Who makes the highest quality PTO generator?

[Industrial Toys]

I have had many generators. I too when considering the PTO set, thought, yes, you always have a operational tractor around. Very true! And so as absolute back-up power insurance a PTO set is number one and beats out all those 3600rpm screamers in my opinion.

In fact, when using mine, I used to turn off the main switch and open a splitter box to which I would attach booster style clips from the PTO set to the lugs!

Our power does go out regulary and eventually I evolved. Bought a 200 amp ASCO automatic transfer switch (off E-Bay) and a commercial Onan slow running genset that needed re-winding.

There is another manual transfer switch behind the automatic so I can choose two other back-ups. A small 3600 Rpm Diesel Yanmar and a 5000 watt inverter (For Night Time Use).

I take power outages seriously, and they are still a pain in the behind, but all this makes it easier and I see this money and time spent better then having spent it on some other frivolous luxury!.

 

[daybreak1998]

Howdy,
To answer the OP question.
The Winco brand of PTO generator is USA made and is top notch.

PTO generator or stand alone generator????
It depends on how you live. If you have a little house with a 200ft by 200ft piece of property, then you really don't understand. I do not need power right away. If the power goes out, I will scout out what the cause was. I will hook up one of the tractors to the 30kw pto generator and power everything I need. House, barn, shop, run-in sheds, wells, all powered from one location. I have enough tractor power that any of them will run this unit. All the tractors are ready to go, have full tanks, and I still have my farm diesel tank. I really do not want to maintain another engine when I have enough. If I was ever away and the powered was needed, you better bet any of my neighbor's would hook it up if my wife couldn't. There is no natural gas in the country. Sure I have propane, a 30kw unit would burn thru so much propane, you would then need a fill-up, oh wait, wires are down, they can't reach you due to 3ft of snow etc... I can make it out and fill my transfer tank in the back of the truck if needed that bad. Self-reliance is key. The price of a good stand alone 30kw generator is up there. The same reason why some have midget trucks, and some have 1 ton trucks. It depends on what your needs are.

 

[sixdogs]

My big reason is to run the sump pump in the event of a serious storm. I have a secondary battery backup pump but would need the power back on to keep things moving.