BOLTR: Harbor Freight Tail Gator | Brine Tank Testing

Testing the electrical capacity of the generator. 2 stroke gas engine and 6.5 Amp nameplate capacity. But it will merrily buzz along at 9amps till the fuel runs out.

[@MeSoTrashed]

Pro tip: if you run it inside, it doubles as a heater. Also, it will help you sleep.

[@WeighedWilson]

They should rebrand it Ambien

[@truckdriver3126]

There should be a disclaimer to your comment, look where we are.

[@jonanderson5137]

@@truckdriver3126 we got where we are because of the disclaimers.

[@berryreading4809]

Nobody told me drowning was a possibility in that lake! I hope my family sues them on my behalf! And my brother got cut on the no lifeguard on duty sign, so they should really put up "caution caution signs may be sharp" those bastards are trying to kill us! even though I already drowned.

[@truckdriver3126]

@@jonanderson5137 yeah, and the frozen pizza says "remove from box before cooking"

[@Dfour]

Not editing out all those pulls before you realized the fuel ON/OFF switch.....Respect

[@davidgrover5996]

Are you sure he didn’t do it on purpose for the laughs?

[@thomasa5619]

What is this, electroboom?

[@Autistic_train_set]

Underwater bucket welding degree finally paid off.

[@md_vandenberg]

So Bill, how is the mercenary work going?

[@scorpioassmodeusgtx1811]

Bill my dude, I ain’t even mad anymore, I just want to know why. P.S. Snoopy says hi. You named him, after all.

[@md_vandenberg]

@@scorpioassmodeusgtx1811 What I wouldn't give to grab a Japanese Princess by the ass.

[@scorpioassmodeusgtx1811]

@@md_vandenberg I asked her about it last year when I was in Japan, whether the story was true or not. She said ol’ Billy was the best ass pinching she’s ever received, after me, of course.

[@md_vandenberg]

@@scorpioassmodeusgtx1811 Mmm, that makes me moist. Also, I was told to never go to Japan unless I'm with a responsible adult. You're a responsible adult, right?

[@dmorty1232]

This man is OSHA's final boss.

[@Iloveswedes]

I love this comment.

[@brandoncyoung]

i laughed way too hard at this comment

[@tolga1cool]

Ahahahahah

[@rushthezeppelin]

This is easily the best OSHA joke I've ever seen LMAO. Seriously a few dozen OSHA handbooks randomly burst into flames every time Uncle Bumblefuck uploads a vijeo.

[@anthonykiefer1797]

The wires are green so you know its grounded

[@atom_gray]

beat me to it, she said...

[@Altenurgy]

Two ground wires is way safer than one!!

[@PaulCotterCanada]

I've never seen aVe well-grounded, even though he's always wired.

[@unaphiliated5090]

Exploding hydrogen and oxygen together makes water, so be careful not to overflow the bucket.

[@Andrew_Fernie]

pmsl

[@ttiization]

That's the smartest comment I've ever read here

[@WS-ij1fu]

First ever stoichiometry joke I've heard

[@neilwalker8686]

Just like that, we solved the worlds water problem.

[@alexandern8hgeg5e9]

One very dangerous thing what could happen is if something falls at the bucket and the sidewall ruptures,... The following waterflow can move the cables in unpredictable ways...

[@bmay8818]

The generator is worth $1, the manual that says "turn gas on here" is the other $99.

[@Fridelain]

I'd like a few of those generators, hold back the manuals.

[@QuiznosBear]

The "known to the state of cancer to cause california" stickers ain't cheap either.

[@eh42]

That start sequence. I inherited a frankenblower from my pops. First snow fall and I spent high near 2 hours (! Yes, I too am dumber than I look) trying to pull start the thing. Finally engaged the noodle and started troubleshooting only to find that a previous handyman had installed a new throttle lever - but chose for reasons beyond my comprehension to install it backwards. Set the throttle to off, and with the last shred of strength and integrity of my now shredded shoulder, pulled the cord with the gusto of an hourly paid union shop hand - and the beast roared to life!

[@nuclearmedicineman6270]

Well, I can already un-verify one claim. I bought one, and I haven't gotten any tail despite numerous attempts to display my fancy small generator to the ladies... on the plus side, I also haven't run into gators. Either way, it's still false advertising; I was promised tail and gators.

[@jasepoag8930]

It's designed to get you tail FROM gators. You're using it wrong.

[@RipRoaringGarage]

@@jasepoag8930 Wouldnt that be a gator tail then? No no, Im sticking to my theory. Although Im still figuring it out how to remove it from GF's tail.

[@PWingert1966]

Have you tried getting tail from a Gator? that could prove exciting and challenging. Well worth the effort!

[@jasepoag8930]

@@PWingert1966 You ain't lived till you hit that crocodilian cloaca

[@RipRoaringGarage]

@@jasepoag8930 Cloaca s3x. Sure beats a chicken's................OK...what the fck is wrong with us? Im starting to get concerned over all of our mental health and well being. Now excuse me while I drive down to Florida and get me some gator tang...

[@blueeyegi]

This generator will get you more attention at the local campground than AvE wearing spandex shorts in prison.

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

"Woopsie doodle! dropped my soap. Again."

[@toddlaplanteVT85]

I mean who wouldn't step behind a pair of hands like that?! 🤣

[@masterpipelayer860]

@@arduinoversusevil2025 still

[@BlindBatG34]

Cue the Dewclaw sneaking in the back door.

[@ericgulseth74]

Don't need Ranger Rick stopping by 2 minutes into generator hours telling you "They've had complaints.", while you're one bar on your battery because the dang kids gotta sleep with some lights on...

[@tuckerdixon8032]

I'll take "sketchy things I'm not frogging doing" for 1000, Alex.

[@Alexander_l322]

Ok

[@Alexander_l322]

@@nickuva6508 am not!

[@Alexander_l322]

@@WinkenBlinkenAndNod yes sir how can I help you

[@4sl648]

@@WinkenBlinkenAndNod daily double

[@Michael-db1ce]

Yeah he wants to cull some bright eyed bozos is more like it.

[@kyleh1683]

Pulling the engine up to temp before giving the engine fuel, that’s how us men do it!

[@sherlockbonez]

Lololol.

[@POVLA]

Omg

[@cky2k244]

I really hope your life insurance company doesn’t know about your channel.

[@4sl648]

Hes with the General. Hes ok. If it doesnt actually kill him hes in trouble though with Canadian healthcare.

[@AlbertaRednecks]

Canada bud they fix us no matter what

[@KozmykJ]

My old Dad used to tell us of his adventures as a WWII RAF Radar Operator. This video reminds me of him telling us of how they rigged up their hot bath on the banks of rice paddys in Burma. They took the cables from the generator set and just stuck 'em in a water tank (dimensions unreported). Hot baths in minutes ...

[@Josh-b3c]

Who else was yelling turn the fuel on first

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

Now you tell me!

[@Psikeomega]

Hey, we've all been there right? Every goddamn time. If only they gave you some type of literature to tell you how the damn thing works.

[@thomas316]

If it's not going to kill anyone sometimes I like to stand back a bit, let nature teach and reinforce its own lessons. 🙂

[@warped2875]

At first I thought the little TailGator was mfg'd by Poulan. I keep poulan and poulan on the starter rope, and the jeezless thing don't chooch!

[@atom_gray]

we've ALL been there... it's either the fuel valve, or the air inlet. some days, both.

[@frederickjeremy]

I,ve had a few of these. Bought my first one to run some lights for night/bow fishing on my boat and to keep the battery charged up. For 89$ i did not expect it to last a month, 3 years later i pulled on the pull cord to hard and broke the plastic dogs on the starting mechanism. I could have replaced them for 50$. But opted to buy another for 89$. I have used it not only on my boat, but even more so running an electric fillet knife in remote locations. Used it to build a cover for my new pontoon boat running a chop saw. It wasnt happy but did it without much complaint. During snowpacalyps in east texas last year i used it to power the lights and my diesel fired heater through a suicide cord while i changed the end bearings on my big generator. It ran lights and a couple fans and a deep freezer at my mother in laws after a hurricane. It has been a damn handy unit. Mother in law was so impressed with it she got her one.

[@RussHarris100]

The pucker factor watching this is off the charts!

[@mrRufffnTumble]

@gary gluebag I think he's talking about all the hydrogen he's pumping into his garage.

[@nicke1903]

His fn 9 Volt Homemade Electocution Device was worse IMO, now if he goes to makin Hydrogen hopefully he isnt kin to the Hindenburg fella.

[@HH60gPaveHawk]

I mean honestly super low risk with the open fire going, ironically it’ll just burn the hydrogen as it’s generated and keep the concentration low... as long as you’re below the LEL or above the UEL you’re good. I used to jump into leaking fuel underground tank sumps and open the bolted port with a regular impact gun... technically supposed to use intrinsically safe, but the fuel is so concentrated in the hole that you’re good, nothing would burn in there anyway. Course that means you can’t breathe either, but that’s just an incentive to work quickly.

[@ionstorm66]

@@chickenfishhybrid44 plus with the slow generation of hydrogen gas a open flame will keep it from getting to the explosive level, she'll just flash off first.

[@bryankirk3567]

@@HH60gPaveHawk "Added incentive?"

[@ridervfr2798]

Your a genius, to quote you, "once you get beyond the piss and sweat, she's good eatin." wow your a poet too!

[@bkknerdboy]

For lower load/higher resistance, you want less salt in solution. We usually start with tap water, electrodes 50% in, and add salt progressively until we get about the right current. Then raise/lower electrodes to vary load for the alternator.

[@ethanhartman9265]

how the heck did you reply 3 days before the vid went up?

[@HoosierRallyMaster]

But with less salt it will freeze over.

[@cloroxfreshmeadowbleach9860]

@@ethanhartman9265 patron I’m guessing

[@fullnuclearbreakfast]

@@ethanhartman9265 Maybe he has a lathe.

[@KozmykJ]

Yup. I dunno aboot Canadiana but here in Wales the tap water is Chlorinated and so has plenty of ions for the pixies to ride on. If I was short of current for a job like that, THAT is when I'd be adding more solubles to it.

[@rdavit]

Remember the kid with a mini bike on your street? AvE is the adult version. Love this channel!

[@bradencampbell6182]

Everyone's gangsta until the oscilloscope comes out

[@jimmydcricket5893]

Had this type of genny since they were bought out, it just keeps going with very little love, lent it out and they made it boil 2000+ watt kettle daily till it popped the crank seal onto the shaft, push it back in, couple tappity taps with the screw driver and it's still going.

[@graealex]

You know, you can buy chlorine in cylinders, if you need it that badly...

[@nuclearmedicineman6270]

It just tastes better home-made.

[@thomas316]

You have to have the real German stuff of you nostalgic for the old times, sitting in a trench with the guys, up to your knees in mud. It'll bring a tear to your eye and a thickening of the mucus your coughing up as your lung tissue disintigates. ❤️

[@540i6vids]

Bleach?

[@briangarrow448]

And get it delivered to your domicile.

[@PWingert1966]

I had a GF light a clothes dryer on fire by using too much bleach in a load! Very nasty. They had to call the Hazmat unit out and evacuate neighbors!

[@sickjawa]

I have one of these for a few years now. Absolutely love it and I use it way more often than I thought I would. Sometimes this thing is more convenient than running an extension cord.

[@mickleblade]

Good to see you thoroughly distributing the oil around that engine before starting it!

[@samrodian919]

Well no he didn't. It's a two stroke so there is no oil in the engine at all until the fuel is turned on lol so all he did was put two years worth of wear on it before it ever started! At least it was run in before first start!

[@NeverMetTheGuy]

I've learned more about things from these videos, than anything else on KZbin. Merry Christmas, AvE, and an above average (non-2020 spec) New Year.

[@JasonW.]

2020 isn't done yet... Still plenty of time for the chicken uprising.

[@wearemilesfromnowhere4630]

The conductivity of the electrolyte is temperature dependent. Perfect runaway scenario.

[@MarekLewandowski_EE]

Also, there may be some stratification of concentration, i.e. the ions will "drain" from the areas where there's less current flow (bottom of bucket) and "gather" within the current path.

[@glenecollins]

He is in Canada he is unlikely to run out of snow; I was a little concerned about that when he was trying to blow the breaker on the mains.

[@spehropefhany]

Fun fact: Theatrical light dimmers were made with brine rheostats back in the olden days. Raise and lower an electrode to adjust the brightness.

[@spehropefhany]

@@martinwest2722 As a kid, I remember seeing searchlights (probably WWII surplus) mounted on a flatbed trailer, being driven by generators. I think about 5' in diameter (1.5m). This was to advertise the equivalent of a state fair (CNE). They were open carbon arc and sizzled nicely.

[@digger105337]

Could you provide a link to that App?😉

[@ConorNoakes]

@@martinwest2722 spots are still arc lamps, LED isn't really capable of the output yet without cooking itself

[@brianbaekgaard8081]

@@ConorNoakes the movie industry still uses all incadescent lighting (tungsten and arc lamps) and they use non inverter gensets

[@nhbountyhunter]

I've been an AVE watcher for years... This man is truly amazing. He can teach, entertain, lay innuendo, be right, be wrong. DAMN Man, stop making the rest of use look bad.

[@BattleChemist]

I inherited a new-in-box one of the old blue-top ones of these from my late father. Saved me hundreds of greenback doll-hairs in food that was in the standing fridge and chest freezer the last two times we lost power. Just had to run a 100 ft power cord (14ga from Home Despot, so we're good) in from the little beast out front of the garage and swapped it between them every couple hours to let them get cool. Last time was 3 full days of no power and just had to fill it four times; that 1 gallon lasts a good 6 hours with the low-cycling of the refrigerant compressors (claims 5 hours at 50% load). Just left it off overnight while sleeping. Now I've got me one of Hazard Frought's 9k start/7250 run generators but that little guy is going to stick around as a backup. Little champ, it is!

[@alimackenzie2168]

Standing by to wipe your hard drive bruther.

[@forbeatssake1530]

That was a wonderful safety demonstration video. Everyone who watches could learn something.

[@dimesonhiseyes9134]

These little 2 cycle generators are actually pretty tough little things. I've had one for about 6 years or so and use it mostly for running power tools and lights.

[@redordead3868]

I have no idea what any of this video meant or was about, but i still enjoyed it.That's the magic of AvE.

[@murmaider2]

you know most people test generators with like lights or a heater...most people.

[@zadtheinhaler]

Where's the damn fun in that?

[@InsideAlan]

Everyone prefers it moist.

[@cdurkinz]

I was kind of thinking the same thing like how does this translate to what I can power with the thing but he was more so trying to prove it would die under load and it didn’t.

[@SilvaDreams]

@@cdurkinz I mean it's RATED for 6.5 amps so you kind of have your answer there... No vacuums that is for sure.

[@Broken_Yugo]

@@cdurkinz 800 watts continuous, so a 2 slot toaster, or a fridge and maybe a deep freezer if they never try to start at the same time, or a furnace perhaps. Point being these are pretty limited for power outage use, more for tailgating, camping, power tool use far from a plug, etc.

[@kiwidonkeyk1656]

Russian winter: Bottle of vodka and a revolver. Canadian winter: Open fire, petrol, chlorine crackling electrodes, carbon monoxide. Russian odds suddenly seem longer.

[@sheldoniusRex]

I for one have survived a bottle of vodka and a half froze .38. Not so sure if I could have made it through the improv hydrogen generator next to a wood fire and a can of premix all in the same room.

[@digger105337]

Canadians gotta complicate everything!

[@carpespasm]

@@sheldoniusRex oh, it's all safe enough til you hit whatever the flashpoint for the hydrogen gas or the lung-liquifying point of the chlorine gas is. Good thing is the shop's probably draftsome enough you don't need to crack a window to get a breeze and the beers get a little extra head-fog to boot. Just 'member the fire water in the red can ain't for drinking.

[@Joe_Not_A_Fed]

The most entertaining things ever caught on camera, usually followed someone saying: 'Just a little bit more', 'what's the worst that can happen?', 'I wonder what this thing does?', and the classic 'hold my beer'. Entire gene pools have been Beetlejuiced out of existence by overly enthusiastic back woods warriors daring to mutter any three of those within shouting distance proximity to one another. All 4 spoken, are likely to rend the space time continuinuum into MC Escher envisioned chunks. It's the ones who beat the odds as well as themselves, who survived and forefathered the manbun sporting baristas of today.

[@briangarrow448]

Works well as a hammer, in a pinch. (Small print on every Harbor Freight Item) Exception for hammers.

[@rushthezeppelin]

It's because the hammers are actually just thumb detectors.

[@Eargesplitten-Loudenboomer]

10:27 "This fools running a Hoooonda 2200. I can't loose" "Don't do it AvE I bet he's got a hundred amps under the lid of that bucket."

[@skamego]

2jz engine? No sh$t?

[@jumpinjojo]

Eargesplitten Loudenboomer *lose

[@Eargesplitten-Loudenboomer]

@@jumpinjojo *lewstn'd

[@brandonb9452]

And then they shot Jesse :(

[@kevinalder3511]

I have one. Works great! Use it for trimming trees with my sawsall. Not quite like cordless- but a five gallon can of batteries is way cheaper for this setup.

[@LucasGarrow]

Shaking hands with dancing danger snakes.

[@NOTNOTJON]

Believe their actually called nope ropes by the Reddit folks

[@ian-c.01]

I think that's the first time I've seen anyone getting sparks from water ! Sketchy as frigg but I'm glad I saw you do it first, now I don't have to, but I might !

[@MorryB]

Similar principle as in electrical discharge machining, but they normally use a dielectric fluid such as oil instead of water.

[@wb5mct]

I've had one for nigh on 10 years, brought my freezers through two hurricanes. One caution though! Don't let it run out of gas with a load connected! It'll turn 300 watts worth of light bulbs into flash bulbs when it dies!

[@CVP-og9pw]

Why does that happen when they stop with a load?

[@atom_gray]

@@CVP-og9pw CAPacitance discharge?

[@rscervin9950]

@@CVP-og9pw the generator which is basically a motor(an inductor). When the generator is turning the coils act like springs, pushing and pulling current. When you stop it the angry electrons still want to move, causing the voltage to rocket waaay higher than the nominal voltage. Similar to what happens when you agresively shut the water tap in your home,makes the pipes move a bit

[@tfhAlex94]

@@CVP-og9pw Maybe with a load that has a high inductance like a motor or transformer. When the current is switched of, the high inductance load generates a voltage spike. Nonetheless this is just a guess, maybe it is actually the generators fault.

[@CVP-og9pw]

@@rscervin9950 thanks i was thinking about that and remembered that a similiar thing happens to power tools when the motor suddenly stops and some of them have protection diodes so that the angry pixies don't turn your new milfuckee drill into the elephant's foot

[@John_Ridley]

I once read a comment from a guy who managed a trailer park. He had something like a dozen of these things and rented them for $20/day during power outages to people who wanted to keep their fridges running. He said he just loctite'd the screws holding the reed valves, then started it up and ran it for 30 minutes with no load, then 30 minutes with a 100 watt load. Once those things were done, they basically ran forever, he hadn't had one fail on him after several years and hundreds of hours between them.

[@sethd4720]

You, Sir, are the best, most entertaining, most informative, and complete reviewer of tools and stuff I have ever seen, hands down.

[@jakeisjake112]

I smashed the like button as soon as you turned the gas on. That was the most honest TV I've ever seen

[@spyderMN]

I've come so close to buying one, if only to maybe keep the internet alive. Now I know, thanks!

[@Fridelain]

To keep the internet alive, at least on your end, a 12 volt battery will do

[@Fridelain]

Assuming you use a laptop, that is

[@Gjmahn]

I like that the brine tank video I watched before this transitioned directly here.

[@ronmcwhirter3641]

Bought one of these 3 years ago. Works perfect. Must admit that's still in the box. Still unopened. Guess I better try it.

[@ronmcwhirter3641]

Well I'm impressed. I finally used the small generator. And it really did a fantastic job. Used my electric 14 in. Chainsaw. The ice storm we had took out some trees on my 5 acres. That little tailgater worked great.

[@Nick-ds6oc]

When the lead-based paint comes in contact with the electrodes, they spark and emit a rather pleasant and smoky aroma.

[@electricalsociety5593]

The more I watch AvE the more I’m convinced that he is the grown up Sid from toy story

[@gamebredduramax71]

You done scarred the hell out of the cylinder cranking it over that many times without the fuel turned on. That dry cylinder was scraping

[@jameschmiel7808]

I had the older generation from the hazard fraud in blue and black. My fuel with 10% mid-western corn squeezin's turned the gaskets and fuel lines into a nice thick schmoo after the first use.

[@carpespasm]

Well there's yer problem right there. Thing's made for freshly fracked tarsand turds. Corn squeezins'll burn but the gaskets get all tipsy on the white lightning and wake up the next day with a hangover that'll keep the float from bowlin'.

[@masterofnonetv8361]

My bro in law ran one of these everyday non stop for a week and it worked perfectly.

[@TDG2654]

Pretty sure the amps are creeping up is because the electrodes are being dissolved into the water, due to the current going through them. Electrolytic dissociation if you want to get fancy

[@skizzik121]

I don't want to get fancy

[@bistromathics6]

Little bit o' dissolved metal goes a long way

[@bistromathics6]

@@paulg3336 interesting! So the same thing might happen with the passivation layer if they were 316SS electrodes

[@failforward8519]

The water heating up probably also has something to do with it, pH and pOH increase with the temperature.

[@gpowell511]

I bought the tailgator and ran a sub pump with a water hose back to the tank battery because it was too muddy to get a tank truck in to the leak. It pumped the salt water like a champ! I was impressed

[@RealWolfmanDan]

Whoa hoho. I've been curious about this mini generator. The bar oil got me.

[@edwinkania5286]

I have one of these generators for the last 8 years and use it for camping and work in the field out back.

[@Deadlock101]

Love the show from Northern Ireland keep up the great work from a longtime ladies auxiliary bridge club member..lol

[@henryross4343]

I can only imagine what your English papers were like and your teachers attempt to interpret. Love the vijayos - thanks for making them

[@B18CXr]

Dude, I've been watching you for ~ a yr now, hands down the best content on the interwebz. I thoroughly enjoy the knowledge you spit

[@MrItznotme]

Had that exact generator when I was a kid. Lasted for YEARS of camping trips

[@davidparadis490]

"I shouldn't have to tell you this is dangerous. Water and electrocity" As his meter lays in a puddle of water on the floor...circuit smircuit

[@MarcosElMalo2]

The meter measures amperage passing through the hoop, it’s not in electrical contact with anything. Also, he’s wearing safety mittens.

[@robbiesproule1031]

I bought the same generator (different colour and name) from Canadian Tire years ago because it was cheaper than renting one for a job at the cottage. It worked great for that job. After some more use it lost power due to carbon blocking up the muffler. I cleaned that out and it was good as new ...until a small magnet which was glued on the rotor came off and wrecked the windings. It is a nicely made little thing, with one fatal flaw.

[@TomChame]

Interesting, about 15 years ago I bought 100 of those things for resale here in Panama. 37.50 each at that time. Identical to this one in appearance and output. 10% suffered crib death.

[@sheldoniusRex]

If you amortize the cost of the abortions across the whole purchase that's still only 41.25 each, and you got spare parts for free. How much would ninety Honda's run you?

[@davidworsley7969]

I have no idea what this colonical chap was doing but it was jolly entertaining.

[@pilotguychris7217]

Where the hell is duclaw claw when you truly need him? LOL

[@WAVETUBE84]

Not bad! What is the world coming to, when HF puts out quality!? Holy frg!

[@VRSCAWpilot]

All those rope pulls should have been enough to charge a phone.

[@lucifchristo]

I just use a drill to start mine

[@TeckieWeckie]

Never thought I would be so into watching another guy pull his rope for 5 minutes straight.

[@robertdinicola9225]

Wonder what the hertz is? Touch that plate and tell me what hertz!

[@kidman2505]

A few years ago I ran one of these for 5 days nonstop while our decrepit, more bandaged than wire, power lines were being repaired. It ran for sure, but after that marathon, it seized right up. 106 bucks to run the fireplace blower for a week, WORTH.

[@stevenm.2380]

Electroplating with AC. That's using the ol' noodle.

[@livewires8637]

I don’t know what you’re doing but I like it.

[@valpanig]

looks like he stripping paint leftovers from the bucket

[@johnnylavoie]

For the one wondering: HPHT is hot pink hockey tape. As he said, invented by the infamous hockey commenter Don Cherry 😂

[@ericbrinkman9611]

Love the vid. I bought one earlier this summer and took it on a week long camping trip. Never had a problem, even ran it on boat gas when I ran out. Really wandered what she could do at full tilt. Keep it up.

[@PS-rr2jt]

I thought about asking you if the fuel was Oscar November, but it’s funnier your way.

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

Well it is now. Nothing funnier than watching a dullard suffer,eh.

[@atom_gray]

it's only funny because it ain't me... this round.

[@SKYNET9er]

Oscar Fuckin Farted

[@WeighedWilson]

$100 rowing machine. Works better because it's isometric.

[@zachmaster426]

Like watching the machine's heartbeat on the oscilloscope while it sputters and dies. Just gotta add a beeper so you hear that flatline when she shuts off

[@Thecanadiancarguy]

I was surprised he didn’t have it apart after the 3rd pull.

[@bryankalina7015]

Got one of your stickers today great quality more people need these

[@holdenrice9694]

"Just because it's so cheap you can't afford not to buy it."

[@SunriseKnight]

The finest backyard engineering.

[@insonh21]

i got one of these 2 years ago never had a problem with it after i changed the original spark plug and only use premixed fuel

[@SMKreitzer1968]

Well, that's a different way to load a generator! Thanks for sharing, Merry Christmas to you and the family!

[@thedavesofourlives1]

i had a couple of those units, their main weakness is the crankshaft alternator joint breaking when handled roughly .

[@WarblesOnALot]

G'day, I had one of those Generators, and I kept a Logbook on it because every 100 to 250 hours the Exhaust system needs to be removed, disassembled, decarbonised, & put back together. Otherwise it chokes itself because with the RPM governed at 3,000 RPM (in Oz) the Fan blows enough Air to cool it at full Output - and at anything less than full load the whole thing gets overcooled & the unburned 2-Stroke Oil condenses in the "over-chilled" Exhaust..., the Droplets stick to the inner Walls & the Red Hot Gas then carbonises the Oil - progressively narrowing the Lumen.. Anyway, I logged 4,475 Hours & 2 Minutes on mine, between 2005 & 2012... It was my first encounter with the phenomenon of Stupidly Cheap Chinesium which actually does the job. Most of the units are bought by people who don't read the Manual, use the Genny for 3 weeks on one Camping Holiday..., after which it's hard to start and runs slow & gutless ; so they throw it in Landfill & get another one, and then shit-talk Chinesium which they're too lazy &/or too stupid to maintain in operating condition. Backtrack me to my "Mad Scientist Videos" Playlist to find a Video of the Exhaust Cleaning process. Happy Solstice Festival... Have a good one, Stay safe. ;-p Ciao ! Ciao !

[@OperatorIHC]

95% of the use my Tailgator genny gets is for making coffee during a power outage lmao

[@baird329]

I bought one of those back in march just in case my semi rural area had electric problems with the mass hysteria that was going on. I'm glad to see that it was a better buy than I thought.

[@Rich10000]

Oscilloscopes always work better in puddles of water... Preferably the more expensive ones too.

[@Alpatriod]

I've been using this thing on the lake all winter -40 f. Was no problem for this thing.

[@RipRoaringGarage]

Among the comments, there is a thread, where the finer points of gator loving is being discussed. You're welcome AvE!

[@shootthemoon6072]

Old carnival rides ran on salt water systems. I've never seen one, but the old timers on the show were glad to talk about them. I wasn't very good at paying attention back then though; wish i was.

[@Fireship1]

Using the music of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory : “Come inside, and we’ll find, a whole world of OSHA vi ol ations” 😉

[@raymondmucklow3793]

So i have the red version and having ran her for 3 months what fur keeping me warm whilst sleeping in the backseat of my truck I can verify she will run a 1000w space heater, For 3 hours before running out of fuel. This led to me buying the 4200 gunny from them (harbor freight) able to run for 2 nights on a tank with sum to spare. I'd like to point out how hard it is to not let you arm or leg fall off then back seat its cold down there, don't tip the space heater over, fire hazard. So I measured one night up at the dome light was 80 f dungerees, the floor had my case of bottled water frozen they were, down there. Well done sir.

[@CozzyKnowsBest]

When you know you'll sell millions of the things you can hammer down that profit margin smaller than your youngest production workers. That's tiny.

[@jefffranks6213]

These things are awesome I personally had one ran it for hundreds of hours. One time during a camping trip I swear I ran it for 48 hours straight never missed a beat.

[@Max_Marz]

Please do show us the waveform out of a honda 2200, I thought they were pretty clean?

[@ionstorm66]

Pretty clean inverters and pure sinusoidal are still very different. They have noise the whole way though the waveform which can cause harmonics. You can hear it in some appliances.

[@procrastinator1842]

I had a chinese pure sine wave inverter generator and the wave looked exactly the same as the wall outlet wave...

[@austinallmond7211]

We used one of these generators and a buzz box to keep the battery charged on our Plymouth locomotive to get us through an event while the dedicated generator was out being rebuilt. We put gas in the locomotive more often than we did the generator!

[@jacobduryea8030]

So what you’re saying is I can run my Lincoln 225 on this as long as there’s no salt water, great!