I am looking into something simular. My Camper Unimog is powered by a 617 and I hope to put a generator powered off the PTO.

Anyway.... thru lots of reading about WVO con-generation to avoid coking etc. you really need the engine to be taxed with in the upper levels of its power band. Keep that in mind when chosing a generator head. You might also want to do occasional alchohol injection to help clean the engine out too. This is also to avoid the coking issues that has arrisen with WVO generators.

I would say occasional water injection but that won't cut it in your part of the world cause your water might freeze. Course I guess not if you keep the water bucket next to your engine. Either way the injection would be very easy. Setting a timer up to do the injection for you a few times a day would not be to difficult either.

BTW Harbor Freight carries the large switch over boxes you can use to switch from land line to generator. You dont have to power it all by the generator either. Maybe just heaters?

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