Call me crazy if you want, but look for an old Kohler with the flathead 4 cylinder. We had these at our radio sites, and boy were they reliable, tough, and easy to work on. The one ran for about 3 weeks straight at near full load without a lick of trouble. We ran them with synthetic motor oil and Caterpillar coolant with distilled water. I think these can be found surplus fairly often. Easy to rebuild the engine, and you will be in for less money than anything new of comparable size, around 8-10kw. One was even dual fuel and could run on gasoline or propane. Seemed fairly easy on fuel, too.
One was replaced with a newer Kohler with a Ford engine that had major engine failure at 1200 hours. That was replaced with a very expensive Cat Diesel unit that they never could get to run in a reliable manner. The old Kohler, now on a trailer, still had to do the job.
Looking for one myself to rebuild and mount in a little covered trailer.
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