[AT] : Ice Storm

[Larry D Goss]

Whatever happened to Brigg's idea of around 2001 to provide a duplex outlet 
right on the instrument panel of their riding lawn mowers?  I saw the early 
literature for that arrangement when I was still working at the Case/IH 
dealership, but have never seen it since then.  The idea is, since the 
engine already has an alternator in it, boost its output to 115 volts and 
use your electric string trimmer, chain saw, and other small outdoor 
equipment by plugging directly into the tractor.  It was being touted as a 
"green' solution to the elimination of the old design of 2-cycle engines.

Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 6:39 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] : Ice Storm


> Our town's one man road department uses a gas powered one along some of
> the roads these days - he had no choice after I told him that he could
> no longer stand in the loader bucket with a pair of loppers while a part
> time laborer drove the tractor. He says that the new saw (a Stihl) works
> very well. I like the idea of using my electric pole saw with a
> generator. I was going to just get one of those $50 inverters and plug
> it into one of the 12 volt tractors.
>
> Mike
>
> John Hall wrote:
>> Dad keeps wanting to get one of those to trim around the fields with.
>> Amazing how many limbs seem to wander into the fields every year.
>>
>> John Hall
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Larry D Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 9:53 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] : Ice Storm
>>
>>
>>> Just a thought for you, Al -- I bought one of those itty-bitty "chain 
>>> saws
>>> on a stick" from Home Depot or Lowe's or some place like that and I 
>>> throw
>>> that and the generator in the utility trailer, hook it to a tractor, and
>>> use
>>> it to trim the dead wood out of the oaks and pines around the house and
>>> over
>>> at the church.  It gives me a good excuse to keep the generator in
>>> operating
>>> condition at least once or twice a year.  Between the reach of the chain
>>> saw
>>> and some additional height made possible by a step ladder in the 
>>> trailer,
>>> it's easy to reach up 20 feet or more with relative safety.
>>>
>>> Larry
>>
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