Wendelspanswick
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I am still trying to decide which sawmill to buy, the front runner is the TrakMet 600 Standard:
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=262293704392&globalID=EBAY-GB&alt=web
The problem is that it's 3 phase electric only so it means I need to sort a generator out, PTO generators are common and fairly cheap but I don't want to tie up the tractor running it so I would want to couple a diesel engine up to it and mount it in a frame.
Ideally I would get a 20Kva generator so I guess I would need a 25+ HP engine, as simple in its design as possible.
I could get away with a 15Kva generator but that's only 5Kva per phase so I would have to keep my existing single phase 15kva PTO generator to run my welder on site.
Hopefully HughF can share some of his experiences with powering generators?
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=262293704392&globalID=EBAY-GB&alt=web
The problem is that it's 3 phase electric only so it means I need to sort a generator out, PTO generators are common and fairly cheap but I don't want to tie up the tractor running it so I would want to couple a diesel engine up to it and mount it in a frame.
Ideally I would get a 20Kva generator so I guess I would need a 25+ HP engine, as simple in its design as possible.
I could get away with a 15Kva generator but that's only 5Kva per phase so I would have to keep my existing single phase 15kva PTO generator to run my welder on site.
Hopefully HughF can share some of his experiences with powering generators?