Diesel has a much longer shelf life than one year

Kubota tractor with a pto generator is the way to go. 2 pto HP per 1kw. A little Kubota BX2680 sub compact can run a 10kw pto generator no problem. There actually made to run the pto that way for long stretches. Plus your more likely to keep the tractors engine maintained along with having alot of other uses like pallet forks on the front loader, belly mower for cutting the grass, tiller for the garden bed or a snow plow/blower during winter.

I lived through Hurricanes Irma & Maria in PR. Diesel is the way to go for large emergencies. I was well prepared but a key leasin I learned was to keep a lot of spare Oil, filters, gas-filters and belts. These became very scars and expensive. I gad to run my generator about 12hr per day that means an oil change about every 8 days. You you only have 1-2 spare filters you will be out quickly and they’ll be hard to get. Don’t forget these in your preps.

In an emergency you can run a diesel engine on ANY oil, cooking oil,olive oil,peanut oil,kerosene, virtually anything. 👍🏻🇬🇧

Lol diesel last years and years I've heard of people using 10 year old diesel without issue and diesel engines sit better then gas engines

you put time into building this video you decorticate the subject well, im now a sub. good job on teaching me!

If you want to use high tec electronics in your home, be darn sure you have an inverter generator.

I'm a ExPat in the Philippines. Diesel "here" is 40% cheaper than Gasoline. Go figure... beyond that, we just went through a Cat 5 Typhoon and the fuel lines were long but the Diesel Lines were a lot shorter. That said... my experience says that you are Right on all counts but I would add.... Water-Cooled Diesel Generators last even Longer than air-cooled ones.... and both longer than Gas. Good Video... Subscribed....

You said diesel is more expensive. Maybe per gallon/liter, but not per kwh, which is what counts. Diesel has higher energy density.

Another benefit of a diesel is the ability to burn used automatic transmission fluid such as Dexron/Mercon. I filter it and run my 7.3 powerstroke on used ATF. There's other thinner fluids that can be run as well. I run our excavator on filtered used motor oil, sometimes thinned with kerosene. Another good video.

I can 100% confirm diesel is the only thing left before and after a outage. every hurricane I've been through I could get all the diesel I ever wanted. gas on the other hand long lines and allows a chore to find it. we are currently stuck without power from hurricane Ian. we are at 5 days and counting. I'm 100% switching to diesel before next hurricane season. it's up in the air between Yahama, Yamra, or Kubota. I was thinking about one of the military surplus ones or one off of a RV but the cost used is what a 14kw Kubota would cost new with a warranty. I'm more in the market for a non portable whole house one. the Kubotas have lifting points to easily lift it with a engine hoist or fork lift. plus I could connect to my 40 gal rear tank on my truck. diesel are also able to run multiple different types of fuel. the newest ones likely wouldn't be as happy as the older ones but could mix veggie oil or ATF or engine oil to extend the run time if needed.

Agree diesel engines are built to run 24/7

One other alternative generator "fuel" that works in all climates/seasons (especially if you don't have enough sun for solar) is wood. You could also make a wood gasifier and run a gasoline engine off of wood. Back in WWII, people ran cars and trucks off of wood gasifiers in Europe.

Tim, new guy here, living in the south part of Puerto Rico, I can relate to everything you say, I would like you to comment about the Yamaha Diesel generator EDL 7000SDE, most of our homes are small with loads less than 6000 watts ( full Load) , so if you could find another good example for this will be great for some millions guys here thank you.... I will take care for spread it out the information. Good video.

So are these diesel generators typically fuel injected? I need something for high altitude and efi seems like a good solution on the gas ones. Not familiar enough with diesel fuel delivery methods

Great video. In 04 bought a jd2210 tractor. & also 04 had straight winds come. Got lucky found a 13kw pto gen. A little big for tractor but had ac 110 for cooking tv lights. July 95% out moral of story ran 24/7/4 days 09 ice storm same senero 24/7/3 days these diesel engiens are built to run 24/7

For the price of one diesel I really like the idea of owning two of the Firman trifuel generators. You can hook it up to your natural gas, and not worry about fuel storage. In a pinch, you can resort to propane, or even syphon gas out of your car. It's cheap enough that if you're really worried about reliability, you could buy a second one, then you could cycle between them if you had an extended outage. Or if one failed, you'd have a back up while you got the other running. Still heavy, but lighter than a diesel, meaning it'll be easier to bring it to get serviced (if you aren't interested/able in doing it yourself).

i dident think about that but i bought a diesel generator used for 4000 sek thats about 532.75 cad thats cheap in sweden. but the main reason i got it was that it as diesel becource i am so facinated about aircooled diesels with pullstart thats cool. For that i got a perfectley fine generator that i upgraded with electric start and charging system. I have the generator full of diesel and extra 30 liters and i have 2 diesel cars that i can take diesel from the return line from the fuel system so in best case senario i have 180 liters of fuel. Thats about 47,5 gallon of fuel.

Tim what type of 55gal drum is best to store diesel?? Plastic vs metal…etc????

The main reason I'd like an 8.5kw "portable" diesel generator is that I have 600 gal. of heating oil in my cellar tanks and as long as I keep them full, and get a crank pump, I could run for many days to power my house + no need to keep it fresh as we use it for heating.

You can also get military surplus gens cheap as well. Like a huge one on trailer for 500 to 1000 all day long. At least that's what I have seen .

We have hurricanes in the south. Power outage means that all gas stations, banks and everything imaginable are down. The only source of fuel is natural gas and it is plentiful for standby generators such as Generac. You do not worry about gasoline storage. Install something like a Generac, and you done!

My question is Propane vs Diesel. My thought is in a SHTF situation, Diesel will be more available than propane and natural gas can be shut off. Your thought?

Diesel requires injector cleaner. And require glow plugs that go bad.

Diesel always used to be cheaper than gasoline because it was lower on the refractory scale and took less processes to make. It wasn't until the EPA stepped in and forced low sulfur diesel which caused the refining process to get much more expensive and cause the price of diesel to surpass that of gasoline. Now with regard to generators it is important to run a diesel engine at full load. Periodically to burn off excess on burnt fuel in the exhaust system. A condition known as wet stacking can occur if a diesel engine is not run at full load and brought up to full operating temperature from time to time.

Get a small one and load it up. Diesels can wet stack if they're not run hard. That's a huge disadvantage. If you have high load variability you may need a dummy load to keep it happy.

Do they make a diesel/ natural gas or propane generator???

I would agree that water cooled diesel generators are better. Air cooled diesel generators do not scale well, get a BIG one or stay home. A diesel generator that runs in one spot for a long time will begin to stink up the place in a lasting way, no way to get around that. Parts aren't as common, when parts of your diesel generator fail get ready to wait. Diesel is about 10% cheaper than gasoline in the Philippines currently, as I am there right now but I'm still not going for it. It would be great to pump fuel for the generator out of my Fortuner, Innova or my L300 though. I see no businesses or even government offices with a generator greater than 5000w surge, aside from hotels. I'm looking into the feasibility of Gasul which is propane in the Philippines but buying it by the bottle as people do for cooking is out, you would need tanks in commercial quantities. They used to run taxis on propane here when it was cheaper. I would say the coffee shop needed two gasoline generators, one sized to handle their continuous needs, hopefully ceiling fans, lights and a mini split aircon to remove humidity from the air(which might be handled by a 2500W generator) and one for the massive load of heating water occasionally. If you have ever been in a Philippine coffee shop, you would be under no illusions that the coffee is brewed on demand.

I had nothing but problems with my diesel generator Bought it new and it only lasted 8 months It was a Kipor I think it's a Canadian company

Unless it’s a kubota. They run it at 3600 rpm same as gas

diesel fuel can be stored for several years easily.. the gas in your mower from last fall gummed up the carb and wont burn in your mower this spring

When they went to low Sulfur and ultra low sulfur. Is when the price is really started going up

When the went sulfur free that’s when diesel cost more. Around the 1980s

Price went up because the EPA made them take out the surfer. I had a 7,3l at the time, before in the summer it was a lot cheaper then gas, i remember the EPA statement that it would only add $.17 a gallon but it was more like $.35 at the time,

Funny that your guys are talking about power outages, Here in the Nordic countries, i.e. Northern Europe, the longest time the grid had been off, is for about 4 hours. I'm 50+ yo, so during more than the last 1/2 century the longest time without power has been 4 hours. The total time of power outage it's less than 18 hour during those 50+ years, AFAIK. There hadn't been any power outages in the last decade.

Bio fuel that's my reason

I bought 16 years old diesel fuel and ran it in my truck no problem it was from a y2k holder lol

You failed to mention diesel doesnt store well in colder climates compared to propane. While in cold zones natural gas is usually available to homes via pipeline. Diesel fuel needs to be temperature controlled in cold zones because they will congeal under low temperatures. Natural gas isn't as flexible as propane or diesel but as long as the natural gas keeps flowing, there will always be zero hassle fuel.

Diesel trucks stay on all the time almost a month and run better last longer so yeah diesel generator inverter are way better

I'm tired of hearing that diesel last 1-2 years! Try 10 years at least! Untreated! Keep tank full and condensation out and you can cycle out diesel when your newborn graduates!!!

Air cooled diesels are garbage! Liquid cooled will last 10,000 hours of run time (ones with a radiator). Most "portable" generators are air cooled and won't last under constant use. They are made for maximum 3 days outage! If you want to be prepared for the next ice storm of the adirondacks then find a Liquid cooled generator! Gas or diesel! No i don't own a diesel generator, i have been in charge of operation and maintenance of 5 of them for 11 years now. If you want more than 3 days of continuous run time then anything other than Liquid cooled is a gamble. P.s. air cooled= 1 hour on and 4 hours off. This is the minimum to keep fridge and freezer cold and home reasonably warm

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NON-OXY or Aviation Gas will go a year without stabilizer... Too Bad the NEW DIESEL has that Bio Sh!t in it, as the OLD STUFF (1990's) would go several years without problem.... My Advice if you are going to run a Diesel Genset, Get one that you can run on Jet-A (Military) as its shelf life is years much like OLD DIESEL.

Diesel is superior in every way.