RW>  MH> Flatbed as in the rolling carts.  I used the generator during
RW>  MH> Hurricane Sandy - as we did lose power here for 2 days.
RW> 
RW> I figured that you probably had.

I was thinking our power was going to be off for the entire week and was
surprised when it was restored the second day.  Just about our entire county
was in the dark.  It was very strange driving around at 10pm looking for more
gas - and everything was dark.  No street lights, no red lights, no store
lights, no nothing.  I had to drive 15 minutes to find an area with power.


RW> That's not a problem, if you know what I know. 8^) I used to drive my
RW> 1940
RW> Ford to a closed gas station back when I couldn't afford to buy gas. I'd
RW> park the car over the tank fill holes and open up the floor that I had
RW> cut
RW> out in the back seat area. Under the seat was an electric fuel pump
RW> with 20 feet of hose attached to the inlet side. Drop the hose into their
RW> tank and turn on the pump. Meanwhile, I'd have coffee at the restaurant
RW> across the street. Come back 10min later to a full tank of gas.
RW> 
RW> If I were writing a TV series like the Walking Dead, I'd write that into
RW> the series. Although that might give some people ideas...

That is a really good idea.  

There was a guy here in MD that was doing that for years and eventually got
busted.  The only difference was he used a large enclosed work style truck
that had large tanks inside of the back.  

He was doing the same thing.  No one questioned him - they thought he was
working on the tanks and would go in, get coffee, etc.  I give that an A for
creativity.

RW> 7200 watts. I like that power cord idea...fast and effective.

The generator is rated for 5500 watts, with a 6500 watt surge.  I really think
it can do at least 1000 watts more than it is rated.

I had it running under our deck.  It was raining so hard, and sideways, I was
still getting wet when it was time to put more gas in it.  It has a 5 1/2
gallon tank, which is nice.

Worse comes to worst, I would have taken gas from one of the several vehicles
we have to fill it.  The Durango has near 20 gallons by itself.

RW> Wow...that's quite a load.

Besides the noise, the only way you could tell we were running on generator
was the microwave sounded a bit lower when running - but it still worked.  I
didn't expect to have everything running on it, but it worked out great.  

It was cold outside in that storm, too.  Having my gas furnace still work
(blower was being powered by the backfeed) was very nice!

- Mark

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