I have an old tractor, and the manuals for it were unavailable except for one company which scanned them, put their own cover on it, and demanded $20 for access to the PDF (over $60 for printed).
Rather than give them a dime, I located original copies of each and every book associated, purchased them (only around $25 each), scanned them myself, and uploaded my versions to Archive. Now my copies are the top result when you search the names of the manuals.
I have an old tractor, and the manuals for it were unavailable except for one company which scanned them, put their own cover on it, and demanded $20 for access to the PDF (over $60 for printed).
Rather than give them a dime, I located original copies of each and every book associated, purchased them (only around $25 each), scanned them myself, and uploaded my versions to Archive. Now my copies are the top result when you search the names of the manuals.
Fuck those guys.