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Christ · 01-15-2010, 03:24 AM

Well, yes. Some vehicles and other motive machines did have starter/generator setups. The weight and complexity of the current system isn't really enough to go back to using them, but I'm not really sure why we ever stopped to begin with. I prefer them on the older machinery I have, and have added some from busted JohnDeere equipment (old stuff) to some of the newer stuff to negate the need for a starter on larger motors. (It's really hard to pull-start a 22HP VanGuard, but it can be done...)

01-15-2010, 03:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,919 Pasta - '96 Volkswagen Passat TDi 90 day: 45.22 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,369 Thanked 430 Times in 353 Posts	Well, yes. Some vehicles and other motive machines did have starter/generator setups. The weight and complexity of the current system isn't really enough to go back to using them, but I'm not really sure why we ever stopped to begin with. I prefer them on the older machinery I have, and have added some from busted JohnDeere equipment (old stuff) to some of the newer stuff to negate the need for a starter on larger motors. (It's really hard to pull-start a 22HP VanGuard, but it can be done...) __________________ "¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı"