MMRanch wrote on Yesterday at 21:00:46:I think next time I buy a tractor it needs to have a 1000 rpm PTO speed - so the tractor don't have be so wound up to get 540 rpm.
That is why I chose not to go with a PTO generator - a tractor is expensive and I did not want to have my tractor sitting outside in stormy weather at high rpm to run my fridge and freezers. (It also would not be desirable to have your pickup truck running for extended periods to provide house power).
For the $1,300 that PTO generator cost you can buy a really nice dual fuel generator and use the propane you have in your big outdoor tank for fuel. With a generator run on propane you never need to worry about your fuel going bad (running the fuel out of your carb and tank before storage also solves that issue and I had my gas generator for more than 20 years with no fuel issues - add fuel when you need it and it always started right up when I needed it).
A fridge takes between 300-800 watts to power, and most likely you only need to run it about 1/3rd of the time to keep things cold. You also need to look at your other appliances to determine how many watts you need - with a propane furnace you will need to see how many watts the blower requires to run. Gas water heaters don't take much power - but my electric water heater requires 3,800 watts....so we turn that off and don't heat water when we are going through a power outage.
It is likely that a 5,000 - 8,000 watt generator will run your house if you are conservative with the use.
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