[AT] lost--generators

[charlie hill]

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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