That thing will be louder than hell. I would just buy a Honda generator. Then you would be set for life.

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That sounds alot like what I did after having to fix my POS lawnmower again and again. I bought a Honda lawnmower with the first Bush economic stimulation. I haven't had any problems with it since. I wish Mercedes made a lawn mower, then the next couple generations would be set.

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80 280SL
85 300SD
87 300TD
92 300D 2.5 Turbo
92 300TE 4Matic

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well, at least this brings it back to being on topic somewhat.

I've considered upgrading my Coleman to one of these!

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2013 C300 4Matic
1984 BMW 733i
2013 Lincoln MKz

Hmm I wonder what the model #'s they would come up with...
frame would have to be MW100 etc...
engines OM002 and up... for diesel, and m002 for gassers...
imagine a OM002 20CC 7HP diesel push mower, and a nice OM006 60CC 25HP Rider... say a 60mwD riding mower with 8 forward hydrostatic tranny.......or a20E fuel injected push mower...

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1987 190D 2.5Turbo
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Some comments on generators. Last year I bought a cheapie 2200 watt unit at Big Lots to keep at the house in Virginia Beach. It uses a Chinese knock-off of an OHV Honda engine with a vey large muffler, and it's very quiet. I've only used mine once and had no problems, but I have read some anecdotes about these concerning hardware failures - muffler brackets breaking, etc...
An acquaintance bought a similar 3500 watt unit from Pep Boys a few years ago and needed a fuel filter fitting. He was unable to contact anyone at the 800 number and wound up fabricating the broken piece himself. Since then he's been using it with his travel-trailer without further problems.
FWIW, I was actually able to get someone on the phone with the generator's 800 number BEFORE I bought my unit.

Here in Alexandria, I have an ancient 3000 watt Tecumseh-powered Homelite generator that I last used after Hurricane Isabel in '03. It's a very heavy jobsite type unit with a small tank, small muffler, and it's very noisy! But it will power my fridge. Unfortunately, if it's not used for awhile, I might need to pop the flywheel and buff the points, or drop the carb bowl and clean the jets, like I had to do the morning after Isabel. but once I got it running it was very reliable - and noisy!

I also got one of those tiny 1200 watt Chinese units at Pep Boys for use with power tools. It's very quiet too, but it wasn't able to get my fridge going after the power outage here last week. After my power was restored next day, I realized that I had the fridge's 'mosture control' anti-condensate setting switched on, which powers an extra heating element in the fridge cabinet, so I don't know if the lttle generator might have worked had I switched the fridge to the 'economy' setting. I'll test it again next power outage.

No personal experience with Honda generators, though recently I salvaged a really nice, fixer-upper Honda mower with Honda's commercial engine. But the smallest Honda generators cost about as much as a 4000 - 5000 watt Coleman or Generac!

By the way, I saw that same $162 Harbour Freight generator at Big Lots today.

Happy Motoring, Mark

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