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At the risk of sounding like a fossil, the only splices I really like carrying lots of amps tend to be soldered lineman splices. Yes, there's the possibility of enough resistive heating to cause thermal stress failure of the solder, but the joint is very strong (stronger than the wire, says...

Every joint between conductors is a possibility of resistive heating or arcing. Yes, it's allowed, and yes I've done it. But, particularly when carrying a generator's whole output into a panel, I tend toward conservatism, and would have done as you did.

You can use SO cord in combination with 'distribution boxes' to create a temporary wiring system connected to the generator's main output lugs. You'll want to ground the generator frame and leave the neutral bonded to the generator frame. In this sort of 'temporary installation,' you're...