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Northern 7200 watt PTO Generator with less than 20 HP
Hi y'all:
I've been reading every PTO generator post with interest. I know we need backup power. At our new place here in East Texas, we've had 4 outages in our first 6 weeks !
I'm looking at various options, one of them using our newly acquired Yanmar KE-4/160 - 16 eng hp, 13 PTO to run the Northern 7200 Watt generator. If I may ask a few questions:
-Anyone using a small tractor with this Northern small PTO generator, (or similar) ? Happy ? Any downsides ?
-I looked at Tractor supply to find a suitable driveline shaft w/ protective cover. Don't seem to have it. I suppose ordering the Northern matching driveline is a must ?
-Fuel consumption estimates if anyone can offer them ?
I was also considering as an alternative to this using one of the new, popular air cooled diesel gensets the enclosed 'silent diesel' type. I wanted to hear one run first. They seem to all be single cylinder - "Yanmar" type units (actually made in China) that put out about 5.0 KW (some claim up to 6.5 KW) continuous. They're supposed to sip fuel and handle surge loads better than a gas generator.
Like this: www.silent-diesel.com, or www.Easterntools.com click on 'silent 6 kw diesel'.
I would run either the PTO on the tractor or the 'silent diesel' unit under a cover, or in a shed for weather considerations.
Love to hear any insights, pro or con on these ideas. Thanks in advance,
David B.
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Northern 7200 watt PTO Generator with less than 20 HP
Murf:
I guess that's the crux of it: Will a small 16 hp Yanmar 3 cylinder 800cc diesel (13 pto HP) allow a 7200 watt PTO gen to operate properly ?
Or would I be better off as Joel said to just get a small consumer type gas gen of the same / similar output ?
I don't have all the requirements of the other gentlemen who listed all the 'must haves'. We live in the south of Texas - no ice storms to worry about - outages should be shortlived a day or two, at most, more like hours.
Ergo, I'll just run ceiling fans instead of AC, and go stripped down until.
It's a bit on the expensive side, to me, to go 'whole hog'. Just powering essential circuts will do fine.
With that in mind I have 3 main options, it seems:
1) Yanmar tractor pushing the PTO 7200 watts, as discussed.
Does it have enough HP to make the Gen run well ?
2) Get a unit like www.Silent-Diesel.com offers, a small, quiet air cooled 6500 w diesel unit to run through a transfer switch / load center.
3) Standby Propane generator - Like the Briggs & Stratton 7 KW automatice with 10 circuts.
Not as fuel efficient as either the Tractor PTO or the small air cooled diesel, I know.
But hooked to a 250 gallon tank, and an automatic transfer switch, it does offer a 'seamless' backup that won't require anything difficult of my wife if I'm not here when the power fails.
So, gotta make some sense of this before spending $$$ - thanks for any more thoughts you have on this,
David B.
Nacogdoches, TX
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Northern 7200 watt PTO Generator with less than 20 HP
Joel, how did you dig that up ? Sounds perfect, 20 KW units powered by Isuzu engines ? Can they be inspected anytime before the auction ?
Just so happens I'll be in Moreno Valley - where this auction company is - two weeks from now, on July 21st.
A buddy has a huge ranch just up the road from there, he needs one like that, too.
I may just take a peek - if they can be seen that is !
Thanks for the heads up. Are you in that area ?
We used to live in Anza, CA (an hour or so from Moreno Valley), but now live in Nacogdoches, TX.....
Godspeed,
David B.
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