Engine-Driven Generator Converted To Pto Drive
Don Prestien, Wildwood, Mo., turned an old engine-driven 10k generator into a pto-driven unit that can operate off any tractor’s 540 rpm pto. He took the fan drive pulley and pto shaft off an old portable grain dryer to do the job. The generator mounts on a home-built 2-wheeled trailer that’s designed to hook up to a tractor’s 3-pt. hitch or drawbar.
“I already had the generator, which I had bought years ago but never used because I didn’t have a gas engine for it,” says Prestien. “The generator was designed to operate at 3,600 rpm’s, but all my tractors are equipped with a 540 pto. I calculated that I would need a 2-ft. dia. drive pulley to belt-drive the generator. The pulley from the grain dryer happened to be just the right size.”
He used steel tubing to build a trailer frame that supports the generator and pto shaft and welded 3-pt. brackets onto it. The trailer’s tires and spindles are off an old Deere 110 garden tractor.
The generator is equipped with a circuit breaker box that includes a 220-volt outlet and three 110-volt outlets – one 30-amp and the others 20-amp.
“It works as good as commercial pto-driven generators that sell for thousands of dollars. I use a pair of jacks to stabilize the unit whenever I run the generator. I added metal shrouding over the pulley to serve as a safety guard. I paid $200 for the generator and already had most of the materials that I needed to convert it.
“Since there’s very little mechanical resistance in the pulley drive system, it can generate electricity very efficiently. One time we had a bad wind storm that knocked out the power for about 12 hrs.
“After running the generator to power both my home and my neighbor’s, fuel use came out to just one pint per hour. My small 2-cyl. diesel Yanmar tractor is very fuel efficient.”
Prestien says others could try this idea, too. “There are a lot of old portable grain dryers sitting around that can be used to convert a generator like I did.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Don Prestien, 3028 Lake Country Lane, Glencoe, Mo. 63038 (ph 314 680-1122; dwprestien@yahoo.com).
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Engine-Driven Welder Converted To Pto Drive FARM SHOP Welders/Torches 64 Don Prestien Wildwood Mo turned an old engine-driven 10k generator into a pto-driven unit that can operate off any tractor’s 540 rpm pto He took the fan drive pulley and pto shaft off an old portable grain dryer to do the job The generator mounts on a home-built 2-wheeled trailer that’s designed to hook up to a tractor’s 3-pt hitch or drawbar
“I already had the generator which I had bought years ago but never used because I didn’t have a gas engine for it ” says Prestien “The generator was designed to operate at 3 600 rpm’s but all my tractors are equipped with a 540 pto I calculated that I would need a 2-ft dia drive pulley to belt-drive the generator The pulley from the grain dryer happened to be just the right size ”
He used steel tubing to build a trailer frame that supports the generator and pto shaft and welded 3-pt brackets onto it The trailer’s tires and spindles are off an old Deere 110 garden tractor
The generator is equipped with a circuit breaker box that includes a 220-volt outlet and three 110-volt outlets – one 30-amp and the others 20-amp
“It works as good as commercial pto-driven generators that sell for thousands of dollars I use a pair of jacks to stabilize the unit whenever I run the generator I added metal shrouding over the pulley to serve as a safety guard I paid $200 for the generator and already had most of the materials that I needed to convert it
“Since there’s very little mechanical resistance in the pulley drive system it can generate electricity very efficiently One time we had a bad wind storm that knocked out the power for about 12 hrs
“After running the generator to power both my home and my neighbor’s fuel use came out to just one pint per hour My small 2-cyl diesel Yanmar tractor is very fuel efficient ”
Prestien says others could try this idea too “There are a lot of old portable grain dryers sitting around that can be used to convert a generator like I did ”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Don Prestien 3028 Lake Country Lane Glencoe Mo 63038 ph 314 680-1122; dwprestien@yahoo com
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