PTO Generator Question

[breadtrk]

I would say that every area and location has a different idea of what may be needed,
in my area depending on the season you may want your furnace or boiler to be up and running, get a power outage in sub zero tempertures sure don't want pipes freezing.
If you rely on a pump for water to drink, wash and flush that's another priority system.
Then depending how many freezers and such, it will all add up and in many cases those small units and extension cords don't cut it.

Not being a smart *** but if you have needs like that..... you need a permanent fixed genset with auto changeover.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I think PTO sets are great, but a pain. I don't miss using one at all. But at least they are Diesel and you get the superior performance from that for a generator. Also, if I ever did again, I would rig up oil and temp shut down on the tractor. I would never be able to sleep with my tractor running out there at full throttle. And yes, on the JD770, that was the throttle position.

 

[shooterdon]

I think PTO sets are great, but a pain. I don't miss using one at all. But at least they are Diesel and you get the superior performance from that for a generator. Also, if I ever did again, I would rig up oil and temp shut down on the tractor. I would never be able to sleep with my tractor running out there at full throttle. And yes, on the JD770, that was the throttle position.

Tend to agree. My tractor is too valuable to use as a generator motor. Not just the cost of it but its usefulness in an emergency.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I know people here scoff at my thinking on a tractor possibly destroying itself in unatended operation. What does a new tractor motor cost these days? I would prefer not to find out.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

It wouldn't be hard to set a pto genset up like the fixed gensets are. Then just drive over and hook up the pto shaft and have power.

Even nicer is to have both the tractor and genset in the same shelter, but I like to be able to keep my pto genset mobile. That way I can have LOT's of electricity, powered by my "always ready" diesel tractor, with it's longer life engine, larger fuel tank, and longer oil change intervals.

We don't use it for every power outage, because I don't NEED it on every power outage. We just aren't THAT much of a power hungry family! AND we keep ourselves prepared for what ever comes along.

SR

 

[Industrial Toys]

I have never owned a gasoline generator. But if I did, a PTO unit would make a nice addition to ones emergency arsenal.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Tend to agree. My tractor is too valuable to use as a generator motor.

I absolutely never worry about that... I chose a tractor brand wisely in the first place, so I don't have to worry about how long will it last.

How many hours do you figure you will put on a tractor in a year running a pto genset??? 100, 200? That's nothing for a tractor and I bet MOST will not put 50 on in a year!

SR

 

[Industrial Toys]

Never had a Rad or heater hoses hose blow? I had the hydraulics fail on a tractor while in generator service. I sold the tractor and never did find out what happened.

I had a rad leak on an Onan/Kubota 7.5 set during a week long ice storm outage, but took it away and got it repaired in half a day. Pissed that the guy just cut out the bad core. That set would have shut down for over temp anyway.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Never had a Rad or heater hoses hose blow?

Never, not one time... not a belt break either...

BTW, You always go back to the tractor that you had to run "wide open" to get pto speed. Why did you buy a tractor that you had to run WIDE OPEN to get pto speed???

SR

 

[Industrial Toys]

FW Murphy made themselves qute a business waching over peoples engines.