We are Ian & Julie, undertaking the biggest project of our lives - the children have grown up and have started their own families, so now it's our turn. Join us as we create our tiny 1 acre homestead from scratch as well as self constructing our off grid sustainable home. We take on new skills along the way from laying a concrete slab to roofing and electrical. Follow us on our off grid journey to a totally debt free life allowing us to live self sufficiently as well as earning a small income from the fresh organic produce from our land here in the heart of the French Pyrenees.
where are all the negative comments? Of course it wont do everything its called a "mini" excavator. it will lift about 600 pounds and dig a straight line and back fill, thats what its supposed to do.
Friend, do you have a link to a video of how to install the hydraulic radiator or cooler? I live in the south of Spain and in summer the heat is very strong, and this machine does not have it. Where could I buy it? Regards.
252 / 5.000 Hi friend, I also made a lot of holes, I started when I was 47 and now I am 68, and I have ordered one of these excavators, my back is already at its limit, I ask you the replacement, how is it? How many hours can it work without overheating? Greetings
Great video you’ve put together. I bought one of these mowers as well and was hoping you could provide some insight. When I first start my machine it runs at roughly 28v and then a few moments later it runs at 38v on the meter and the engine runs at a more laboured manner. Are you able to tell me what your machine runs at as far as volts on the meter.
i would not advice those bucket clamp forks.. i have a tractor who does 600kg in the frontloader, and 1600 in the 3point and my bigger one does 1000 kg in the frontloader and 2400kg in 3point a frontloader on tractors is for light work.. you cant compare it to a bucket/ front loader machine those do way more in the front
Well done on both of your installs! Interesting that the freon gas is in the tubes. I've installed a few units in the states (not Mr.Cool) and the freon was in the compressor. I shortened the tubes from 16' to 10', re-flared the ends, connected them, did a vacuum pump test and remove any moisture, opened the valves and all good.
Ian, what happened to the chinese lawnmower? DId it not work well on slopes? Also on what incline/slope does the Cub Cadet work? Thank you, love your channel and all you are doing.
thanks for your video, Thank you for your recognition of Chinese products,China's machinery manufacturing is cost-effective and can help you recover your costs quickly
Apparently you stumbled on the origin of D.I.Y. If you want something to be done properly, you have to Do It Yourself (also keeps you learning new stuff every day)
I was born in China and currently I Iive in Canadian. I just ordered an excavator from China, and since I could speak Chinese, I have many advantages in communicating with suppliers. However, I still encountered a lot of traps. Please check out my detailed video I made on my channel. If you're looking to buy anything from China via sea freight, you can avoid losing a lot of money from this sea freight process, I guarantee you won’t regret watching my video!
This works perfectly up muddy slopes - one reason we bought it to get up the banks with rocks and heavy kit that killed us with the manual barrow. They do electric ones now and also tracked, but they can rip up your land.
I am pretty sure, self installation of an aircon within the European Union ist prohibited since 2008. You have to use a professional installer, to avoid releasing refrigerant to the atmosphere. In Germany we have hefty fines if they catch you doing it yourself. I guess its the same in France.
I think how they do it is the machine is pre installed in the factory (pressurised pipe) and this is certified as being correct and then the actual insole can be done DIY. There was no notice or warnings to say it cannot be done and given my recent experiences with the "pros" I think I probably did a better job than they would have. But I get your point. 👍🏻
@@HomesteadingUncontained Maybe you did a leak test off camera, if not that's your first problem. Certified professionals are obligated to do a pressure test before even considering filling the system with refrigerant. I'm not trying to criticize your work, but hoping to avoid nasty surprise for you.
Good work on the install. Looks like around an 8kbtu unit. You made only one large mistake... You only bought one at that price. That was a steal of a price though the line sets for that style are pricey. If you end up doing a few of them just buy a vacuum pump as it's cheaper overall but not as simple. I did commercial refrigeration for a while helping my friend's business so I have all that stuff. I have a 12k unit in my shop along with a 24k window unit and I want to replace that window unit with another minisplit. As for the wifi.... That's an annoyance of mine as well. They should just make all of them with it now. I use mine with Google assistant routines and it usually does what I ask it to. I still haven't filmed all of my detailed minisplit selection video. Been neglecting filming lots of stuff and uploading.
haha, I know, after the install I thought I could do the whole house (current house) but then, why do it just to sell it. The new house will hopefully not need it as we will be using a heat recovery system.
@@HomesteadingUncontained I know the drill. I know all the work I put into our house is just for the next guy... I am in Texas and our climate is primarily cooling but we can easily be well below freezing for a week or more at a time when a strong cold front comes through. We were down to -22c for a while a couple years ago while our summers are highs of 43c with the lows at night only 23c. So we need lots of both but mainly cooling.
@@HomesteadingUncontained Oh and don't sell it before I get a chance to come out there and see it in the off season. Have to see how to get there from Paris. Beautiful area you are in.
@@HomesteadingUncontained If you cut a hole into the concrete & drop the bottoms of the pipe in then have plates with holding down bolts A bit of silicon underneath. This will take impact from a medium fork hoist
The sad reality of today, where you have todo the work yourself because proper "specialists" don't exist anymore. I do most of the car maintenance work myself, oil and filter changes, air filter, sparkplugs, gearbox oil, coolant and so on for this exact reason.
It didn't need the labels - the actual plugs were a good give away. And the majority of products will have english labelling so there is no defense there. He was just totally arrogant in his incompetance ☹️ Just so frustrating he would not accept responsibility
Enjoyed your install, I put in a Mr. Cool nearly three years ago and it has worked perfectly and was as simple to install as you described. From the pictures in your video, it looks identical to mine. The brass manifold for the refrigerant valves and connections are exactly the same as is the electrical block, the inside display and the remote. Mine is a 220volt AC, 18000 btu unit and we couldn't be happier with it. Thanks for all your content, I look forward to Sunday afternoons and catching up with your projects.
Great job on the install. And it sounds like they're as energy efficient as advertised. How wonderful. And that ordeal with the towing wiring was absurd. Oh well. At least you have a working harness now. Plus, you've got another post-retirement career option installing towing kit wiring harnesses after you sell the cycling business. Cheeky thumbs-up!
QLIMA from Castorama or Brico marche make very good DIY mini splits, I installed one at our country house - but I understand that in France you are required to have a technician certify that there are no leaks and issue a certificate. QLIMA provides the tech as part of the fee for the tubes.
Hmmm ! Actually having the tech was a great validation because he checked my earth /ground/terre and he had the sniffing meter to check there were no leaks around the connections. He also used a torque wrench to tighten the joints. So for the money it was a good deal!
@@HomesteadingUncontained You might want to check with your local government to see if they have any type of help. Maybe they can provide you with some kind of help. Where I live in the US you can contact the media they have a consumer reporter that looks into things like this.
Absolutely FANTASTIC install in the Tech Room! That is a great little unit! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩. I hope your efforts with the tow hitch installers pays off Ian! That really is a bunch of hooie!