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If your project is bumming you out, these ought to help......................;)

I just saw the 10% off code on SD and was considering that 16kW PTO generator.

Given the current unrest, I was thinking, ecomodding a generator would be a nice project wouldn't it?

I was thinking you could probably fit a second spark plug, add a little thermal barrier coating, increase the compression ratio, and run lean.

Apparently the normal price of those PTO gensets were $1,500 as recently as a year ago, so I'm not willing to pay 90% of $2,000. I'll wait for a sale that brings them down to the $1,500 range again.

We only have diesel tractors (4 of them, 5 if you count the dozer). No gasoline or spark plugs.

I bought natural gas carbs for the 2 generators we already have, and it arrived just as the power was restored, so still haven't completed the conversion. NG is the way to go since it's cheap and unlimited. Avoiding the petrol stations in an emergency is a good strategy.

Will NG be flowing in an emergency though?

Earthquake, probably not. Everything else, probably yes.

We were without power for almost 2 weeks (and my parents 3 weeks) but it was nice having hot water, a working stove, and fireplaces.

With a small generator, we were fully functioning since the house is heated by natural gas, the dryer was NG, and cooktop. Oven was the only major electrical appliance not NG in our house.

I've never lost gas before.

When I was a minor (middle of the last century), my aunts had a 4ft spherical gas bottle in their yard. They got deliveries by truck.

Pfftt... 4ft. :rolleyes:

That might not be enough to get through a real emergency.

This however could... ;)


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You know.

Just in case...


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Might as well paint a bullseye on it if you're saving it for emergencies. Just my tuppence

Last fall I picked up a small generator myself, prior to cold setting in. Thankfully I haven't needed to use it.

Not a harbor freight, though, but another inexpensive Chinese 2kw model.

Too be fair I have had the same 3 ton floor jack and 6 ton jack stands from Hazard Frought since 2011 and they have worked nicely!

Underground vault vs just burying the tanks? 4-5" concrete slab to contain oopsies.

I was thinking under the overhang of a shed sitting on a pallet to keep water from rusting the bottom on (wouldn't be much just run off from melting snow in the area etc) From what I read tanks in good condition/properties of propane in general has no expiration date.

I read that propane reduces the output of the generator but no more having to buy non-ethanol fuel and add sta-bil and having to circulate the fuel every few months to keep the carb cleaned sounded very nice. Propane is still very cheap too.

Not trying to talk you out of it, I just know someone who claimed he'd just finished restoring a motor home when the propane tank took off like a bottle rocket inside his garage. :eek:

Probably urban myth. They don't do that on their own unless dropped or damaged some way in the fuel valve to tank fitting. The walls on the connections of the tank are high pressure rated.

Outdoor tanks of large capacity have thick beefy tank walls. I had one outside for the 20 years I lived in that house and the paint didn't even rust on the exterior, but the valve access covers rusted apart. There's probably commercial tanks that have been in use for 50 years in remote places like Minnesota farm towns