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PTO driven vs Gas engine
If you get a free standing gas model you must put yourself on a maintenance schedule where you run all the gas out of it every six months and refuel with fresh stabilized stuff.
Modern gasoline has a very short shelf life and there are also availability problems that have been noted in other threads. When the power goes off, so do the gas pumps.
So you really need considerable storage to get you through a crisis and if you are storing large quantities of gas you have to run it through your vehicles to keep the supply fresh. That alone creates several logistical problems.
Propane is a viable alternative, but you better have a weeks supply on hand as propane deliveries in a crisis are not too likely. And there are tank placement regulations and covenants that may come into play.
After wrestling through all the possibilities, I bought a John Deere PTO Generator sized for our smaller tractors, a 50 gallon diesel storage tank and a 12 volt transfer pump.
That should be enough fuel to get me through a couple of days and buy time to find more fuel if the crisis proves a lengthly one.
As far as the hours.... I don't care if I rack up an extra 72 or 96 hours running the tractor as a stationary powerplant. That's why I got it. If you think about it, those are not hard hours. You are not beating up the FEL or wearing out any rubber.
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Diesel is much easier to keep fresh than gasoline.
Ken, I bought a square tank and put it on a pallet. I use the Rankin forks to load it in the bed of the truck and I filled it with off road diesel and saved 50 cents a gallon on the first fueling.
I am using Power Service and Red Line 85 Plus additive to keep it fresh and to bump up the cetane.
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I think a year or two of storage for treated diesel is not beyond expectations, especially with half yearly refreshers.
Does anyone know if the small quiet Honda generators (1kw and 2 kw) have the option to run on propane? They would make a great night time generator (wood stove fan and a couple of lights) if they had longer "legs".
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I found some info on the portable Honda generators. Apparently they are gasoline only.
Honda does make a small (11 HP) unit that does run on propane.
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