CliffordK
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I think it would depend on what you're doing with it.
If you occasionally have to punch a couple of holes with a drill, I don't see how you would have a problem. Perhaps get a little bigger Deep Cycle battery.
If you're wanting to weld non-stop for hours at a time, it would be suboptimal.
I put a 300A alternator on my Blazer. Not too expensive off of E-Bay. It had a tiny pulley to run about 2x the speed of a normal alternator, and it still sometimes doesn't kick in at idle. So, on your tractor, with a low speed Diesel engine, you would have to verify the high power alternators would be effective, especially if you wish to idle it while you are working.
I had a 4000/8000W inverter that I was experimenting with earlier (not on a tractor). The biggest issue I had with it was that it would pull down the battery voltage under load, then hit an auto-shutoff. Cheap Chinese Stuff, the only way to keep it from hitting the auto-shutoff was to use a 14V battery.
I assume you've seen the Raven threads.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/general-lawn-garden/272033-anybody-got-one-these-yet.html
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/274656-raven-46-mower-generator-go.html
If you occasionally have to punch a couple of holes with a drill, I don't see how you would have a problem. Perhaps get a little bigger Deep Cycle battery.
If you're wanting to weld non-stop for hours at a time, it would be suboptimal.
I put a 300A alternator on my Blazer. Not too expensive off of E-Bay. It had a tiny pulley to run about 2x the speed of a normal alternator, and it still sometimes doesn't kick in at idle. So, on your tractor, with a low speed Diesel engine, you would have to verify the high power alternators would be effective, especially if you wish to idle it while you are working.
I had a 4000/8000W inverter that I was experimenting with earlier (not on a tractor). The biggest issue I had with it was that it would pull down the battery voltage under load, then hit an auto-shutoff. Cheap Chinese Stuff, the only way to keep it from hitting the auto-shutoff was to use a 14V battery.
I assume you've seen the Raven threads.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/general-lawn-garden/272033-anybody-got-one-these-yet.html
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/274656-raven-46-mower-generator-go.html