of a crew cab long bed the RF range of the KTI unit is sometimes marginal.

Checked and that is correct. Yes, the battery/pump/storage box at the front of the trailer isn't the most pristine environment. When the battery gets low and the pump and stuff starts to chatter, stop, that is when most of the relay contact damage will be done.

The KTI wireless remote receiver I have which is likely the same as the OP has definitely contains three relays. I haven't confirmed the wiring, probably one is enable and the other two up and down, or perhaps one is not used in this application.

My suspicion would be burned contacts on the relay in the receiver for the down output. If they are higher resistance the reduced voltage they are passing may be enough to activate the pump motor contactor but not the down solenoid. A simple test would be to swap the up and down wires from the...

I'm pretty sure I'd put Rotella T6 5W-40 on my pancakes before I'd put mystery "pancake syrup" on them. Real 100% maple syrup for me, and not in excessive quantities. As for engines, I used to use Mobil 1 for years on various vehicles and initially on my F350 until Ford determined it didn't...

Containers worth more than the contents...

Borrowing equipment is great for quick and emergency stuff. For bigger planned projects like stump digging which requires a larger machine than you would expect, rental is far better and rent a size larger than you think you'll need. Renting also gets you the size machines you can't generally...

Owning a B7100DT for a number of years I can conclusively say that you most certainly can shift gears while moving just not under any notable load. I very often will start out in 1st gear pulling the tractor out of my parking area and when I get to my road upshift to 2nd and then sometimes 3rd...

I have that...

The only thing on that list I don't have yet is a mag drill.

The USA heavy duty stuff is nice, but sometimes that China stuff is just fine and hard to beat. I have clamp on forks I use on my backhoe, like $200 delivered and now like 5 years later still going strong moving 1,800# feed sacks and whatnot regularly.