Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

Hello gentlemen, been a while hope everyone is doing well, just dealing with some family loss, and estate issues last number of weeks, just didn’t have much to say lately, but i know moving forward is the best way, so keep on keeping on scrounging,

Sorry to hear. Just keep keeping on and better days are ahead.

 

[Squareground3691]

Sorry to hear. Just keep keeping on and better days are ahead.

Thanks Steve,

 

[svk]

My goodness people are sheep. Watching the uproar on facebook everytime they read some sort of skewed news about DT and/or EM.

I don't know what's worse. The terrible news outlets or the idiots who believe them.

 

[davidwyby]

 

[davidwyby]

Pics don’t do it justice…

 

[benz66]

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That one with the spike up close is a work of art! Thanks for sending.

 

[benz66]

The trails camera I have on my driveway caught me having fun on the NH 2120.View attachment 1242882

I don't miss that at all. Low here on the gulf coast is 38 tonight. Near freezing again on Thursday, with high of 45. Never had the luxury of a snowblower on a tractor. Highs most days in the 50s or 60s. Got my dose of snow Jan 21 during the week we went for a beach vacation in Pensacola. 12 hours of blowin and snowin. 8" of dry snow. Record snow all along the coast. record cold that week too. None of us had to be anywhere so just stayed close, and nobody minded.

 

[benz66]

Yup , fired it up yesterday, old faithful don’t build them like that anymore, purrs like a kitten all day , No dam computer circuit boards failing on this , View attachment 1242963

Sorry for your loss. It is never easy.

Is that an Onan engine? I have an briggs powered oldie from a pullman car. Nice 1800 rpm one.

 

[mountainguyed67]

I've got a 220V radial arm saw. Works on house power, but not on the generator. The generator 110V runs the hand held grinder great. Both legs are 116V. I found testing videos on YouTube, to identify which component is faulty. Haven’t started testing yet. Also found one showing what screw to turn to increase the output. It’s a Troybuilt 7800. The guy I got the saw from ran it on an 8000, to show me that it worked. I think worse case scenario, the alternator isn’t putting out quite enough power. Might be something else too.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I've got a 220V radial arm saw. Works on house power, but not on the generator. The generator 110V runs the hand held grinder great. Both legs are 116V. I found testing videos on YouTube, to identify which component is faulty. Haven’t started testing yet. Also found one showing what screw to turn to increase the output. It’s a Troybuilt 7800. The guy I got the saw from ran it on an 8000, to show me that it worked. I think worse case scenario, the alternator isn’t putting out quite enough power. Might be something else too.

The something else is probably that your generator doesn't have enough "surge amps" to start the saw.

SR

 

[mountainguyed67]

The something else is probably that your generator doesn't have enough "surge amps" to start the saw.

SR

But an 8000 does it flawlessly?

Unlikely.

 

[MustangMike]

Surprised we still have power. Drove (with my daughter) to the tax apt tonight. The client had moved and was literally at the end of a 2 mi long one lane dirt road!

But even on the main roads, the wind was sending ice balls off the trees and down at my truck constantly.

They now have 9 acres and chickens and ducks! My daughter got some free eggs.

 

[MustangMike]

Hey, anyone hear from Cowboy??? Hope one of them dangerous drop bears didn't get him!

 

[mountainguyed67]

Hey, anyone hear from Cowboy??? Hope one of them dangerous drop bears didn't get him!

Last seen Dec 27, 2024

 

[mountainguyed67]

Does anyone have a paper IPL for the 461 that tells the part numbers for hard and soft AV mounts?

 

[Squareground3691]

Sorry for your loss. It is never easy.

Is that an Onan engine? I have a briggs powered oldie from a pullman car. Nice 1800 rpm one.

Thanks , it’s an old twin cylinder Kohler , lost power just a short bit, but temperature in the low teens all week and the trees are just covered in ice and brittle as hell ,

 

[sean donato]

I've got a 220V radial arm saw. Works on house power, but not on the generator. The generator 110V runs the hand held grinder great. Both legs are 116V. I found testing videos on YouTube, to identify which component is faulty. Haven’t started testing yet. Also found one showing what screw to turn to increase the output. It’s a Troybuilt 7800. The guy I got the saw from ran it on an 8000, to show me that it worked. I think worse case scenario, the alternator isn’t putting out quite enough power. Might be something else too.

brushes, automatic voltage regulator, or capacitors. Should have either one or the other, not both an avr and caps. They may call the avr a control board, micro controller etc. Not much else regulating voltage output on small brushed generators when they are running at the rated 3600 rpm.

 

[JimR]

Time to go out and clean up the mess from this last storm. There is 5 inches of snow with ice on top. My tractor will eat that right up.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

But an 8000 does it flawlessly?

Unlikely.

BUT, you aren't being clear, is that running watts or surge watts?? Some gen sets will surge MUCH higher than others.

Is one genset over rated??

There are too many variables to make a claim of "unlikely" so quickly.

SR

 

[svk]

Rob is right.

I had a pretty good sized generator that wouldn't start my craftsman radial saw. Not enough surge power.