Where can I buy a portable diesel generator? Any where in Michigan?

 

Go to an r.v. dealership and buy a kipor diesel -- they are very quiet and extremley fuel effecient. reasonably priced too.

 

For what purpose and how many Kilowatts are you talking about?
Standby, RV?
Onan Quiet Diesels are nice.

http://www.onan.com/onan/;jsessionid...questid=162316

 

mainly looking for a emergency generator to keep things going when power goes out so anywhere up to 10k

 

Is the onan a diesel? I only see where it says gasoline. Would be nice to have something made by cummins

 

You could also look at www.Northerntool.com

 

Heh Heh, LethalInjection, take a look at who owns ONAN lock,stock and barrel...


Are you looking for something with "wheels and handles" type of portability something like this?http://cgi.ebay.com/7500W-Electric-S...QQcmdZViewItem

or something a little heavier that can be "dragged or lifted into position" portable?(like this)http://cgi.ebay.com/Northern-Lights-...QQcmdZViewItem

I had always thought that if I ever lived up where ice storms were a way of life, I'd get something like the following. This is a Kubota powered Onan marine genset w/o radiator. I've always thought this would be ideal for plumbing into a home's hot water heating system.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ONAN-...72655861QQrdZ1

I'm rather partial to the little Kubota engines as they are pretty bulletproof and ULTRA-reliable. They have a very wide distributorship for parts and svc.
I have a 6Kw kubota powered genset/light tower with a 30+ gal internal tank. On one tankful It'll run for 60+ hrs at rated load.
1800rpm = last forever


K.

 

What STrattler said. Also you can buy some real inexpensive Chinese portable diesel gensets. I have one (6500w) I paid less than $800.00 new for. It only has a couple hundred hrs. on it but so far so good.
Joe

 

I got some of the chinese [ junk ] would not do again , unless it was an emergency and I could not aford at the time , witch is why I bought the last one .
Every time I used it something went wrong or broke , I like to shut off petcocks when I shut down , this one broke off 3 times , threads are different than any replacments avalable , no screen in the petcock tank end , so the fuel leaked out when I drove with it in the be of the truck on an on an on an on it went .
The next time I will get a Miller welder genset , [ comes in diesel { for twice the price }] now besides power it can work also , 2 cylinder , it will put out 10k while welding .

 

Ya, I've heard those Chinese genset horror stories. I guess I'm just lucky. Besides it's one of 4 so if it takes a dump it's not the problem it could be otherwise.
Joe

 

I don't weld but if I did, that is definitely what I would have.
(unbelievably )Our plant recently wound up with 3 of those little Miller diesel welders in addition to the bigger stuff.. VERY NICE UNITS! They have tiny wheels, but are not roadworthy. Only for dragging around the plant very slowly.
The Miller's we've got have small Kubota's in them, and they run @3600RPM.
A nice feature is to be able to get 120/240vac 10kw 60hz power, and when unloaded the engine will throttle back to idle, just like when welding(quiet too!).


K.

 

Here they are.
Jim

Diesel,
http://www.onan.com/onan/rvgenerator...torDisplay.jsp

http://www.onan.com/onan/mobilegener...torDisplay.jsp

http://www.onan.com/onan/mobilegener...torDisplay.jsp

Propane,
http://www.onan.com/onan/homestandby...eratorHome.jsp

 

Check Mayberrys online. They have by far the best prices I have seenon quite generators. You have to call them to get pricing.

Hub

 

You said you wanted something with a cummins in it, here you go.

 

If you've got a Diesel tractor in the shed you might consider one of these ~