As with any description of running an engine indoors, the primary concern is not that the engine get enough air, but that YOU do.
Your vent pipe idea sounds like it might work, but the back-pressure will give the engine something to work against. Any exhaust leakage will be into the space where you and the tractor are. There are codes that govern this kind of thing. At a minimum, invest in a CO monitor to keep things safe if you ever attempt this.
What kind of KW load do you anticipate? Belt-driven generator heads are available from many manufacturers. With some ingenuity, one could be rigged up for this application. But it would probably be cheaper to buy a 5 or 10 KW unit and put it in a 'doghouse' to keep it out of the weather. That solves the exhaust and noise problem, too.
The farms around my area (12 feet snow, average) have hard-wired emergency generators to keep the place running if power goes out, which isn't too often as the infrastructure here is pretty hardened against that kind of thing.
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