PTO generator for bx2350?

[SidecarFlip]

just for the sake of looking, i looked at harbor freight's website. their largest generator is a 9000 surge 7250 running watts, 13 hp gasoline. it has a 8 gallon fuel tank. the run time aderstised is 13 hours @ 50% load. could we assume that a diesel tractor with a 6.6 gallon tank and roughly 18 horsepower PTO output would roughly have an 11 hour max run time at .6 gallons per hour? i have seen .6 gallons per hour fuel burn on a BX D902 mentioned in several places. is that the fuel burn at full load? you also have almost 18 hp available at the PTO vs. a 13 hp engine. i just think a diesel engine is more fuel efficient then a gasoline engine. so if i am correct the diesel tractor would be able to run 11 hours (maximum) at full load and the gasoline unit runs 13 hours at only 50% load, then at full load we could assume less then 8 hours?

i also wonder how accurate harbor freight is on their rating. if we assume 2 hp per KW, then 13 divided by 2 gives us 6,500 watts NOT the advertised 7250 watts.

Actually, HF has a V twin unit that is rated at 17KW. Neither here nor there.

 

[rc51stierhoff]

I agree with a lot of the comments above. I have 2 gas powered generators, both Honda’s and both start,run and sip fuel. One has a handle you can carry and the other is for my house. Using for you your house is one thing, taking to tail gate or work on a tree stand in the field is something else. But also don’t over look the ‘welder generators’….I wish when I bought my house backup I would have researched a little more and got a welder generator. That would be handy. And if you are worried you may need tractor in power outage, why not a second tractor? my main struggle with a stand alone unit is due sitting in the tank for long periods of time between uses…I am not sure how letting it sit could be helpful.