Portable and standby generators

[Auto Doc's]

Is anyone servicing generators before cold or bad weather hits?

I'm curious because they never seem to be thought about until an emergency arises.

Don't people plan ahead anymore?

 

[ILENGINE]

The short answer is NO. Standby NG or LP generators on concrete pads are one thing that are almost forgotten, and for the most part are not real demandng. Now the small portable generators are the thing that I say most people don't need. They will get worried about an incoming storm, Go buy a new generator, take it home and add fuel and oil, and start it to make sure it runs, and then shove it into the corner of the garage for the next 5 years, where they will drag it out and think I need to get this running, So into the repair shop it goes, and the shop gets it running, The customer picks up the generator, pays the bill and then goes home and shoves the generator into the corner of the garage again for the next 5 years where the cycle repeats.

 

[Hammermechanicman]

The short answer is NO. Standby NG or LP generators on concrete pads are one thing that are almost forgotten, and for the most part are not real demandng. Now the small portable generators are the thing that I say most people don't need. They will get worried about an incoming storm, Go buy a new generator, take it home and add fuel and oil, and start it to make sure it runs, and then shove it into the corner of the garage for the next 5 years, where they will drag it out and think I need to get this running, So into the repair shop it goes, and the shop gets it running, The customer picks up the generator, pays the bill and then goes home and shoves the generator into the corner of the garage again for the next 5 years where the cycle repeats.

You nailed that one. Pretty much every generator, snowblower and tiller come in with that story.

 

[ILENGINE]

You nailed that one. Pretty much every generator, snowblower and tiller come in with that story.

I put pressure washers for the people that might use them once a year, and water(trash) pumps into that category also.

 

[Rivets]

Agree, plus when they all come in it’s an emergency and they need it now!!!