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Its a balance between velocity/temperature and back-pressure. A couple of items not mentioned here is you want the exhaust line to slope AWAY from the generator. You will want well insulate the piping to keep condensation to a minimum. If you go through the roof, you will want to set a TEE in...

Oh, the other thing is its out of sight when its being stored. Buying the cable and connectors was like $500. I'd be nervous to put it on a reel out in the open.

I think its a lucky fluke. I bought a generator recently that included load cabling would never fit in one of those boxes! Maybe 25' would but not much more. I'll have to snap a photo of that cable next time I'm over there.

I have 100' of SOOW 6/4 cable that I layer into one of the tool boxes on the trailer. It fits perfectly. I weave it so I can pull the generator end out and connect it without removing the entire string of cable. That allows me to pay out as much of the load end cable as I need to make the...

I've been trying to get one of those for less than a fortune for a very long time.

I’ve been on the lookout for a 420 or 430 loader for my old JD reactor.

This. 100%

Go slow and make sure you don't have other problems. When you get known good batteries in there see if it will bump over with the dead crank switch. Before doing that see if you can spin the engine over by hand.

OK. High probability the computer has a problem. They use a big jump box to try and start the units. Since they couldn't get the hours off the screen it means the display didn't light up when they tried to jump it.

I assume you recently picked it up from Butner? Is it this one? https://www.govplanet.com/for-sale/Generators-and-Power-Equipment-2014-Cummins-Power-Generation-MEP-1040-Generator-Set-North-Carolina/10499863?h=5000%2Csm%7C1%2Ck%7Cmep1040%2Csort%7Cd+asc%2Cmf%7C1&rr=0.5&hitprm=&pnLink=yes

Sounds like it’s going to require the DCS to be removed and inspected internally for damage.

Here in NC when you go to complete the purchase you now have the option for the SF97 or a NCDMV Title. If I remember correctly having them provide the title is like $200 over the cost of the SF97. If I take the SF97 and get it myself its $25. There are road use tax on top of that which you have...

I was going to ask that, as cheap as buck converters are, can you use one of those?

Dude, that exhaust pipe made me giggle. Not in a bad way. I was laughing because its something like I would do. :D

You can run off a single battery but it’s not best practice since it can lead to a charge imbalance between the batteries.

I have a few in the que to get fixed up and go for adoption. After that I expect to be done with them for a while.

A number of us have been squealing about the cost and availability of generators for a while now. Its gotten almost impossible to offer these machines to users for a reasonable cost. I pretty much throw a number down and don't worry whether I get it or not. I'm not getting into any kind of a...

Are you holding it in "START" till you see oil pressure registering on the gauge? This isn't like other machines where you release the START switch as soon as it fires off. You have to hold it in START till its running and it is registering oil pressure. Otherwise it will shutdown.

How was load measured? The onboard load meter or with an external amp meter?

Don’t think we have enough info to say. How many hours on the set? Can we get more history? Is this a new problem?