loosegravel
Just a retired mechanic who's having fun!
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I've got a question for those who are wiser than I. When looking at prospective generators to buy on Iron Planet or Government Planet I'm wondering what is a danger area as far as hours? I know this is an extremely vague question. In my experience with working around other types of equipment with hour meters (transport refrigeration units is one) the equivalent to over the road vehicles was to use 60 miles per hour of time. So a genset with say 4000 hours on it would equate to 240,000 miles. Is this the formula that you would all use? When I sell these units people always want to know how many hours is a lot or too much. I'm a firm believer that these marvelous machines are fully capable of running 10,000 hours before needing an overhaul, provided they've been properly maintained of course. I haven't researched the TM's to see what the military spec is for needing an overhaul. It appears that the hour meters are replaced when a tier 2 reset has taken place, but I don't know about a tier 1 reset? I looked but didn't see anything in previous posts about hours of time on these machines and what to stay away from. Thanks as always for the information that you all provide!