Generator Driven By 2 Wheel Tractor

[Vansana]

Hi all,

anybody of you using a backup generator for your home driven by a 2 wheel tractor? I was searching through the internet but could´nt find anything sofar.

Greetings

Vansana

Edited October 21, 2007 by Vansana

[WatersEdge]

Grand idea

I don't see anything complicated about this.

I have two of the two wheel tractors,

Also have two designated diesels on concrete mixer and hammermill.

Belt pulley for any of the Kubota / Yanmar type diesel motors are readily available and very cheap,

B210 I paid for a 3 belt six inch cast iron flywheel pulley,

bolting to the flywheel with three simple bolts.

Belts will cost B3-400 each, I paid B700 for two.

I have bought both 3 new Kubota Diesels and recently a second hand.

The 2nd hand 11 horsepower Kubota was B23,000

Before I bought a dedicated engine for the hammermill,

I had them build a bracket to attach the two wheel tractor

I am fortunate that my farms are in the service area of a really fine equipment dealer.

I have taken several weld fabrication designs to him, and pick them up less than a week later.

Just recently a pull trailer with hammer mill and diesel engine mounted inside.

I would suggest mounting the generator on a stand,

so that the center of the shaft is at the same elevation

as the center of the tractor flywheel when the frame is level.

Next I would build a means to adjust the belt tension,

probably by two threaded rods to separate the tractor frame from the generator frame.

For me, the uncertainty of laborers being able to correctly adjust all of this

led me to just buy the second hand diesel,

and permanently mount it

Having taken the diesel off and remount it,

to move and then transport the mill,

I think I would remove the engine from your tractor

to bolt to your generator on those occasions when the generator is needed.

It is only four bolts, and proper alignment of the belts.

Lest I burden you with more detail than you asked for,

I will close right here.

david

[Pond Life]

Definitely no problem running a generator off a walking tractor.

Just match the size of genny to the HP of the tractor.

A 7 HP yanmar/Kubota should be able to handle a 5 kw genny.

Then size the pulley on the genny so that the engine is running at about 2/3 to 3/4 throttle when the genny is producing 240 v.

If you have a smaller genny you can size the pulley so that the engine runs at a lower rpm.

If your engine produces alot of black smoke when you connect a big load to the genny, then you need to put a bigger pulley on the genny.