it was over 30yrs old and I need to put rings and a piston in it........That thing has so many hrs on it it's unreal... I say I made 500 grand of that 1 over the yrs think I got it back in 92......
man propane isn't cheaper.. it's running 2.89 a lb so 12.50 a tank 20lb.... I have 2 100 gals and 5 20gal tanks I went though 3 20lb tanks in 3 days that's why there in the back of my truck I run out of gas... I have to go 2-3 times a wk the way I'm doing it right now...
but gas is only 1.80 a gal 4 gals of gas = 1 20lb of propane....
if I run without the ac I can run 1 tank of gas a day...... 4-5gal
if I run with the ac it's about a gal a hr...... so 10 -15 gals a day .... big diff
the gen i'm using now is the new one I think it 4850 peak so it's like 3800k but it does kick azz.. I just need more if I want to run everything or I have to spilt the load.....
good thing about propane though when the roads wash out,them big tanks are still full,it cleaner also,never any maintence,my gen got tossed 200 yrds in a tornado back in 08 and ive had issues since,crushed cage,wasted electrical panel,replaced it all and im just now fixing to replace the throttle body,i bought it back in 06,been a good gen,i run frezzer ,fridge 30 amp ac and 1 fan with mine,and most years it gets a pretty good work out from hurricane season,since tornado and those repairs ,this 188 bucks is all i put into it.
so price of propane and easier on gen is worth the cost imo,i run 10 hrs on a 20 lb bottle and first time i hear a tropical storm brewing in the gulf,i get them bottles filled,nope my days sitting in line for gas ended in the 80's odd even days ,that shit sucked,so any and every thing i got with a gas tank stays full with stabile or iso heet added,call it gulf coast living hahahahah