Champion Contractors completed the following transactions and events involving the purchase and operation of equipment in its business.

2014

Jan. 1 Paid $290,000 cash plus $11,600 in sales tax and $1,800 in transportation (FOB shipping point) for a new loader. The loader is estimated to have a four-year life and a $29,000 salvage value. Loader costs are recorded in the Equipment account.

Jan. 3 Paid $5,000 to enclose the cab and install air conditioning in the loader to enable operations under harsher conditions. This increased the estimated salvage value of the loader by another $1,500.

Dec. 31 Recorded annual straight-line depreciation on the loader.

2015

Jan. 1 Paid $4,800 to overhaul the loaders engine, which increased the loaders estimated useful life by two years.

Feb. 17 Paid $1,200 to repair the loader after the operator backed it into a tree.

Dec. 31 Recorded annual straight-line depreciation on the loader.

Required: Prepare journal entries to record these transactions and events.