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Hopefully not already widespread, but at drive-time today, Canadian news radio was reporting FL gas stations low enough on fuel that cars were getting abandoned. Roy's heavy prep work looked good a while ago; even better now....

Rgds, D.

Latest word is the track is moving north. so good odds Florida is spared and Georgia or the Carolinas get hit. Easier for those folks to get in land.
 
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Friday there was fuel shortage but stations away from main roads had gas, they removed the weight limit and had trooper escorts for the tankers and everybody had gas todays.
 
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Good to hear they got you re-supplied Roy :thumbsup:

Rgds, D.
 
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Haven’t fired the generator up since I bought it in January. Need to get a better load bank set up but this will have to do for now.
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Getting off the couch and working with a few light weights is much better than doing nothing :drink:

Propane too, that's a nice option wm. I have an old friend that lives on the other side of the country - he never has much luck keeping small engines running. I'm going to recommend his next gen be propane-capable.

Rgds, D.
 
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It looks like my gen. will get a "slight" work-out this week.. ALL my cans are full & the cabinets are stocked..
I just hafta go get it out of the shop & put it on my trailer & pull it up to the house..
 
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It looks like my gen. will get a "slight" work-out this week.. ALL my cans are full & the cabinets are stocked..
I just hafta go get it out of the shop & put it on my trailer & pull it up to the house..

Prep Done. Good feeling, always.

That's a powerful and somewhat unpredictable storm..... track has changed quite a bit in the last few days. Hoping everybody rides through this in good shape.....

Rgds, D.
 
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almost got a hernia getting this heavy gen down off my friends second story porch at her river house, which is sure to flood this week.
It was looking a bit sad under the cover, but started ok. I cleaned it up, painted the rusting metal, charged the battery, and it started
immediately. Noisy beast, no slowdown on light load, a 420cc Chonda. Wow is the little Champion inverter gen quieter, one of the reasons I'm now loaning that
gen to my friend instead of this one. Belt and suspenders.
Changed the oil though it didn't need it. But it's been in a very damp environment for a couple of years, not quite as bad as being at a beach house but getting there.
 

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My gen is a little big/awkward for me to get in an enclosed bag, so figured I'd cure mud wasp problem (3rd time...) by using duct tape
for yet another task. But...leaves a residue after a while, so I wondered, what tape do I have that will leave the least glue residue on the unit?
The shiny hvac tape? Six inches of tape and it's all covered.
perhaps there is a better idea...though the bag will absolutely work.
Maybe I could roll it back into a 33 gallon bag.
Have a bunch of physical issues so horsing this thing around or picking it up is off the table.


I would try Gaffers tape.
It doesn’t leave any residue at all.
 

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