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PTO Horsepower and Generator Question
My ONLY real issue with the tractor and PTO generator is if I am not home. Not really that much chance of that for me but for other guys maybe. If you wife isn't familar with the tractor how is she going to do when the s*!# hits the fan? If there is a real bad weather situation,high winds, downed trees, blizzard, floods,lightning, etc do I want her going to get the tractor which she isn't familar with removing the brushhog which she's never done and trying to hookup to the PTO generator and then the house? Let's face it MOST power outages are not on sunny days with fair skies.
Then on top of this if she gets it going she has to go out and add more diesel to the tractor every few hours and maybe open the house oil tank and siphon more fuel?
I can hear my cell phone ringing- her:" Honey the tractor ran out of fuel" me: "Ok go get the cheater pipe and the big wrench, and then unscrew the cap on the oil tank in the basement and siphon some oil, then stand on the front wheel and pour it into the tractor" CLICK-divorce 
I know, I know we will do practice runs... yeah right like all those family fire drills we all do
In this case the LP standby system wins hands down.
I always hope for the best but count on the worst and that is where the PTO generator might not be great. Now if your wife is inclined in these areas it may not be an issue. Even though I am home more than 90% of other guys I know I STILL got caught away when we got slammed with a blizzard last winter.
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PTO Horsepower and Generator Question
Doc, I am just a humble retired civil servant.... I just marry well Only kiddin'
I happen to like the PTO option, it is the best solution $ for $ but for the fact that I NEED to be home to operate it. It also doesn't do you a cent of good if you're skiing in Colorado and the power goes out and your pipes freeze or the T=storm floods your basement and there's no juice to power the sump. I think if a PTO gen is your choice it would be wise to have one dependable neighbor/relative who can set it up to run a couple of hours aday to avoid the problems I mentioned.
It doesn't really bother me THAT much about running the tractor. After all I use my 45K Diesel pickup to power an 800/1600 watt power inverter.
I have shown my wife how to hook up the inverter to her conversion van so that would power a light, tv, radio, fan or small sump pump until I suppose I could get home to start a PTO generator running. I left the inverter available with an extension cord and she knows where it is at.
Hmm, why does she need to do that when the van has ac, a bed, a tv/vcr, video game hookups? Just stay in the van
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Me and the Chief were discussing that with the truck PTOs before the blackout. Someone wrote that they done't have too much output 15-25hp? Seems like a waste of a big motor
Do you know what the chevy one would be rated at? I am curious.
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