802A parts gen

[grywitt]

So I got a gen at the auction thinking it looked rough enough it might be a good parts gen. I paid a bit much for a parts gen but with the price of parts it should wash pretty quick. Well after about 15 minutes with my meter and some hand tools it's running making power and sounds pretty good except that most of its casing screws are missing but when I hold enough parts down to stop most of the rattles it's pretty smooth. I think I'm addicted to troubleshooting and fixing these but I really need to let some go.

How do I condemn a gen to parts when it wants to do it's job? I posted one 10k on FB locally but am getting very little interest. I guess the people around here don't realize how awesome these are. I'm not trying to make a business so much as tinker at stuff I enjoy. How do I find these gens good homes where they will be appreciated? I have 5 and 10kw gens and even one 15. A 3 kw that's kicking my but right now but I'll win eventually.

I think we don't lose power enough around here to make backup power a priority for people. I guess if you don't know the difference 10kw in an 1100 pound machine seems kind of crazy when you can go to Home Depot and get a 13.5kw 250lb machine for $1000. Oh well I'm having fun and if the power goes out I have lots of options.

 

[Scoobyshep]

It would have to be infeasable to repair before I would strip it for parts (Blown engine, bad winding) even then, I had a 002 with a bad crank and since I had a spare engine, It was replaced. Now one day Ill pull that engine down and have some parts.

Tough call though. Guess theres a reason I have a few on my shop.

 

[GopherHill]

Can't have too many green machines .

 

[Guyfang]

If you just have to sell it, open a for sale thread. There is a special forum for it and I would suggest you go to the Site Rules and give them a good look through. This forum is a good place to sell one.

 

[Light in the Dark]

So I got a gen at the auction thinking it looked rough enough it might be a good parts gen. I paid a bit much for a parts gen but with the price of parts it should wash pretty quick. Well after about 15 minutes with my meter and some hand tools it's running making power and sounds pretty good except that most of its casing screws are missing but when I hold enough parts down to stop most of the rattles it's pretty smooth. I think I'm addicted to troubleshooting and fixing these but I really need to let some go.

How do I condemn a gen to parts when it wants to do it's job? I posted one 10k on FB locally but am getting very little interest. I guess the people around here don't realize how awesome these are. I'm not trying to make a business so much as tinker at stuff I enjoy. How do I find these gens good homes where they will be appreciated? I have 5 and 10kw gens and even one 15. A 3 kw that's kicking my but right now but I'll win eventually.

I think we don't lose power enough around here to make backup power a priority for people. I guess if you don't know the difference 10kw in an 1100 pound machine seems kind of crazy when you can go to Home Depot and get a 13.5kw 250lb machine for $1000. Oh well I'm having fun and if the power goes out I have lots of options.

I think what you are going to find is there just isn't enough 'extra money' around today. Discretionary spending has evaporated for a significant portion of households across the US:

""While sales growth was strong across all income cohorts, we continue to see especially strong performance from middle- and higher-income customer," Dollar Tree CEO Mike Creedon told investors on the company's earnings call Wednesday.

Dollar Tree said customers with a salary of more than $100,000 made up two-thirds of its new customers in the second quarter, up from 50% in the first quarter. Same-store sales grew 6.5% at the retailer during the quarter." - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/doll...vels-look-to-save-080041053.html?guccounter=1

I've been very fortunate with MEPs for a long time, and I can tell you from where I sit... things have been basically dead, for years on end now. I don't even draw scammers anymore...they must have had to find work.

Good luck in your local market.

 

[Scoobyshep]

I think what you are going to find is there just isn't enough 'extra money' around today. Discretionary spending has evaporated for a significant portion of households across the US:

""While sales growth was strong across all income cohorts, we continue to see especially strong performance from middle- and higher-income customer," Dollar Tree CEO Mike Creedon told investors on the company's earnings call Wednesday.

Dollar Tree said customers with a salary of more than $100,000 made up two-thirds of its new customers in the second quarter, up from 50% in the first quarter. Same-store sales grew 6.5% at the retailer during the quarter." - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/doll...vels-look-to-save-080041053.html?guccounter=1

I've been very fortunate with MEPs for a long time, and I can tell you from where I sit... things have been basically dead, for years on end now. I don't even draw scammers anymore...they must have had to find work.

Good luck in your local market.

I have discovered that when a hurricane hits, I become very popular.

 

[peapvp]

I have discovered that when a hurricane hits, I become very popular.

@Scoobyshep you are always popular, our favorite!

 

[peapvp]

I think what you are going to find is there just isn't enough 'extra money' around today. Discretionary spending has evaporated for a significant portion of households across the US:

""While sales growth was strong across all income cohorts, we continue to see especially strong performance from middle- and higher-income customer," Dollar Tree CEO Mike Creedon told investors on the company's earnings call Wednesday.

Dollar Tree said customers with a salary of more than $100,000 made up two-thirds of its new customers in the second quarter, up from 50% in the first quarter. Same-store sales grew 6.5% at the retailer during the quarter." - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/doll...vels-look-to-save-080041053.html?guccounter=1

I've been very fortunate with MEPs for a long time, and I can tell you from where I sit... things have been basically dead, for years on end now. I don't even draw scammers anymore...they must have had to find work.

Good luck in your local market.

The aftermarket business has slowed down for us as well since the end of 2021.
Most residential business was taken over by Generac with their LPG gensets and their sales people who scared the customers into signing extended service contracts and getting the Genset and ATS at a discount……

 

[peapvp]

@Light in the Dark and @Scoobyshep

I recently started promoting European Style Cream Butter made in USA (Wisconsin) for Walmart on my new YouTube channel

 

[Digger556]

I've been very fortunate with MEPs for a long time, and I can tell you from where I sit... things have been basically dead, for years on end now. I don't even draw scammers anymore...they must have had to find work.

Good luck in your local market.

That's just sad, but I've seen evidence of downturn for a long time now. I had an 802a on Marketplace for weeks at half the price of other units and only got two scammers. Ended up selling it to an acquaintance for his off-grid cabin.

 

[Light in the Dark]

@Light in the Dark and @Scoobyshep

I recently started promoting European Style Cream Butter made in USA (Wisconsin) for Walmart on my new YouTube channel

Cant say a YouTube butter video was on my saturday night dance card, but I now know what to try on my next run to the store

 

[grywitt]

I guess I better stop buying gens. I've been telling my wife is can sell them if I want to. Ha ha. I was working a lot of hours and was collecting projects cause I enjoy fixing things. Most of them I bought as non running machines. From what I've seen I've gotten really lucky and they have all needed minor things. I've brought them home gotten them running and ordered parts to fix them.

I haven't needed the money so I haven't been worried about getting rid of them. My wife has given me some raised eyebrows. So that job ended and I've had time to work on these and test them and been having fun for a month. I bought this last one thinking I could steel enough parts for the finishing touches on my pile of gens. Now that I got it running and producing electricity I can't turn it into parts. Heck it's got low hours.

So now I get to spend some hours making this gen look good and work good. But thanks for telling me these things I will stop bidding. So I have one 803 power plant. I'm pretty sure I'm keeping that one. I have two 10k gens on trailers one 5k on a trailer two now without trailers. A 15kw on trailer and the 3k. So 9 gens. Lol. I've been telling my wife I'll sell them when I get time. She knows I've had time lately. Oh well I've only listed the one so far so I can still say I haven't tried very hard to sell them.

All run and make power only two aren't ready to go. It's been fun leaning about these gens and if we have a major power outage I can make our whole street run.

Thank you Guyfang for the tip about selling on here. I'll consider listing them after reading the rules. Have a great weekend everyone.

 

[Dieselmeister]

Part of the problem is that people don't understand the reliability of a diesel generator. They go and buy a cheap Home Depot gasoline generator, fill it up, test run it, then let is sit for several years, and wonder why it won't start anymore.
All of the smaller MEP generators (802, 531A, 16D) I bought on the auctions always started up, after adding oil and diesel. That, after sitting for who knows how many years in a warehouse. Only one of them had a stuck injection pump, which was an easy fix. On my monthly test runs, they always start on the first crank. With the TM's, and basic tools, they can easily be maintained.
Yes, generators are addicting. Like you, I bought too many, and will have to start selling some off soon. At least I was lucky enough to buy them when they were still cheap.

 

[FarmingSmallKubota]

I have stopped buying Generators as they will not sell even for half of what people are paying on GovPlanet. I have several and they just sit. very little if any profit if i sell one. I am at the point where several of my MEP running gen sets are about to be broken down for parts and sold because they are more valuable that way and actually sell.

 

[Ray70]

Great! I've been sitting on a couple super nice 803's on a power plant trailer W/belly tank with <20 hours each.... because I've been too busy/lazy to advertise them.... great to hear the market is now plummeting!

 

[FarmingSmallKubota]

Great! I've been sitting on a couple super nice 803's on a power plant trailer W/belly tank with <20 hours each.... because I've been too busy/lazy to advertise them.... great to hear the market is now plummeting!

Ray thats my area maybe your area has more of a market, but i have 4 Gov planet locations within 8 hours of my location so that might be part of it. PA, MI, KY, OH all are selling gens