Deuce idle time question

[03silverado]

I went true redneck and stuffed a McDonalds sweet tea cup in the stack of my 5 ton. It works nicely

 

[cattlerepairman]

With an open stack and all the rain we get here, what keeps the J-pipe from filling full of rainwater?
Seems to me a coffee can over the stack when parked wouldn't be a bad idea or maybe some sort of drain valve like a pipe plug or an oil drain plug?

Coffee can is great. Especially when you forget it is there and shoot the can and a load of crud across the roof of your wife's car. Always a good laugh right there.

I recommend installing a metal flapper. Can be had for a few bucks at a tractor store. The latest model M35A2C had it from the factory.

 

[Clay James]

Idling for long periods with low/no load and you will get wet stacking.

And LOTS of it.

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

Depending on your fuel tank condition, you might or might not have 45-49 gallons of usable fuel if parked nearly level.

 

[Rustygears]

Coffee can is great. Especially when you forget it is there and shoot the can and a load of crud across the roof of your wife's car. Always a good laugh right there.

I recommend installing a metal flapper. Can be had for a few bucks at a tractor store. The latest model M35A2C had it from the factory.

I use a 5 gal paint bucket. It is large enough to not blow away in the wind and heavy enough to not pop off when I start up because half the time I forget to remove it prior to starting. Seems to do the job well and the plastic material doesn't tear up the stack paint like a metal can would.

 

[JasonS]

The average deuce alternator is 60A. At 28V and 75% efficient that is ~3.2HP. Not enough of a load to prevent wet stacking no matter the size of the battery bank. There was a paper that came out recently which indicated engine life is cut in half when wet stacked compared to full load operation.

 

[cranetruck]

I have run my deuce at "low" (1,000-1,500 ) revs for hundreds of hours over the years, operating the crane. The engine needs only 1/2 hour or so on the highway to clear.
It uses about 1 gal/hr, if not loaded down at those rpms.

Like WM said, you need deep cycle batteries if you plan to run them down, "starting" batteries will not take a full charge after only a few deep cycles.

To shorten the charge time, use NiCd (aircraft) batteries. They can handle a thousand or more deep cycles, but will require at least a 100 amp generator/alternator...(edit) unless there is current limiting circuitry in line...