It was a beautiful day here for sure. The coolest this month by a long shot.
Two Hurricanes One Gulf
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Gator 45/70
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Are the hurricanes here yet? I must of sleep thru it ?
Gator 45/70
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Just came from Lowes on I-49,New load of 6500 generators just arrived !
Did he not realize what he was stating. First sentence says two never appeared in the Gulf at the same time according to records going back to 1900, then next sentence says two were in the Gulf together in 1959. Rather a big contradiction!
Bought my big 11KW Honda about 18 years ago. I had a large double throw disconnect put in with an inlet receptacle between my meter and breaker box, so I can completely disconnect from utility power and have and isolated inlet to the house. We are all electric so it will not power everything,so I usually turn off electric hot water and we can have AC, refrigerator, freezer, microwave, at least one stove top burner and lights. We live in E Texas about 25 miles south of Tyler, so I pulled it out of storage shed and placed under carport and ran the big connection to the house inlet, turned the fuel on and started it so carb is primed if I need it. We are forecast for high winds, and moderate rain so am prepared for power outage. All I have to do now is flip my big disconnect switch, start the generator and we will be in business. Preparing it ahead of time beats having to get out in wind and rain if the need arises, been there and done that, no fun, plus that thing is heavy to push across a wet yard. I did some years ago have a receiver for a trailer hitch installed, and a long drawbar made so I can pull it behind the lawn mower, and will probably need it to get it back in the shed as it is 400+ pounds and I am pushing 75 years old. Even if I don't need it, I will probably start it up and run with a big load for a couple of hours as I am getting close to a semi annual run, at least will keep magnetism up in the generator head. After that no matter how long I run it I will change the oil before putting it back in storage. No matter how long I run it I always put clean fresh synthetic oil in it, figuring oil is cheap, a quality generator is not.
2 hurricanes vs 2 tropical storms
Clearly you failed to comprehend. Two hurricanes have not appeared in the gulf of mexico simultaneously since modern records have been kept, while two tropical storms have, in 1959. There is a difference between a tropical storm and a hurricane.
I also verified this with another source altogether days ago, and it is accurate.
Tropical Storm
A tropical storm is a tropical cyclone that has maximum sustained surface winds ranging from 39-73 mph (34 to 63 knots).
Hurricane
A hurricane is a tropical cyclone that has maximum sustained surface winds of 74 mph or greater (64 knots or greater).
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Gator 45/70
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Gator 45/70
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Right now I'm on nat.gas
Its capable of running on propane and gasoline
I have a 22 gallon tank and at least 6 5 gallon tanks
Never ran this for long on propane
Mostly nat gas or when I loaned it out it ran on gasoline
Not very economical on gasoline, But it's a 15hp unit
How does you NG conversion work? Are you really happy with its performance?
Gator 45/70
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This unit I converted back in 2008,No complaints here
Before that I had a Big Wheel 10 hp unit I converted
Runs just fine powering up a couple of 8000 btu ac units
With everything else,I wouldn't even try the main AC unit.
Everything else here is nat gas, dryer, hot water heater.
So we do okay with it.
Gator 45/70
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machinedrummer
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Praying for the people in this monsters path.
If anyone is interested in a natural gas /propane conversion kit I have one for sale in the marketplace. It was used once to test and that’s it. I abandoned the project for a number of reasons and lost interest. One day I’ll spring for a perm whole house unit.
Let Me know if interested in the conversion kit!
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Let Me know if interested in the conversion kit!
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Gator 45/70
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The ventura, What does it fit or better yet what engine did you have that on? It may help you with you're ad.
Never mind, I see 10 hp Briggs,Very popular engine! Good Luck
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Gator 45/70
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Well? How yall passed the storm? I can't get out to my property on the west side of the state,Getting reports of trees across the roads.
