New generator

So we finally bought a new generator. We have been looking for one for two years since the cows moved to the new farm, because the old one was not big enough to run the equipment for milking. They had a method to make it work, it was used to power some stuff and the vacuum line was hooked up to the tractor manifold I think to power that.

So when Max was at the farm show he ordered a big PTO driven generator to hook to the tractor. They had gotten it ready but not actually hooked it up and ran it when it arrived a week or so ago.

When the power was off in the village on Wednesday last week, as afternoon milking time arrived it was time to hook it up. That took a little longer than planned as Max had to do a spot of welding to get the PTO to work so he was at the shop when Garry had asked if I wanted to get a photo of the generator in action at the barn. They used the old generator to power the welder.


So I got some photos over at the barn while Garry and Max were trying to get it going. They had a problem with the generator safety switch going off and stopping it as they tried to get the vacuum pump started in the barn. So they have to get a soft start for the vacuum pump so it will work correctly so it doesn't draw too much power as it starts up and stop the generator. This should save some money on the electric bill also.


 However, they cobbled something together last week so they could milk the cows. Garry had to run back to house for something so I went back before they got it running.

I did get some photos of everyone getting ready to milk.










The new heifer sheds outside the barn, the two closest ones are the ones built this year.