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Originally Posted by Christ
I live in a rural area of PA not far from you... It takes me about 4 minutes longer to get to my dad's house if I drive 45 versus 55. The difference is that if I drive 45, I get to "see" things better. Sure, it's the same route every weekend (9.9 miles). But I get to pay attention to all the little changes that nature has this way of making you notice and appreciate when you take the time to look and recognize. Maybe you're not interested in that, but I surely am.
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I am definitely interested in nature, but I can ride a bicycle or moped if I want to look around more. Or take a walk in the woods.
It's about 4 miles to town from my house, which is fine at lower speeds. But most other places worth going to are 30-50 miles away. And my parents are about 70 miles away.
4 minutes each way every weekend? You're "wasting" almost 7 hours a year!
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That'll be another issue if you use it for motive duty... you'll have to figure out the governor, because it won't like to rev up and down without smoking. It'll want to stay at a specific pre-determined RPM for best output and efficiency. GenSet should be the key, even on a pusher trailer, as a range extender.
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I was thinking I could just shift through the gears at a fixed RPM since it's a governor, not a throttle. Just leave it at maybe 1500-2000 RPM and adjust it once up to cruising speed. I'm assuming this would work at the low RPM of this engine.
I have no idea what to do for a clutch. Right now it just has a pulley driving a 12v alternator.