electric dalen ?

[Busy Daddy]

Thinking of replaceing my old palax with a dalen

I thought i might go the generator route instead of pto

Second hand tractors seem to be more expensive than a gene

Does anyone have any idea if the output is any different between electric and pto on a dalen ?

[gensetsteve]

We used to do a similar thing with our splitter. Needed a 20 kva to run it 3ph. Its now running direct drive from a 11hp honda petrol. I would run the dalen from a small diesel engine. The mechanical losses of generating electric then turning it back to mechanical movement are very high.

[backyardlumberjack]

Even worse with hydraulic power losses

[Chris Sheppard]

Brian,

 

I might know where there's a very very lightly used 3 phase Dalen that the guy could be persuaded into partign with - just outside York. Let me know if it's of interest.

 

As far as I can see from it, it doesn't seem to be any slower than a PTO one and he reckons that runnign it on his generator it uses less fuel than a tractor would too.