Thinking of looking for a small 5 or 6 foot mill-no idea which one would be worthwhile. ?????

[Ron Stauffer]

Dennis
Oh yeah, I met Hugh when up that way on one of the trips around 2014-15 doing windmills. He came over to where I was swapping in a repoured 602 motor on the east of Spokane at Green Acres. Good guy, glad he is still going after it. The nursery/greenhouse guys like windmills for their retail locations. I think I have 4 at greenhouses around Spokane/Deer Park and several more that the ones at the greenhouses sold. I only ever traveled thru central WA once, the windmills I have in western WA I travel along the Columbia to get there.
Ron

[mtblah]

Windy , Dan , what has your experiences showed , bigger is better ? less wear ? or is lack of owner maintance ?

heredity vs environment

[Windcatcher530 Dan]

Mike the bigger the mill the bigger the problem and cost when something goes wrong.I never furl my little six and haven't had a problem.

[Windcatcher530 Dan]

Dennis they did make a 5ft model 37 that way you could keep it in the family.

[Smax]

Dennis the David bradley\monitor are easy to rebuild and parts available.

[windybob]

Monitor also made the 5 ft V model open gear. Even simpler yet.

[mtblah]

I learn something new every time I read one of these threads !
Did not know that 5 ft mills were real ....

[Jim Corcoran]

Here's my 5 footer. I have a three leg tower for it but the storm stay is beyond help. I may have to add a fourth leg to the tower instead. Although, I was thinking maybe I should just set this up in my den as it is.

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monitor_V_2.jpg

[mtblah]

aint that qute !

[CTXmiller]

Jim - That is a good looking V. If a windmill could ever be considered ‘cute’, the V would fall into that category.

Excluding the IronMan Z702 (4’) diameter windmill made in very limited quantities in or around 2008 / 2009, I recall reading somewheres where a 4.5’ windmill was manufactured. Can’t recall the manufacturer name or where I read that at.