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I hauled 2 M101's with 2 M116's stacked on top on a 16' trailer. Lots of straps, 100 miles or so with no trouble. I think you could easily strap 3 on the deck, then once they're fixed and stable, stack the remaining two on top and strap them down. Nothin' to it!

I use one of those for M101's and my backhoe trailer. Another drawback of raising the hitch to match the trailer is the weird leverage making handling squirrelly. But with operable surge brakes, I don't think it's much of a big deal. Something to keep in mind... When the military first bought...

I agree. I'm not going to pollute with it no matter what, but it sure would be nice if it was easier to recycle.

Well, that's pretty logical on the water. That's why I don't run it in the 002. I'm not filtering with a centrifuge. It'll be lucky if I pour it through a shop rag... But I've collected so much of it that I don't have a place to recycle it. I have at least 10 of the Walmart 5 quart...

Another question... Why is it so important to get the water out of the diesel? I know on it's face, that sounds like a pretty stupid question. Water will decrease the BTU yield of the fuel, if it doesn't render it unusable altogether... But I've burned water-contaminated diesel before with no...

I just remembered, I've heard not to burn synthetic, which is all I run in my cars/trucks/bike. I run dino-juice in my tractors, but change the oil once a year if even that often, so not much used oil collected. The hesitation I have about burning used motor oil is the engine wear particles...

I know this thread is a bit old, but I'm wondering how natural gas affects starting. I've found these are pretty hard starting engines. They do run great once fired up, but they don't seem to like firing up.

There's no way to adapt it to a more common hose? I considered replacing it when I had mine all apart working on the injectors, but couldn't immediately see how to remove the line without destroying it, so left it alone. I would like to replace it, though. It seemed very flimsy, like windshield...

The one next to the radiator is the primary, the aux is mounted above the tank, behind the panel.

Well my tractor is now having serious hydraulic issues after replacing some hoses and adding oil, so I suspect I'll be draining and changing the fluid and filter soon. That turkey fryer idea is pretty good! I won't run it straight, but I'll mix it. Mostly because there's normally about a pint...

Anyone ever try hydraulic oil? I have a few buckets with brand new oil I can't get out, I was wondering if it would mix well with diesel, or have some kind of reaction. I could get the thinner diesel out of the bucket much easier.

I was going to post something like this. I saw several that looked like they had fires. Once I dug into mine, I found yeah, that battery wire left loose is sure to rub through (mine was through) and cause sparking. Fuel puddled in the bottom or soaked into the floor pad is pretty good potential...

Just make sure your son clearly understands electric shock!

Nice, I was watching that one, too. I'm very curious about the electronics left in it.

Well yes, a live male plug is insanity... That's why genset plugs for the house are male, so the jumper is a safer female-to-female. Sorry, I didn't mean to make it a backfeeding debate, either, although I guess I did. :cookoo:

If you're just going to build a box to hold outlets (either 110v/15a duplex, 30/50a dryer, 110v/20a, etc), the possibilities are endless and easy. You could put a dryer plug on the side of the genset, build a mini-breaker panel box at the end of 100' of rubber-jacketed 10/4 with a dryer plug...

I think the same thing as a pair of 802's, though the 002 probably has a less accurate meter, so you'd be best off to set the governors using the same external frequency meter on each one. I'd think the 002 would handle more loading as the 802 started to fade, and cause weird stuff to happen if...

I saw a few of those. Some looked like they had them and they were removed. I'd love to have a heater rig like that, but reality is it will never get cold enough near me to *need* it. Keep an eye on it when you use it, make sure nothing catches fire... :)

That's what has me stumped on this sometimes. The other genset becomes an electric motor itself that's bearing the load of the diesel engine. Then it would seem the proper speed unit has to carry the current demand load and the other genset. No response needed, just why it bothers me... :)

I always have trouble wrapping my head around that... Don't take me as being disagreeable, I'm just trying to understand it better. Logic tells me that a slow or sloppy governor should then momentarily overload one set if there are already heavy loads on the pair. IE, there's a 9kw load across...