Hi guys:
It has been awhile since I have been here or posted.
After the recent TS Irene hit our area and using my tractor driven generator for a few days, I just finished up doing some PM my B7300....actually hit the 600 hr mark on the meter during the storm. Once that was done, I thought I would look at what others were doing with PTO GenSets.
I purchased my B7300 used in 2002, and got a Winco PT0-7 (Winco Generator Home Generators | Backup Generator | Whole House Generator | Home Standby Generators - PTO - Tractor Driven Generators) in 2003. Since then they have dropped the smaller generators(PTO-7, PTO-11) that worked fine with some smaller tractors. While the GenSet has been used some off and on over the years, this was the first extended use. My home does not draw much power, and during outages I am most concerned with heat, refrigeration, and lights. While connected to the house with a double throw, I do not try to run the whole place. I consider just heat, lights, and fridge/freezer a luxury during a storm.
During day light hours when people are doing things in the house, I run tractor at 2900RPM and the PTO at 540 RPM. At night or when it is really quiet, I run the tractor at about 1750 RPM and PTO at 950 RPM. As I have no pumps or other high draw motors, there is no real power draw that will bog the engine or genset down.
I set the meter on the GenSet at about 125VAC and my lights do not flicker at all and everything seems to be okay. Even my sensitive computer UPS units do not "complain".
During the Irene storm, over 2 days, I used just under 12 gal of diesel, which I felt was really good for about 46hrs of generation.
I purchased my GenSet with a 3-PT attachment, and delivered at the time it was just under $1400. That has worked well, but when I have an outage, I must go through the motions of connecting the 3-PT and then connecting to the house. As I do not often have any other 3-PT attachment other than the snowblower attached, I have thought since this storm that some time I might remove the GenSet from the 3-PT unit and mount on a pad in front of the house and enclose that so I would only need to remove anything I had attached and back the tractor to the generator unit. I will try and update this if and when I do that.
The attached picture was taken just before I disconnected after the storm.
It has been awhile since I have been here or posted.
After the recent TS Irene hit our area and using my tractor driven generator for a few days, I just finished up doing some PM my B7300....actually hit the 600 hr mark on the meter during the storm. Once that was done, I thought I would look at what others were doing with PTO GenSets.
I purchased my B7300 used in 2002, and got a Winco PT0-7 (Winco Generator Home Generators | Backup Generator | Whole House Generator | Home Standby Generators - PTO - Tractor Driven Generators) in 2003. Since then they have dropped the smaller generators(PTO-7, PTO-11) that worked fine with some smaller tractors. While the GenSet has been used some off and on over the years, this was the first extended use. My home does not draw much power, and during outages I am most concerned with heat, refrigeration, and lights. While connected to the house with a double throw, I do not try to run the whole place. I consider just heat, lights, and fridge/freezer a luxury during a storm.
During day light hours when people are doing things in the house, I run tractor at 2900RPM and the PTO at 540 RPM. At night or when it is really quiet, I run the tractor at about 1750 RPM and PTO at 950 RPM. As I have no pumps or other high draw motors, there is no real power draw that will bog the engine or genset down.
I set the meter on the GenSet at about 125VAC and my lights do not flicker at all and everything seems to be okay. Even my sensitive computer UPS units do not "complain".
During the Irene storm, over 2 days, I used just under 12 gal of diesel, which I felt was really good for about 46hrs of generation.
I purchased my GenSet with a 3-PT attachment, and delivered at the time it was just under $1400. That has worked well, but when I have an outage, I must go through the motions of connecting the 3-PT and then connecting to the house. As I do not often have any other 3-PT attachment other than the snowblower attached, I have thought since this storm that some time I might remove the GenSet from the 3-PT unit and mount on a pad in front of the house and enclose that so I would only need to remove anything I had attached and back the tractor to the generator unit. I will try and update this if and when I do that.
The attached picture was taken just before I disconnected after the storm.
