[AT] : Ice Storm

[Larry D Goss]

Thanks, Charles.  I wondered if it was produced.

Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles" <bridgescharles at hughes.net>
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Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] : Ice Storm


> Yep, they did make it.  I have a mower with a 25HP B&S that has it.  They
> call this system a Power Link.  It has two 120 volt outlets.  I understand
> they have stop making it because it didn't go over too good.  I don't 
> really
> understand why it didn't go over, it is handy to have.  Nice to have a 
> self
> propelled small generator too.  I would have to do a little research to 
> see
> what the output is.  It will run skill saw, hedge trimmer and things like
> that without any trouble.  I think it would run a freezer also, but have
> never tried it.
>
> Charles
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry D Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 11:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] : Ice Storm
>
>
>> 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"
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>>>> 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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