Homemade Portable Generator

Homemade Portable Generator FARM SHOP Tools 21-4-36 My portable generator works better for jump-starting equipment than using a pickup or lugging an extension cord and battery charger around. A heavy-duty dolly cart carries a 10 hp Kohler gas engine that drives a 200 amp surplus aircraft generator. I attached welding cables to the generator and fitted the ends with alligator clips. We use the device year-around to start pickups, tractors, skid loaders, etc. Works great and the only expense was $120 for the generator. (Glenn Cunningham, 2433 State Route 140, Wheelersburg, Ohio 45694; ph 614 776-7549).

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