Army genset with only 4hrs on it?

[The motor guy]

Why would the government sell a generator with only 4hrs on it? Did the hour meter break and they replaced it? Thinking of buying a 5kw diesel generator that puts out 26 amps at 240 and 17 at 120. It's actually closer to a 6kw genny.

 

[The motor guy]

It's kind of hard to tell going off the paint they use and I didn't take a good enough look to see if the hour meter looked new compared to the rest of the machine. Honestly I've never seen one of those good hobbs hour meters stop working before.

 

[bdcardinal]

It might have timed out based on how long they had it or they were transitioning to a new model.

 

[Chris142]

May have sat unused for a very long time. Maybe a back up unit?

 

[hatt]

The government offloads $billions worth of perfectly fine stuff every year. A lot of times paying to destroy it. An old genny isn't a consideration.

 

[cpayne5]

It's probably been rebuilt (reset) and a new hour meter installed. I think a Tier 2 reset allows for this. If it's had a Tier 2 reset, there should be a plate riveted to it indicating as much. It should also include the hours at reset.

Showing only four hours may be an indicator that it was reset and then ran through tests to verify it was working properly.

But, YMMV.

 

[anndel]

They would. We used to find Snap-on wrenches, ratchets and sockets in trash cans. After the soldiers deployed, we went in to scope out construction/repair projects to be completed before they returned. We even found a Baretta pistol in the garbage can.

 

[Linctex]

Make sure it's not "WEIRD" like 400Hz instead of 60Hz.... or "3-phase only" and not reconnectable.

 

[Audios]

I heard from our Snap on guy that there are over 1000 fully loaded toolboxes abandoned overseas. Too heavy to fly home, they just leave it. Our taxes at work!!!

 

[CT8]

Originally Posted by motor_oil_madman
It's kind of hard to tell going off the paint they use and I didn't take a good enough look to see if the hour meter looked new compared to the rest of the machine. Honestly I've never seen one of those good Hobbs hour meters stop working before.

When repairing forklifts Hobbs meters go bad, not often but they do quit working.Everything mechanical can fail. I Have owned 5 Toyotas and all of them have had some problems minor to major. I liked every Toyota I have owned by the way.

 

[CT8]

Originally Posted by anndel
They would. We used to find Snap-on wrenches, ratchets and sockets in trash cans. After the soldiers deployed, we went in to scope out construction/repair projects to be completed before they returned. We even found a Baretta pistol in the garbage can.

The government is pretty much a tax payer funded crime gang.

 

[97K15004WD]

Originally Posted by cpayne5
It's probably been rebuilt (reset) and a new hour meter installed. I think a Tier 2 reset allows for this. If it's had a Tier 2 reset, there should be a plate riveted to it indicating as much. It should also include the hours at reset.

Showing only four hours may be an indicator that it was reset and then ran through tests to verify it was working properly.

But, YMMV.


This is probably the answer. Same thing with duece and a halfs, 5-tons a few years ago. They were all being sold out of inventory and some had just come from Depot rebuild. 30 to 40 years old and 10 running hours. As long as it starts and runs normally, I'd buy it.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Originally Posted by hatt
The government offloads $billions worth of perfectly fine stuff every year. A lot of times paying to destroy it. An old genny isn't a consideration.

I saw a 20 year old CUCV (GMC K-35) ambulance for sale. It had 3000 miles on it, 4 new (still had stickers) tires, and had never actually been put in 4WD.

Mopar Action Magazine bought a 1996 Dakota from Great Lakes NAS...while a little ratty, it had seen year.

 

[Al]

Have you evaluated exactly what you need. Buying something that does not fit your exact needs makes little sense.

You have been known to "shoot from the hip"

 

[eljefino]

Originally Posted by CT8
Originally Posted by anndel
They would. We used to find Snap-on wrenches, ratchets and sockets in trash cans. After the soldiers deployed, we went in to scope out construction/repair projects to be completed before they returned. We even found a Baretta pistol in the garbage can.

The government is pretty much a tax payer funded crime gang.


To be fair (?) stuff like torque wrenches could fail calibration, and sockets with flaking chrome can't be used on systems that require surgical levels of foreign matter control. Some genius with numbers decided it was cheaper to treat some smaller items as consumable vs tracking them and surplussing them which requires manpower.

The pistol's inexcusable, though.

 

[JHZR2]

Originally Posted by anndel
They would. We used to find Snap-on wrenches, ratchets and sockets in trash cans. After the soldiers deployed, we went in to scope out construction/repair projects to be completed before they returned. We even found a Baretta pistol in the garbage can.


Not new. I have a great set of wwii era tools that my great grandfather pulled from the trash when he was shuttling PT boats to the Pacific. They would offload lots of stuff before deploying from the contracted transport, so he was able to bring tools back.