Don't Wait Until It's Too Late! With Tornados, Solar Flares and Chaos Looming, Do This Now!

[@J.R.F.23]

Happy Mother’s Day 💐

[@Bobbydazzlla]

Cover those containers with a UV stable sheet of plastic. I've had a few mates over here in Australia used them around the house and they can get brittle and shatter as soon as they're dropped or hit. Australia - we do sunlight very well.

[@thm3525]

Agree with the UV comment. Another reason is to reduce the chance for algae growth inside. Take away the light and it won’t grow as fast

[@Bobbydazzlla]

Thanks for the confirmation, but I didn't really need it

[@markwhite6782]

Great advice Chickanic. Last year we bought a solar generator and have used it 3 times keeping the freezer, fridge AND COFFEE POT going. We actually are preppers but hope that day never comes. Lots of advantages to having cattle, chickens, gardens, canning equipment and food preservation. If that day ever happens the rural folks better thank the second amendment because they will need it.

[@robertjeffery6100]

I keep 5 10 gallon gas cans in my garage and as they age I use them in my car and refill the gas cans so the fuel stays fresh… and run your generator monthly….

[@philliphall5198]

I do the same thing and I keep track on a large calendar, even home AC filters change and watering trees plus all kinds of stuff It relaxes the mind a lot too know you can relax a little 😊

[@OldMadScientist]

Hey Bre, I don't know if you need to heat your home/shop in the winter, but if you do, you might consider a waste oil heater. Free heat! 😂

[@jimmybrad156]

Maybe those used air filters could be used to help process the used oil?

[@richb.4374]

Please be careful pressure washing in flip flops. If you accidentally hit your foot with that high pressure water, it can cut your foot badly and send you to the ER. I've seen it happen to someone, they did not enjoy the experience. Happy moms day!

[@joeblow5154]

Been there, done that!

[@ctfan1486]

Was thinking the same thing

[@pcole1596]

Luck favors the prepared. Happy Mothers Day.

[@wallebo]

As far as I am concerned you have the best small engine repair channel on the internet. The hard work and sincerity are palatable for sure. You should be so proud of yourself. Hope that your Mother's Day went beautifully. Continued success!

[@xmfclick]

palpable

[@robertbates6057]

Bre, thx for reminding people to be more prepared. These are some crazy times we're living in! Folks really should stock up on more canned food, rice / beans in mylar bags, water, etc... Once you start thinking about the things you need for day to day life that you rely on a store for, it boggles the mind. Inch by inch lol.

[@beingthere597]

Historical note: The Carrington event in 1859 killed one telegraph operator and started fires in several telegraph offices. The telegraph wires acted as antennas, generating destructive electrical power from the passing charged subatomic particles. It was a perfect storm of strong coronal mass ejections which happened to be aimed directly at earth, coupled with a vulnerable strength and orientation of the earth's protective magnetic field. A similar event today would be catastrophic. Fascinating (and award winning) read: The Sun Kings: The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of How Modern Astronomy Began, by Stuart Clark.

[@brianhillis3701]

Our magnetic field is about 30% weaker than when I was a child. These flares and CMEs are not nearly as powerful as the Carrington event. It is how weak earth's magnetic field is.

[@CrudeBuster]

@@brianhillis3701 think that not even 1% of people nowadays even know about it and you got a recipe for disaster.

[@tarnishedknight730]

1st Saturday of every month, at high noon, when they test the tornado sirens, I fire up the generator and run it under load for 1 hour. This lets me know that it's ready and able to go. (I test it with the sirens going off so the generator is used to the sound and doesn't get all upset during the real thing) 😁

[@ashmaybe9634]

Smart

[@workette4842]

Happy Mother's Day to you too! Awesome job you did on your deck. And yes I do love watching power washing and yard transformations especially when they are free for people in need. Love you, ❤❤❤❤ Mom

[@GrayWolfe-34]

I'm so Sorry. Happy Mother's Day. I hope you have a awesome Mother's Day? I totally agree with you. I'd rather be over prepared than under prepared. I don't think there's a worse feeling to have when the Electricity go out and your AC is not working in the middle of July or August! You really have to have a Really Big Generator Enough to hook to your junction box. To be able to run your AC Unit.

[@rogerwilliams6716]

you are consistantly the most interesting person on you tube,

[@simonjones7785]

we supply our house by collecting rain water into a pair of 1500 liter totes as you call them (food grade , previously full of orange juice so great for rainwater collection 2 totes ensure the house will never run out of water and before you ask the collected water is filtered down to 1 micron then charcoal filtered and clarified 100 per cent pure and clean ) no more water bills ..

[@larryz24]

I live in Arkansas as well, and the northern lights were truly amazing!! Love all your vids, you are very helpful. Keep up the great work. . . . thanks. P.S. I want a puggle so badly!!

[@defan2105]

I have a natural gas whole house generator connected to my house...if the power goes out, it automatically goes on for between 15-30 seconds...once the power is stable for 10 minutes, it goes off..I'm retired and that was my present to myself and my wife.

[@davidlaney8254]

In addition to running all my small engines dry before storing them, I drain the float bowl. I've found that small amount of residual fuel if left in the bottom of the float bowl will create havoc on carburetors. Thankfully, my generator and ATV's have a drain screw that makes this final step a breeze. On my smaller lawn mower and edger engines, I remove and replace the bowl the bowl itself after emptying it completely and wiping out whatever's left.

[@doctorwu1303]

I keep water in a large food grade tank and treat it with Auquamira water treatment and it will last 5 years in storage without going bad. Good content!

[@keithtodd3762]

Cudos to PSE which is our utility company here. Fast and reliable, even in this green belt with about sixteen customers. My friend has just offered to give me a 6,000 watt generator. He is way off grid, and he is constantly upgrading his 12 volt system.

[@CountryRock2k1]

Run your generators for 15-20 minutes every couple months. Put a load on them, get the engine oil stirred up and keep fuel moving through the carburetor.

[@paul.tuttle]

we even had that Aurora Borialis here in the south of Bavaria, Germany by the lake of Starnberg ... which is really strange .... Times change ...

[@harpintn]

In TN any business that sells oil has to have a tank for you to dispose of your used oil, they also have a tax for oil disposal built into the retail price you pay.

[@dimondDave100]

In colder states that old oil will help soak the wood a bit to really help the wood start burning is some fuel is in the oil but not too much. Some people or business in colder states will have oil burning heaters. One auto repair shop uses oil oil to heat it. Make sure that water tank outside is covered or painted dark to avoid algie growth. Very good video with preps idea with lot of logic in this day in age. They can't make treated wood like the old days. The old treated wood will still rot just like to new treated wood will do

[@JohnMelland]

My friends went to visit their Uncle John in Mt Magazine. Arkansas and were back a couple of days ago! Thank you for sharing your video! Sweeeeet

[@patrickmorrissey2271]

Great job. I agree 100%, get your generator out, run it for 15 minutes, hook it up to the house, throw the main, MAKE SURE IT WORKS. If it works, awesome. If not, you have time to get parts, do whatever you have to do, to make it right.... Now, the electrician who wired up my outside plug for the generator was really good, and gave me a lot of info.... I'll try to keep this short, but if this helps someone, it's worth it. By the way, he works for a whole house generator company.... That's all he does, all day every day, is put in those big whole house deals for people.... So he knows generators. Also, I went through Hurricane Ian, and learned a lot from that, so..... #1 if you have a "dual fuel" generator, do your test run on propane. then you don't have to pull the carb, flush it out, all that stuff.... Propane never goes bad. So I have a gasoline supply, and I have a propane supply, just in case.... Propane tanks also have a date on them, and a service life.... If the tank is too old, no one will fill it. So if you are buying tanks, CHECK THAT DATE. That manufactured date should be RECENT. Like now, would be ideal, but if it's Feb 2024, that's fine. I wanna say the tank can no longer be used 12 years after that date of MFG..... I could be wrong though, check that for yourself.... So if you found a bunch of tanks on Marketplace, CHECK THAT DATE. It doesn't matter how perfect they look.... No one will fill it after that date. So, the price you pay, should be adjusted down a lot, if it's an older tank.... #2 If your generator won't run your whole house, prioritize properly. Refrigerators and freezers MUST be on a generator. All that "freeze bottles of water" and all the rest of that is crap. You might have 1 day, before you have a lake on your floor, from everything melting & thawing..... In a warm hurricane climate, you probably don't need the water heater. Huge power suck. And you'll be under a boil order anyways, so don't use it. You need the refrigerators, freezers, stove, and some lights. If you feel you need more, buy a bigger generator. You'd also like to be able to recharge your phones, your battery banks, your backup power batteries, all that stuff.... Streamlight flashlights... You name it. Being able to recharge tool batteries, and all the stuff I mentioned, will GREATLY ease your anxiety..... A flashlight & a decent headlamp are musts in a power outtage.... #3. Be careful running your big screen, or your expensive home theater, and stuff like that.... Your generator is probably not putting out pure perfect 60Hz pure sine wave perfect voltage, like the power company does..... You might fry it.... If you have concerns, don't run it. Or if you have to, put a UPS battery backup between the wall outlet and the monitor, or any equipment.... The UPS, and how it works, will somewhat clean up that power.... #4 In a post disaster world, be careful. Don't injure yourself. The ER is closed. There is NO help. So be careful, and have a LOT of First Aid gear on hand.... Help is not coming..... If you are on medications, do whatever you have to do to have a really good 30 days at least stockpile of all those meds..... Nobody is coming to bring you your heart meds, or blood pressure pills, or your immunotherapy pills, or whatever.... #4b I would maintain a high level of vigilance, in a post disaster world. I'm talking about things you can't talk about on KZbin. Maintain a high posture of alertness & readiness. Take no chances with your personal security & the security of your family & friends..... I could go on & on.... TLDR, you need a generator. Figure it out, do some research, get a generator. Get the plug wired to your house, so you don't have 10 extension cords going all over the place..... Make sure you are VERY clear on which switches to flip in your electrical panel box.... Take pictures, make notes, stick that to the wall right next to the panel, so that when you need it, and you are stressing, it's right there.... Several of my neighbors, I was helping them get their generators running, they were very honest, they said "Look, I had this put in 3 years ago, he showed me how to do it.... I really have no recollection of what he said..." So, don't be that guy, write it down... Take pictures during your test run, so you know "This is how the switches were"..... there's gonna be anxiety. You will be out of sorts. You will not be super chill and loving life at that moment.... Put the instructions on the wall, so that an 8 year old could do it.... So watch this video 2 more times, and then watch the related videos 2 or 3 times each, and then go get a generator.....

[@rayanator105]

Saw the Auroras in Auckland,New Zealand on Saturday night and it's very unusual to have Auroras this far North in New Zealand and Transpower who has overall management of the national grid issued a Grid Emergency Notice and disconnected some of the high voltage lines to reduce the risk of Geomagnetic Induced Currents causing massive damage.

[@johnklimes179]

Happy mothers day! I have a predator 8750 generator that i love. i i run it once a month with a load on it for about 20 minutes. i add seafoam to the fuel to stabilize it. had the generator for quite a few years and it never missed a beat. it got us through hurricane Idaliah with fling colors.

[@snoriverrc3842]

I am a huge fan of Propane generators, or gennys that use gas and propane or natural gas. Propane is so much easier to buy, transport, and store when you have a major disaster. Maybe I've been lucky but I've had it for over 10 years, and it still starts on one pull and I get about 12 hours from a bottle/can.

[@jackdawg4579]

I am surprised how few rain water tanks i see on US you tube videos. Just about everyone has them where i come from. It was actually mandated that new houses had to have them for quite a few years when we had an extensive drought in the 2000's. It isnt required now, but water prices are certainly high enough to make it worthwhile to have them anyway.

[@saigyl9149]

i keep spoiled gas in a glass jar and dip sticks or cardboard into it to use as starters for my wood furnace, it's important to take extra precautions when doing this though, don't completely saturate the sticks or cardboard, even spoiled you want to avoid causing a flash bang in your wood furnace

[@philliphall5198]

I agree on waiting until it’s too late and then crying help me, I got calls from Big D during the Texas big freeze and I’m four hours away I tried to help them and some saved there homes and others didn’t in time It’s sad because I felt very bad for them Please people start them every month and dump old fuel or put in vehicles 😊

[@phillipwaeltz6413]

Happy Mother’s Day. You might want to try a nasal rinse I haven’t had problems since I started a nasal wash

[@rodneymiddleton9624]

I have a waste oil furnace that I use to burn all of my waste oil. Nice tips. I had a customer drop off a mower yesterday that was locked up because he didn’t shut the fuel off last fall and it filled the crankcase with gas and he ran it.

[@tomyot77]

Prayers for quick recovery and happy Mother’s Day

[@PlanetaryThoughts9861]

I don't want to run my whole house on a generator so I put in a sub panel for my essentials, furnace, kitchen, laundry. If I'm home when the SHTF I can just transfer the sub panel (pull handle down, start generator) to the generator manually. The house had a vintage 240 volt switch and fuse box for an 18,000 btu air conditioner in the living room that has been repurposed.

[@dennisg.7498]

My neighbor owns a fireworks company and their parent company does the big week long EAA event in Oshkosh, WI. They do a setup where they have containers set up down both sides of a runway filled with a mix of gas, diesel and maybe kerosene ? As a fighter jet flies at mach " Hold onto your shorts" speed doing a low pass, they light those babies sequentially so it looks like a bomb straifing run. Any way, that's how we dispose of our old fuel in WI! ( Video is online )

[@TXCherokee]

I sold my Black n Decker 8,000 K generator last year. It was 15-20 years old and had kept us with power 3 or 4 times. I would change oil every 50 hours. Sold it for $250

[@angieshaw8877]

FYI to everyone: that solar flare/"Northern lights" reached us here on GA as well...hubby and I missed it because we were asleep, and there was a cloud cover in our area near ATL airport anyway... Relieved that Bre survived the tornadic outbreak last week... My hubby is from K.C.Mo as a child and grandparents lived in Sedalia, MO ...he knows about extreme weather patterns in the Heartland and has several amazing stories during flights to/from K.C. over the years from hid dad's home...we do get some tough weather nowadays here in the SOUTH- EAST, including a rare blizzard in March 1993...and over time we have had ice storms during transitions from Winter to sometimes late Spring in April!! ATLANTA is on the "toe end" of the Appalacian Mtns. and only about 60-70 miles to the Alabama line...N.W. GA is in between and now many of the North GA Mtns are experiencing flooding, tornadoes, heavy lighting strikes that can knock out power grids for days...we r the home headqtrs for GA POWER CO and all their sub-contractors of The Southern Company, and they have a co-op with Atlanta Gas Light for available home-app automatic generators ...our busiest world-wide ATL Airport has all the latest technology to keep it going during these storms... @lds/aes However, we have never forgot about the Biblical account of a cata- strophic storm on the Sea of Galilee, and Jesus woke up from a nap on a small boat with the disciples, and simply raised HIS hands and cried out, "PEACE, BE STILL!!!" Folks, Jesus is the Prince of Peace...only HE can prepare you for the upcoming storms in your lives... suggest you all find a local home group Bible study fellowship and learn just how HE paid the price once and for all to spend Eternity with Him!

[@scubasteve7946]

Great video. Good information. Maybe for future video ideas you can include the propane kits for retrofitting existing generators and the option of dual fuel capable new ones to help avoid fuel varnished carbs. I saw another good option also for seldom used engines to drain the tank and bowl, then pour a quart of atf along with a fuel preservative with vci in it. Turn over the engine enough to pull the ATF into the main jet. It will act like a preservative for the carb so when it's needed later, you can drain the ATF and refill the tank and start easy.

[@TXCherokee]

Last month in Houston Tx we didn’t have power for 2 weeks

[@rlwoods61]

I don't understand people who have back-up generators but NEVER exercise them except when that are needed! My wife and I lived in our 28 foot bumper pull camper while we finished out our working career. I had a 4000 watt generator to run the camper in the summer, if the power went out and a 800 watt, 2 stroke generator, to run it in the winter (frig, heater and hot water running on propane) in the winter. I would and still do "exercise" those generators once a quarter, under load, for 15 minutes. I then close the fuel shut off valve and let the carb run out of fuel. Our retirement house has a "whole house" generator. It is only a 100 amps so I cannot be running the clothes dryer, water heater, and stove/oven with the heat pump but I can manage that. It runs a exercise program once a week for 5 minutes to keep everything lubed and ready to run. It is propane so I don't have to worry about the fuel going bad. I just need to make sure I don't run out!

[@leg414]

Always...Always...Test and use to make sure it is there when you need it! Peace

[@jeffmerren4277]

We use recreational fuel in our small engine equipment and never have a problem year to year. Including out zero turn, walk behind, generator and hand held.

[@disturbedmaynard3873]

We have to miss out on the Aurora Borealis tonight because we are being fogged out by the smoke from Canadian fires. I really should start up my generator. It has not been started, ever. Kind of figured if I start it, then I have to deal with prepping it for storage.

[@bobmartin9518]

I suggest and practice starting my generator at least once or twice a month. I load the unit for about an hour and as always check the oil and use a fuel stabilizer It works.

[@johnme7049]

Have a great day dear.

[@shannonlawsonnashville]

I have three generators, outside cooking accessories that don’t rely on anything, but wood and propane or charcoal, a massive garden, between me and my father we have three running tractors and other yard implements, we do a massive amount of canning, we’ve got plenty of pow pow And we live close to a freshwater Creek. I know exactly what you’re talking about. It’s also one of the reasons I left Nashville last year. Something big gonna happen, don’t know when, but at some point. In the Bible says come out of the cities. So I did.

[@johnclyne6350]

I’m a power lineman for a living. I trust only one generator. Honda inverter generators. I personally own the EU 7000is. This is fuel injected. No carb problems. I use Star Tron Fuel Enzyme & Stabil Marine Grade fuel stabilizer. I have stored gasoline in excess of a year & my Honda starts on the first try. I use mine to back feed my entire house including our central air. It’s great & quiet. My neighbors thought I had a private line to my house during an area outage.

[@BG-vq9fd]

I liked your spare carburetor comment. I have a 5000 watt Honda with what they call 11 hp, GX340? I tried to look up a carb on line. There were so many on line I gave up and took all my numbers to the Honda dealer. He narrowed it down to 6 and made a swag on which one to get. I ordered a carb, gasket kit, mounting gaskets, and etc. All those parts are in a bag hanging on the generator. I also have GX340's on a snow blower and pressure washer. I looked at the ethanol stabilizer you listed. I only saw 4oz bottles and could not tell how much that treated.

[@jeffjackson5331]

Glad you folks are ok down there. Happy Mothers Day Bree

[@michaeledge8905]

Propane converters are a good idea too.

[@Bassguitarist1985]

Hey Bre! Great video as always. You should mention about the Tri-Fuel conversion kits to run gasoline generators on propane and natural gas. Side steps the whole stale gasoline issue all together. Some generators are already native dual fuel gas/propane like Firman/Champion and some Generacs.

[@christimm394]

Great video, helpful info, thanks for sharing your knowledge Happy Mother’s Day One suggestion, in the future, Please don’t wear sandals when power washing, they offer no protection, I am far from a professional, but I was once an EMT And I saw what could happen

[@e.t.preppin7084]

I was nervous watching that. Yes it’s very dangerous

[@milwaukeeroadjim9253]

I wear my rubber boots and shorts and I just have an electric unit. Once in sandals I ripped my foot when the spray hit it. Ouch

[@mattb9664]

I personally take my generator out once a month and run it for 20 minutes with a space heater connected to each leg at 10 minutes each. It charges the battery and it makes sure to just get it cycled. I also had to get a GenTent, because it really is 50/50 on whether it will be raining or not during a power outage. It's a good to occasionally refamiliarize with how that accessory connects to your generator, and I'd go ahead and run a speed drill for proper set up.

[@Brian-Outdoors]

I only run non-ethanol gas in my 2 inverters and I have a reminder to start them monthly for at least 10 minutes to make sure they stay running. Here in Wisconsin we rarely need them but I have used them 3 times in the last 10 years for minor power outages.

[@ITOLDUDA]

Ethanol free fuel is the key to keeping small engines running. Unfortunately, in some areas it can be hard to find. It's not here. Most large gas stations have it.

[@charlielamb4606]

@@ITOLDUDA use a five gallon bucket fill it with four gallons of gas. clear bucket, if you can find it. put one gallon of water in the bucket. put a water tight lid on it. shake it hard, including back and forth. let it sit for a few days. the ethanol and water will go to the bottom. siphon off 3.6 gallons. that will be the pure fuel. ethanol is attracted to water. i use one gallon glass jugs. for my yard equipment. you can see the separation. water on the bottom, ethanol between the gas and water.

[@robertthomas5906]

You can probably go longer. I bought a blown-up generator 20 years ago. It was a 7500 with a B&S engine. It was used for house construction power. They let the oil get too low and it blew. The crankcase was ok so I bought it for $50. $75 in parts and some precision work by my fingers and a very chisel to get the aluminum off the steel crankshaft and I had it back in action. For me to do it wasn't so bad. If I were doing it as a job the hours I put into it would have run the cost way up. Getting the armature off the crankshaft was a lot of fun. When I had things lined up just right it popped off. Otherwise, it's on there. I have used that generator a whole lot over the years. What I always do is when I'm done with it let it run a little with no load to start cooling it down. Then turn the gas line off and let it suck all that gas out of the carb. Sometimes that engine has gone 4 or 5 years without being used. Turn the gas back on and she fires right up. No problem. In other years like last year, I used that generator a whole lot. It's stored in my garage towards the door so I can get it out if I need it. I've always used ethanol-free whenever I could get it. For a while, it was just about impossible to get ethanol-free. They called it "Substandard gasoline." That's because the standard has ethanol.

[@Brian-Outdoors]

@@robertthomas5906 I am sure you are right but these are cheap Westinghouse inverters and one does not have a gas shutoff and the other it doesn’t seem to work😊 I do shut off the gas valves on my quality Honda Snow blowers and mowers ever year to get them ready for storage when their season is over with no issues also draining the carb bowls. I drain all my other equipment of gas when I will be storing it as well.

[@michaelhale1666]

Are you running the generators on your deck under the awning? CO concerns through what looked like a door? I have a covered patio here in DFW facing north and recommendation is for it to be 10’> from door/windows so I can’t run mine there, though I wonder if a CO detector would pick up excess coming through windows? When I run mine monthly I have a box fan to pull some wattage and I have it blowing toward the generator to disburse fumes further. I have a plug on my garage wall to plug generator into so I can use my interlock on my panel inside the garage.

[@truracer20]

I use sta-bil in every can of fuel as soon as I get home from the gas station. It saves equipment that either sit unused or break down and get set in the corner and forgotten. I do use my generator to run my welder so it gets at least occasional use all year. But from November-may it gets 5w30 oil and I make sure to have the tank full and 5 gallon ready. Even in 15*F temps my powermate fires up in 3 pulls or less plus it gets regular oil changes, 5w30 in cold months and 10w40 in the warm months. Mostly we use it for lighting and the refrigerator during outages but in longer winter outages I have a pigtail that I wire into the furnace. We went through a 5 or 6 year period when every time either the Daytona 500 or the Super bowl were just about to start we'd lose power, back then the generator was stored in our kart racing trailer and was a pain to get to, and fiddley to start because it had sat since September. Ever since the second consecutive year of that happening it lives on the back porch and always gets started at least every couple of months. Fuel stabilizer is KEY. Keep the air away from the fuel and life is good. Keep tanks as full as possible during storage for optimal results.

[@bobbg9041]

Best advice is always run your gas powered equipment out of gas if your not using is for a wile and keep fresh gas on hand in the garage that way your always using fresh fuel. Just put the slightly older stuff in your car and burn it. Your vet can use most 4 cycle gas without problems if its still smells good.

[@nctrailcam81]

Great video. I would like to toss in 2 notes. If you get a solar generator, get one like Oupes that has LiFePO4 battery chemistry. All of the things you see catching fire in the news use NMC or similar chemistry. And as someone who has used and repaired cedar raised beds for 20 years I recommend taking a look at the enameled metal ones. I am switching over and love them. Just look for a good manufacturer.

[@davidferguson9695]

I just want to say happy mothers day. Love the videos

[@marcobrian1619]

Love watching your channel, you have helped me out so much, getting back into small engines. I'm in UK, I could say so many positives about your last video...... I'm not going too deep as alot say I'm a conspicuous......lol But I do truly think the WEF is behind alot of mystery things that's happening round world, all since COVID bs. As for your waist oil ect.....why not get a waist oil burner for your workshop or house?? Just to add with small Genny's......the capacitor sometimes fails too..... So like you, pull cord, carb, spark plugs and capacitor in a Genny first aid box.

[@jackjack-lq4de]

I lived 68 years in South TX no tornados. Had 2. 1 by my house and 1 by Laguna vista.nasty. what's happening? Happy mom day

[@TC-bg7up]

I have been a mechanic since I held a wrench. I started on bicycles than lawnmowers than dirtbikes than two strokes, my favorite internal combustion engine by far! helpfull hint when preasure washing a deck use the fan nozzle with the grain of the wood, it will make it a lot easier to hide the lap marks🙂

[@shadowtraxx6736]

So many people having this cold these past couple of weeks. South Carolina.

[@jimgreene7415]

Do so much enjoy your shows. Informative and fun to watch.

[@larryrussell4905]

I keep my tank empty and put 1 - 2 quarts of gasoline in it every 3 months. I run it with varying loads, no - full load until totally out of gas. Been doing this to this and the last generator I owned and they have NEVER failed to start and run. I sold the last generator when I got a whole house generator but soon learned that was a mistake! Needed a back up for it!!! It's on my calendar to run every three months!

[@lorrinbarth1969]

Apocalypse now!!! My city was hit by a tornado many years ago. It pretty much flattened the entire electrical system. So, we were without power until that could all be rebuilt. We cooked outside on the grill and went to bed when it became dark. It was hot sleeping upstairs (no AC) but apparently we were too lazy to move the bed to the basement. I remember going to work wearing a hardhat, carrying a canteen and a flashlight. About the biggest problem I suffered during this ordeal was flat tires. So, my advice is, if you want to prepare for a tornado, buy run flats.

[@richardcleary9107]

My Coleman generator (2003 from ft bragg) had not been stated since 2009...left with no fuel in it...cranked right up once put pure gas in it. (Gas cap has deteriorated with plastic falling out of it)

[@gregj2647]

I’ve had a generator for about 15 years and when it’s needed, it works great. We had an electrician install a bypass switch and we can power the entire house. A big mistake I made was leaving old gas in the tank. After replacing the carburetor, I now add fuel stabilizer to the gas and I also start the generator generator every 2 weeks. Haven’t had any problems since I started this practice.

[@groundhog141]

I have the same set up. At breaker box I flip switch from power company to off, then switch for line from generator to on. However, the large cable that connects the generator to the breaker box has two ends and I am not sure if it matters which end goes to machine and which goes to plug-in box. Do you have such a cable and does it make a difference? TYA for response.

[@RandyHolmes-w4s]

Liked the patriotic attire ! I'm a veteran and it does the heart good to see it ! 🇺🇸👍

[@peterwalker7869]

Speaking of generators, it's a good idea to remind people to check/change the oil at the recommend intervals. I have heard of instances when the grid goes down for extended periods, people rush out to buy a new generator. Take it home, fill up with oil and fuel, then pull the rope. They don't shut it down, just top up the fuel and keep it running. Then they can't understand why after 5 or 6 days of continuous running, the engine blows up.

[@pyrog.c.c89]

Be safe Bre Happy Mother 's day. Gary from Colfax WV.

[@greatnortoni]

I remember watching your video on the good & bad lawn mowers, where you went to a box store and videoed them, I would like to see something like that for a Generator, perhaps sharing with us the good & the bad so we can make an educated decision on purchasing one.

[@ytwatcher2021]

Project farm would have a video on that i would check it out

[@j.d.ensminger1710]

great info...wish more people would prep for disaster and not wait till last min.

[@timcrouch9849]

I recommend a propane. I bought one a while ago as a backup to my gasoline. Will never put gasoline in it ( it’s dual fuel ). Solved the problem.

[@stevecallaway8457]

Small generator was “ serviced “ and the “electrical plugs” didn’t work. After watching your videos I will clean gas tank out and check carburetor. Not a mechanic but can learn. Thanks Steve from Tyler Tx

[@alanmccalla6737]

The EF2 went within 2000ft of us. The police were proactive about it and if you don't live back there, ya don't get to go see back there. Our generator ran fine. Non-ethanol gas with seafoam is all I use. AC, freezer, two refrigerators, tv, lights, and power to spare. Home oxygen concentrator and C pap machine all run on electric. Happy mother's Day, Bre. As a Boy Scout or firefighter always be prepared. Generator, chain saw, fresh clean fuel, an abundance of spring drinking water.

[@normanmack2368]

Hang in there girl. Yes millions have generators sitting around. But remember after we get things going we need to think about generator placement. I've seen people run there generator inside somewhere and either get sick or die from carbon dioxcide poisoning let alone putting card board near or on the generator making it get too hot. What ever its a very serious event. Excellent having a spare carberator. Most of all generators need preperation and safe practices. I installed many Y2k generators with transfer switches from 10 hp or 4,000 what to 100 hp and 2,500 amps. Botom line is generators are very serious.

[@dougadams9419]

I have a Champion 5500 running watt generator and once a month I run it for 20 minutes as the manual requires. Occasionally it gets run when there is a local power outage due to storms or other reasons. Stabilizer in the fuel For shutdown the manual says turn off the fuel and let run until it stops. Empty carburetor means no stale fuel or varnish buildup. It's 7 years old and still runs perfectly. Got me through 3 Hurricanes and several Tropical Storms. I'm in South Carolina.

[@scottyellis3442]

Funny this came across my watch list, just today I started working on my generators, big Honda (11,000 watts)1st then moving on to the smaller Tecumseh (5500 watts)

[@GCGomez]

Thanks Bre'! ❤👍

[@workbenchz]

Prioritize your back-up power use. Make a list like: basement sump pump, refrigerator, limited lights, well pump, entertainment, fans, . This helps you work through the tradeoffs between the size of the generator you can afford and what you really need.

[@TXCherokee]

My big problem during storm or hurricane for weeks. Is finding a gas station with power. If you can’t NO GAS

[@TheBrokenLife]

Yeaaaaars ago I added a drain line from the tank on my generator so it's never stored with gas in it and I always run it out of fuel at the carb. I have a spare carb (plus a rebuild kit for the original), spare plug, spare ignition module, dedicated can of ether, and a cover. I normally stock 10-20 gallons of ethanol-free fuel that I cycle out every 6 months. I feel I'm reasonably ready to go...

[@majicmancoo]

good advice

[@zener1559]

Personally I recommend you always buy a tri-fuel generator and run it on propane or natural gas. Most homes will have one or the other for heat anyway. I personally have an automatic whole house cummins that auto runs once a week for 20 minutes

[@BigBoxDodge2020]

I've asked you about a string trimmer heads and never got a response. I want to let you know my brother and I install Generac generators. Stand by units that work excellent. Every time you need it.

[@uria711]

Where do you plan to store the water tote? If it gets any sun on it, it will promote algae growth.

[@normankeoghan5298]

Hi Chivkanic BOILING FULE : I have a 6500watt petrol generator with the 5 gallon fuel tank that is mounted directly above the engine ( it covers the full top frame area ) as most of them do. After about 45 minutes of running I turned it off . To my surprise the petrol was boiling in the gas tank, from the heat of the engine. I have since fixed the problem by raising the fuel tank 3” and placing an aluminium heat shield under the entire tank. Just thought I would shear my experience and simple fix to an extreme hazard. Hope this helps you and others. Great content, Cheers from New Zealand.

[@revbikerbigd8664]

Ever think about getting a waste oil heater for the shop to save on heating cost ? Free oil !

[@SouthernGround]

As a retired professional firefighter for 30 years I will tell you to get them damn gas genset's away from the house and feed them into a transfer switch, been to at least a half dozen house/garage fire's and countless CO poisonings from improperly placed unit's. and as you know gravity fed genset's are the worst for leaking and dumping gas on the ground. be safe 😉👍🏻

[@dfields9511]

yep, I have thought of a few times of getting a Generator from HFT or finding a used one that I would fix.

[@Farmer-bh3cg]

Suggestions: Always keep the gas tanks full with a stabilizer of your choice. Run the generator (Under Load!!) an hour or so every other month. With regular maintenance (read the instruction book and do what it says...) and use every couple months, you should limit any generator problems.

[@jimstruve3602]

I live in Iowa and there is a shop nearby that heats their building in the winter with used motor oil!

[@cabman86]

We had straight line winds here a few weeks ago. We had huge oaks littered all over the town. My 60 foot tall oak fell and thank God it missed the house. The trunk was 5.5 feet wide.

[@John-NeverStopLearning]

I would add either a waste oil heater or a multi fuel heater to the shop and maybe your house as well.

[@DM-uv3sd]

Happy Mothers Day7 Bre, your the best. get well.

[@gretaknebel8495]

Happy Mother’s Day Bri!

[@kevinhitt719]

You are right people need to tend to their equipment weather it's needed or not. I'm lucky in that I have access to non ethanol gas but I still drain the gas , remove the bowl and blow the carb out so nothing is in there. Does this help? The generator is 25 years old and still starts first pull every time and is needed 3 or 4 times a year so yes I like to think so.

[@ohiofarmer5918]

I have a 4500 Coleman generator that is set to 3600 RPM and never cuts back. My main use would be to keep the outside water furnace running and not freezing. We have a few Kerosun heaters around. That Coleman Genset has always been a rude crude loud monster. We took a bit of extra money before the great inflation, so we went to Harbor freight and bought a 3500 quiet genset. It cuts back and fires up easily.So quiet that you can hold a conversation . Throw that puppy in the detached but open air garage and keep the home fires burning Got it on sale and got additional ten percent off to get a Harbor Freight credit card and Used that to buy a few things but paid it off with no interest. Then they bought a Genset up to the front with a banged up box. I said that I would take it if they discounted and noted the damaged box so I could return it if the Genset was damaged. They took off sixty dollars more. Those fancy gensets need to be started at least once a month and has taken out of them and run through the old pickup trucks on occasion. A bit of Berryman's added to the gas is not horrible either