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My overall guess is that there are smart people who are paid a lot of money to think about this stuff all day. If it worked better some other way (e.g. belts, chains, etc.) they would have done it by now so they could make a bunch of money off it. I bet there is a good reason they don't do it...

I don't think an engine-driven hydraulic pump would work, because I don't think belts could handle the amount of power being put to it. Yes, there are PTOs that have remote shafts, so you can have the pump divorced from the PTO. However, it's the bolts on the actual PTO that are the worst. I...

It's not really a "better / worse" kind of thing. It really depends on a bunch of other factors, such as... How much do you care about it being original (either for historical reasons, or just that the ridiculously overbuilt nature of it will match the character of the truck)? How much...

A few days minimum. It's a lot of hassle. And then stuff doesn't work right... like I just had to have a new hose made, and for the life of me I can't get the tank clamps on (it's like they're too short, even though I know they just came off there).

Agreed, it's a hassle to install. Pretty much every bolt or hose can only barely be accessed from some other odd, contorted spot/position. Reach up over the muffler with a handful of univeral joints and extensions to get that one, raise the cab and reach down from above to get this one, buy a...