[AT] lost--generators

[Bo Hinch]

I have a 4500 watt rigged to run off of natural gas as gasoline and or
diesel is hard to come by during and after a hurricane . Those outages can
last for several weeks .


On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 9:40 AM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>wrote:

> Ralph in your situation, what you need is a PTO powered
> rig.  Like this.
>
> http://www.wincogenerator.com/catalog/category_67_Agricultural_Generators.html
> These are common on farms here, particularly the farms that have livestock
> or perishable crops.
> Not too many veggie farmers close to me but if tobacco is in the curing
> barns and the power goes out
> it will ruin in a matter of a couple of hours and be damaged in less time
> than that.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph Goff
> Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 10:00 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] lost--generators
>
> On 12/22/2013 8:19 AM, Richard Fink Sr wrote:
> > We have a 10KW gas powered  welder generator in the little garage. have
> it
> > wired under ground to house will run complete house. Have it for snow and
> > ice storms. Have not used it where we live now. And have a 3500 to loan
> to
> > neighbors if needed.
> > R Fink
> > PA
> Interesting to see how well prepared some of you are for long term power
> outages. I guess we have been lulled into a false sense of security here
> by years of never having needed any back up power source . Ice storms
> are rare here, or if they do happen it is not to the degree that you
> have in the south or east. A lot of the power lines are underground in
> this area which helps too .
> Plus, trying to start a generator out in the cold at -20 or worse below
> could be a real challenge. And don't even think about firing up a diesel
> tractor without a power source to pre heat the engine. I could likely
> get the old gas powered tractors running to power a pto generator but
> considering fuel costs of close to $15 per hour even for small tractors,
> it would be an expensive option.
> It is happening in Eastern Canada right now according to this news.
>
> http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Travel+chaos+power+outages+storm+grips+Ontario+Quebec+Maritimes/9315648/story.html
>
> Ralph in Sask.
> >
>
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