Hey Bruce there's lots of bucks to be made here in Newfoundland as well. We have our own specialty repair business here and we do auto repair, fabrication, welding, machining and even restoration work. The wife runs the office and I do the bull work but we've been here for 13 years now so we may as well stay at it.

Your right about Fort Mac though. One day last year the local Tim Horton's lost 7 employees the same time to that place. Everyone is looking for workers but there's no one left to fill the jobs.

With what I mentioned above I needed a forklift to help out here. It might only get used a few hours a month but it will be nice to have it around. I don't have much put into it yet and it does run but I want it better than it is now. If you want to see some of my work I've added a link where you can see it all. I just built two custom items with the Miller welder theme that's been getting allot of attention internationally and you'll see old restored gas pumps, Coca Cola and even old motorcycles. Thanks for the reply. I'm going to call the dealer today to see if they can get me a service manual. Thanks for the info and advise. Paul

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