Sandy

I just made another gas & beer haul.

I have the Generac 5500 constant output generator, It also says 6500 on it for something but cant remeber maybe start up ? I got it new a couple years ago and have never needed it. I start it every 6 months or so and also use sea foam in the gas I bring home so the gas that goes through the genie and all other items like weed eater, blower, chainsaw ect all get treated fuel. I also treat the diesel for the small tractor with sea foam when I get it home and up to this point I have not had a problem with gas or diesel fuel going bad.

I bought a 6500w Troy built a few years ago. We lose power all the time, and are definately not on the power co's top priority list. The genny runs all my essentials, well pump, fridge,some lights and of course the most important...the computer. Never felt the need for anything bigger but at the time of buying, if a larger was avail I prolly would have bought it.

My old house has seen a few and lived to tell the tale

You can say that again Steve! Just like my moms over in Holmes Bay looking straight at Libby island. Made of beams, pins, and the studs are round poles flattened where they are to wide! I think the old barn leans north like the trees on the coast from all the screaming wind over the years. Yours and hers are the last ones that will blow down.

Kevin

I'm about to change the shaking schedule for the DS from 24 hours to 12. But I'm as ready as I'll ever be with this stupid storm.

Hold on tight down there in NJ, it's going to be a rough ride. They changed the track slightly to be headed right up the gut of nj.

I'm On Fire wrote:I'm about to change the shaking schedule for the DS from 24 hours to 12. But I'm as ready as I'll ever be with this stupid storm.

Did you park the Subaru over the septic tank?

This is a biggie!

I have to fix some of my gutters and downspouts to keep out the extra rain.

We do not have a generator (too late to get one) but not so much in the freezer right now, so ok.
Temps are not that low, so no worries on the EFM running.
(will be buying a generator once things get back to normal)

Cleaned up leaves yesterday, and will finish gathering up everything outside today.

Trimmed/cut down alot of trees, will continue today.

Have to fill up water containers and propane tank (for grill), get a few cases of beer, some liquor
and possibly some more tarps, just in case.

Now if I can just get the misses to actually think about prep for something that WILL be serious,
I will be a happy camper!

Just back from Town getting some more lamp oil & a couple more bags of ice for my big tailgate cooler. Got 5 gal. pails under both my down spouts, horses water wings are inflated, new batts in radio. This old house has been dealing with all this God stuff since 1750 something & I think we're good.

I just got back from town too for a jug of lamp oil just in case. I saw a guy on the dike with a Coleman 5000 watt generator for sale. 6250 max startups. 10hp Briggs on it. Looks like new but is several years old and only started every few months he said. Wants $350 for it. Looks like they go for around $800 new so not a bad deal.

Looks like this.

SteveZee wrote:I just got back from town too for a jug of lamp oil just in case. I saw a guy on the dike with a Coleman 5000 watt generator for sale. 6250 max startups. 10hp Briggs on it. Looks like new but is several years old and only started every few months he said. Wants $350 for it. Looks like they go for around $800 new so not a bad deal.

Looks like this.

Steve - that's the exact unit that got us thru the last 11 1/2 days. Carb needed cleaning as it would shut down as soon as the load dropped. It would run the well and the propane water heater direct vent every other day. Then the freezers for a few hours to keep them in shape. I was sharing it with a close friend and neighbor. Might not be likely to share this time if his dad looses power. He'll need it for his oxygen generator. It'll be off grid living for us so I'm rearranging the chest freezer and putting the big cuts of meat along with the 6 gallons of ice up on top of everything in the bottom. I'll monitor it with the Maveric BBQ thermometer probe I'll keep inside of it.

I saw a guy on the dike

You may have to explain that one to a few. Sounds like a real good deal unless the carb is ruined with the ethanol. Not a big heavy guy with a big ford extended cab and bad teeth was it?

Kevin

C'mon Kevin, you just described most of the guys in Freetown.

Sorry, guess that may have been a generic thing to the country folk. Mine are bad also, just not that bad.

kevin