OT: Should I Buy This Generator?

DerbyDad03 · 2017-11-16T00:29:25+00:00

Winter is coming. Last year we had 2 weather related power outages. I borrowed 3500W generator and ran my furnace, fridge and a couple of lights with it for about 24 hours. The more I spend on a generator, the less likely it will be that we'll ever have a power outage again. That's said, this appears to be a good deal. The listing shows "Asking $300" which mean he'll take less. Posted 1 month ago. "Description: Used. Maybe has 20 hours of use, full tank of fuel, starts first pull." Should I buy it? Should I offer $250, settle on $275? Thanks.

Nov 16, 2017 22 Replies

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swalker 8 years ago

I had one of these for several years on the farm and although noisy it got us several outages, some as long as 2 days.

The only problem I ever had was when I ran the gas out of the engine. The ethanol or something made a mess in the carb. According to the repair shop you don't always get ever drop of gas out of the carb.

So I would not run it dry. Add stabalizer and run the thing every 2 months for 10 or 15 minutes. That is what I did and never had another problem.

Paid $425 for the generator and sold it years later for $300.

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DerbyDad03 8 years ago

That's what I do with my snow blower and leaf blower in the summer and my lawn mower in the winter. Now I just need to make more noise by adding the generator into the schedule.

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Clare Snyder 8 years ago

I just use ethanol free premium fuel and run the carb dry, and keep the tank full. 3 lawn mowers, snow blower, and generator. The one lawn mawer sat for over 8 years (1957 Lawn King with Lawson engine) The Toro sat for over 20 years (tank and carb drained)

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