[AT] lost--generators

[Dick Day]

I have a 12-year old Generac 7500/13500. I recently converted it to 
tri-fuel.  Running it on gasoline would be a last resort. It carries a 20lb 
bottle of LP on board and I can connect it to our 500 tank that supplies the 
house and barn.  It runs so much better on LP than gasoline.



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From: "Howard Fleming" <hfleming at moosebird.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 7:59 AM
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] lost--generators

> I have 2 actually.
>
> A Campbell Hausfeld 6k portable gas generator, and a 1962 Winco 12k PTO
> Winco generator (running off of a 1948 Ford 8N, to add a tractor
> reference).
>
> I will use both, but only the 12k (for ? reason will run the well pump
> since we had it replace a few years ago.  The APC ups's on the file
> servers here do not like the Campbell Hausfeld either much).
>
> Run it due to thunderstorms, ice and snow storms, and if the power
> utility is having a "bad day"....
>
> Howard
>
>
> On 12/22/2013 08:32 AM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
>> Going in a different direction based on Ralph's comment about not having 
>> a
>> generator.
>>
>> How many on the list have a backup generator and what type of weather 
>> event
>> causes you to maintain one.
>>
>> I've got a really old one (isn't everything I own old!) I rebuilt the 
>> engine
>> so it is reliable. We keep it in the garage in the event of an ice storm 
>> or
>> a hurricane, and sometimes an occasional thunderstorm that manages to
>> disrupt things for several hours in the evening (We've really got to need 
>> it
>> to crank it up just for a short time).
>>
>> John Hall
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ralph Goff
>> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 7:38 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] lost
>>
>> On 12/21/2013 10:00 AM, Cecil R Bearden wrote:
>>> Ralph:
>> I can not imagine going 27 days without electricity now as dependent as
>> this country is on it . We have been pretty fortunate as Sask. power
>> keeps the power flowing and I don't recall ever having more than a few
>> hours without electricity. I don't know of anybody that owns a generator
>> but no doubt there are a few out there. Some with wood heat would be ok.
>> My gas heater will still work without electricity and i guess with a
>> little help I could drag the old wood stove back into the house and hook
>> it up to the chimney. Still got some firewood stored out in the bin from
>> the wood burning days. Lets just hope the day never comes I need to do
>> that.
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
>>
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