JB4310
Super Member
I have a model 1700 ford that I recently bought and was planing on reselling after removing the 6ft rake that came on it. but now I'm thinking of using it's PTO output for a back up electric generating plant.
We rarely loose power but I want to have reliable back up just in case, with a family of 5. We have city water so a well pump is not part of the equation, we have an oil fired boiler for hot water and heat, just one fridge, an electric range, alot of lights, tv's, computer.
There's two scenarios of use, 1st is survival mode, when the power is out and unknown when it would be restored, then it would be used sparingly 1-2 hour intervals 2-3 times a day. the 2nd would be luxury mode when the power is out from a pole down or winter storm etc. then I might run it non stop for 6-8 hours at a time, living like nothing ever happened.
I have gas powered job site generators I use as a contractor, but I want diesel reliability at home for both the above scenarios. I'm thinking of the winco 11 KW they have at Northern or equivalent, I'd never need that much power in survival but probably would use close to that in luxury.
I was looking into stand alone diesel powered gen-sets but they are expensive especially if you want liquid cooling, so since I have the Ford tractor and a back up (JD 4310) all I need is the pto generator, the 1700 puts out 23.3 HP at the PTO according to Nebraska test data, I would mount the generator to a carry all frame and put it in a decent environment for storage taking it out when needed or to test/exercise.
Does anyone know if this tractor would be a good power plant for this application? seems like a stout little 2 cylinder 1.3 liter (Shibaura) engine. From what I've been learning about this subject one big concern is the ability of the engine's governor to keep output current steady enough to not do damage to appliances etc.
The tractor has 2600 hours on it and has to turn 2450 rpm's to get 540 pto speed. one reason I want to go diesel is that I always have 500 plus gallons of #2 on hand, so no gasoline to store.
Sorry for the long winded set up, but any comments, pro or con will be appreciated. John
A couple of pics.
We rarely loose power but I want to have reliable back up just in case, with a family of 5. We have city water so a well pump is not part of the equation, we have an oil fired boiler for hot water and heat, just one fridge, an electric range, alot of lights, tv's, computer.
There's two scenarios of use, 1st is survival mode, when the power is out and unknown when it would be restored, then it would be used sparingly 1-2 hour intervals 2-3 times a day. the 2nd would be luxury mode when the power is out from a pole down or winter storm etc. then I might run it non stop for 6-8 hours at a time, living like nothing ever happened.
I have gas powered job site generators I use as a contractor, but I want diesel reliability at home for both the above scenarios. I'm thinking of the winco 11 KW they have at Northern or equivalent, I'd never need that much power in survival but probably would use close to that in luxury.
I was looking into stand alone diesel powered gen-sets but they are expensive especially if you want liquid cooling, so since I have the Ford tractor and a back up (JD 4310) all I need is the pto generator, the 1700 puts out 23.3 HP at the PTO according to Nebraska test data, I would mount the generator to a carry all frame and put it in a decent environment for storage taking it out when needed or to test/exercise.
Does anyone know if this tractor would be a good power plant for this application? seems like a stout little 2 cylinder 1.3 liter (Shibaura) engine. From what I've been learning about this subject one big concern is the ability of the engine's governor to keep output current steady enough to not do damage to appliances etc.
The tractor has 2600 hours on it and has to turn 2450 rpm's to get 540 pto speed. one reason I want to go diesel is that I always have 500 plus gallons of #2 on hand, so no gasoline to store.
Sorry for the long winded set up, but any comments, pro or con will be appreciated. John
A couple of pics.