Kim wrote:A little more than we had in New England but not much. I agree its the most I've seen here in my 60+ years and it hit minus 16F twice. I burned 20% more wood than usual this winter but at last, the snow is going fast. Time to start cutting for NEXT winter! Happy spring to all!!!
We had Ice here. It stuck to everything about 2" Thick. Brought down a lot of trees, branches, power lines, and poles. It broke one pole off right here in my yard and I am still not connected to the main grid. Still making electric power with the Fordson Power Major. If any of you fellows get to a farm auction and are able to buy a PTO generator reasonable, it is really the way to go in a power outage. My unit sells for about $4.000 US new. I picked it up used for $1,500 US. 35KWContinuous/ 50KW Surge. The nice thing is that if need be, you can use furnace oil in the tractor to keep things running in a power outage emergancy. These units will more than power the whole house and is safe for electronics like circut boards and computors and such. Wrenching on stuff for many years, I have never had a lot of faith in 1 cylinder gas powered job site generators. First, If the local petrol/gasoline station is out of power, they cannot pump gas for you. Second, I cannot tell you how many people buy a generator for a power outage and then put it away for a few years and then when they need it, it won't run because of old fuel and a gumed up carburetor. Also, most of these small units are not safe for electronic equipment and will not power a lot to begin with. Better off to spend your money on something reliable like this PTO unit. It can be put away for years, pulled out, hooked up and plugged in at any given time for reliable stand by power. Dandy Dave!
