Titan Industrial Diesel Generator

Re: Titan Industrial Diesel Generator

verdigo wrote: »

There is a local guy on Craig's List selling a 'Titan Industrial Diesel Generator" I was unable to find any good info on it. The add states 30 hrs run time on it and is asking $1000.00. Anyone with any real world experience with one of these?

Dennis, yes I have experience with them. Basically, they are Chinese units with a 418cc Yanmar clone engine. They can't sell them otherwise so there are people that make a business of selling them on craigslist and eBay, advertising them as "new in the box" or "slightly used" at a drastically reduced price, which is not drastically reduced at all. Sometimes it is the same person with different user names pedaling this stuff on craigslist.

Here is an example that it only took me less than 2 minutes to find on the craigslist here Take a look at these two links:

http://eauclaire.craigslist.org/for/3825957922.html

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/csw/tls/3841459496.html

Now, here's the same unit with yet a different name on it
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/grq/3871278708.html

and yet again, with still another name on it
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/grd/3891567397.html

I think you get the idea. Don't buy one. If you want a portable diesel in that size class this is an example of a high quality one:
http://us.yanmar.com/products/generators-pumps/epa-certified/ydg-series-generators/ydg5500/

However, be aware that you are basically looking at over $4,000 and you're not going to find any "good deals" - you will pay almost new price for a used one with thousands of hours on it.
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Chris

Re: Titan Industrial Diesel Generator

verdigo wrote: »

Do you think an automotive cruise control could maintain generator frequency?

No, it won't. Not very good. That's been tried before.

Used high-quality diesel generators (small ones) are hard to find because they never break, and the people that buy them typically buy them because they need diesel power (like fuel availability on construction sites, etc..). If you comb craigslist sometimes you see them on there, like this other Robin diesel I found in Escanaba, Michigan:
http://up.craigslist.org/for/3877657159.html

But for the most part, new ones are going to be the only option, and the smallest and cheapest high-quality diesel gensets have an entry price of around $3,000, usually with either Japanese (Yanmar, Subaru-Robin, Perkins, Kubota, etc.) or German (Deutz, Hatz, etc.) engines.
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Chris

Re: Titan Industrial Diesel Generator

verdigo wrote: »

Here's another Craig's list generator. http://nashville.craigslist.org/grd/3882863315.html I might have a look at this. I e-mailed the seller and asked how many hours. I was in the Army 20 years but remember most smaller generators as gasoline (MO-Gas).

That's an Onan diesel. I can't remember the military designation of it, but they're good gensets.
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Chris