Generator PTO Generator

[hr3]

All you need is 7 to 10 kw for what you are useing,,,the thing to look at is, unless your going to run cords from the 2 /20 amp. outlets you only have 1 / 30/ 120/240 volt outlet,,,the deere unit had a 40 amp..

30 amps is alot but not 15kw's worth it's only about 7.2 kw...

 

[Northland]

I calculated that I needed 8 KW for my home but the HF one is such a deal, with the 3 PT mount, that I would buy it.

A similar unit at Northern Tool, with less KW, would cost more then the HF unit and it doesn't come with the 3 PT mount.

Neither comes with the shaft but The short one required for the HF unit can't cost too much $.

 

[Licklog]

will a 16/15k pto generator be enough to power my house. Average size ranch house, propane furnace and water heater, electric stove and oven. would I be able to run multiple items. almost all of the lights are compact flourescent. This is what I am looking at

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Nice outfit but unless you have a lot of long power outages that is a lot of $$$$ to spend for a generator and unless you have easy access it would be a bear to setup.

I have a similar demand setup in my house:
Propane furnace
Propane fireplaces
Propane Range
Propane Hot water
Propane dryer

Refrigerator
Freezer
Well Pump
Lights, TVs, Ceiling fans

I cover any outage with a 7500/5500 watt gasoline generator with NO problems. The only thing I obviously cannot run is the air conditioner. Takes me less than two minutes to start the generator, connect the cable and throw two switches in my panel. The reverse for disconnecting.

I am planning to convert the gasoline generator to propane this fall.

 

[jake98]

You guys all want to avoid the obvious question because you want to see something spinning on the PTO. You got money burning a hole in your pocket.

If the power is out... you may need your tractor for other things.

Jake

 

[WilliamBos]

You guys all want to avoid the obvious question because you want to see something spinning on the PTO. You got money burning a hole in your pocket.

If the power is out... you may need your tractor for other things.

Jake

Not necessarily. Priority one, feed the woodstove while blowing out the driveway, and then hook up to the generator. Or if you have 2, you can do both at once.

 

[sandman2234]

I drooled over Steiner's 10KW generator setup for their lawnmowers, but they are more expensive than green and yellow. Then I found one on ebay where somebody had copied the Steiner, but used the 10KW head available from HF. I won the auction and shipped it here from Illinois, for about $600. I tried it out on the Steiner, and that was the last time it was run. Probably should drag it out again on a semi annual schedule just so the magnets don't loose their field charge.
I had kept a couple of old military 5Kw constant duty 1800 rpm generators out back, but got talked out of them this summer. They put out 110, 220, single and 3phase, so the new owner is happy. I was going to convert them to pto by removing the engine and installing a pillowblock bearing support with a pulley to run off the pto on my JD.
David from jax

 

[Northland]

Not necessarily. Priority one, feed the woodstove while blowing out the driveway, and then hook up to the generator. Or if you have 2, you can do both at once.

my sentiments exactly

 

[khamill2000]

All you need is 7 to 10 kw for what you are useing,,,the thing to look at is, unless your going to run cords from the 2 /20 amp. outlets you only have 1 / 30/ 120/240 volt outlet,,,the deere unit had a 40 amp..

30 amps is alot but not 15kw's worth it's only about 7.2 kw...

The HF unit has a 50 amp plug

 

[khamill2000]

I calculated that I needed 8 KW for my home but the HF one is such a deal, with the 3 PT mount, that I would buy it.

A similar unit at Northern Tool, with less KW, would cost more then the HF unit and it doesn't come with the 3 PT mount.

Neither comes with the shaft but The short one required for the HF unit can't cost too much $.

The HF unit DOES come with the shaft

I have a transfer switch already set up for a generator to be placed inside or next to my 45x100 quanset.

I currently have a 5k generator that I have to work on before I can use it each time. Usually about once or twice per year for several hours and for a day or 2 every 5-7 years. I don't fire it up at every little flicker, only when the power has been out for several hours and the wife starts complaining.

 

[RonMar]

Yep, not a lot of loads in your setup. I do this:

Refrigerator
Freezer
Well Pump
Lights(CFL's)
TV/satellite
Pellet Stove

quite easilly with a standalone 3KW diesel set. If I shutoff the garage feed which is the freezer and well pump, I can use 2 burners on the stove, OR the microwave to prepare meals.

I get hot water from the engine cooling system. I would need 7KW if I ran the electric water heater(4.5KW all by itself)... I don't need to mess with the tractor and I can have the house on generator power inside of 5 minutes when needed. It of course is all about preference, and I prefer a generator in a nice warm shed instead of my tractor droneing away unattended at PTO RPM out in the weather...