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Anybody have a pto driven generator?

muleman

muleman

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My neighbor and I have been talking about going together to get one. I would keep it here and store it till needed. Size and brand info if you have one is what I am looking for. Most I have seen at auctions are pretty old and in rough shape from sitting out too much.
 
muley,

I have a 35K unit, PTO driven.. I forget the brand name, will have to check. I think it's a Winco, just not sure. It's big enough to run a home with electric heat, and a farm with live stock. It's a 540 rpm model, and it takes some thing like 65 hp to run it. We use a 150 HP tractor with a 1000 rpm PTO to run it. Use an adaptor on the PTO shaft, and run the tractor at about 1,200 RPM. It's really good on fuel with 120 gal of fuel on the tractor, we can run it several days without adding fuel. My dad bought this gen set 30 years ago, but it sets inside a bulding...So it still looks OK.

Regards, Kirk
 
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Neighbor is a mile away.:ermm: We would wire in the same plug and just run it back and forth with the RTV's we both own. Pretty much what I have now for my generator. Trying to have a back up that would be diesel powered with the tractors. We always have more diesel fuel than gas.
 
squerly said:
Ya know Mule, it's hard to overlook the flaws in your plan...
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The main flaw at least for me is that if there's something nasty enough to take out the power, I normally need the tractor for doing other chores (like dragging trees).

My other issue is there are times when a PTO generator is too big for the job. If I'm in a remote area building a shed or something, having the tractor running at PTO RPM's is burning a lot more fuel then what's needed for the task at hand. Ditto for the times (e.g. evenings during an outage) when you only need a small amount of power.

My approach is to have a couple (OK, I'm a bit eccentric so I have several) of various sizes.

A mid-sized genset of 7-15KW and another at 2-4KW makes it where you can size to the needs at hand and in Muley's case, you each have a generator and you can swap every 4 hours or something.

I haven't looked around lately, but a trailer or skid mounted diesel genset can be found on places like Craigslist for reasonable prices.
 
Good points bczoom,

We have a portable 8Kw and a trailer mounted 10Kw with an air compressor and welder, and then the 35Kw PTO unit. They need to be some what sized for the job at hand.

For the money a surplus military unit may be one of the best buys on a larger unit. Or so I see looing around the net anyway...

Oh and you just need a few more tractors than you have!!

Regards, Kirk
 
Muley,

I know what you mean about having more diesel than gas around. Plus after seeing a Uni Harvester sit for 14 years with 1/2 tank of fuel start and run like it was yesterday, convinces me of the long term aspects of diesel as well.

I will be getting an uncles 20K 4 cyl diesel Caterpillar unit soon as I get up there to pick it up. It hasn't ran in many years, but he says it will be OK. We'll see about that!

Regards, Kirk
 
The other big thing is the diesel stores much better than gasoline. That plus the price of farm delivered gasoline is crazy. I have been thinking about going back to my 55 gallon drum on a stand. I used that for diesel for a few years. Now I have a 300 gallon skid with a hand pump. The new containment rules are also a factor in getting a tank.
 
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