Engine/Transmission (1994 - 1998) is there such a thing as a generator that can be driven off the nv4500 pto?

[WDixon27]

i've been looking around on the web and found the real power for the transfer case pto but that does me no good with 2wd (they don't list dodge anyway) i think it'd be handy for not just remote conditions and job sites but home use too

 

[rrausch]

Not too sure, but I put together a nice 3-point platform generator which runs off the PTO of my old Farmall H. Works real great, thanks to a 1:2 speed increaser gearbox I bought cheap at a surplus store. I run a 13" V-belt pulley off of one end of the gearbox and a 4" pulley on the shaft of the Gen. At about 800 RPM on the tractor, I can get 3400-3600 RPM at the Gen. It puts out enough 120 VAC to run most household items when the elec. goes out, plus it will go anywhere the Farmall will go.



I would think a person could do this with our Dodges with enough skills and time and parts.

 

[WDixon27]

yea i was sorta thinking it wouldn't be easy the idea makes too much sense, how many trucks are out there with that common pto design that are doing work where a generator would be a god send, not needing to lug around a genset and secure it overnight blah blah blah, sounds like a future project, harbor freight has a compact 10kw unit for around $500 that shouldn't be too hard to fit up

 

[rrausch]

And the Cummins is so powerful, it could be running at 1,100 rpm and churn one heck of a lot of power.



Are there any hydraulic drives that will bolt up to the PTO case? I'm thinking a hydraulic driven Gen. instead of mechanical drive would be easier--just run the lines into the bed.

 

[WDixon27]

Are there any hydraulic drives that will bolt up to the PTO case? I'm thinking a hydraulic driven Gen. instead of mechanical drive would be easier--just run the lines into the bed.

that was one of the first thoughts i had, a couple quick couplers and you are not lugging it around the 95% of the time you don't need it

 

[McCRam]

Maybe a pump from a dump truck? I wish we had our old one, it had a transmission driven pto that powered the lift for the bed. Not sure how everything worked on that.

 

[WDixon27]

i am thinking about something from this site http://www.ptohydraulics.com/pto.htm but it won't be soon