[oceanfrontview]

Hello: I have a TriPower on order and will be in on Tues. After reading some of the threads here I hope it will be a good unit. I will let you all know what I think of it when it comes in. Mine is coming with the DRO option.

[digitalmdj]

Check the gearbox for sand. It will be full of it and you will have to clean it . Then you will need to remove the spindle and clean it also. John is not going to do it for you. He is just a salesman. Then call him and chew his butt for selling you a dirty machine. He will tell you a story but don't let him lie his way out of it.

[norvil1]

your enthusiasm will be short lived. if it were not so i would have told you.

[digitalmdj]

I got a spindle housing from john . he tried to hide a crack by the shifter and we fixed it. I will have to live with the crack on the mill column. But I am never going to let up on John . He will wish he had fixed the problems. It may take some time but I will prevail in the end. As for the spindle housing all the holes are the correct size. The original housing third shaft and second shaft bores were way oversize. I would have had to fix that also. The shifter roller was a piece of junk so I replaced it with a 30mm cam follower. As for the steel bushings I am having bronze bushings made now. All the gears I bead blasted at work.

[oceanfrontview]

My first problem is how to get it out of my truck. I have an engine hoist but need a spreaderbar for it. I will try to get one tomorrow.