11 years ago I bought a 5550 watt Troy-Bilt from Home Depot. We were expecting a big ice storm and I wanted to beat the rush. Have seen several situations when you couldn't buy any kind of generator in Oklahoma due to demand after a big storm. Anyway, it has a Brigs engine and has worked well. I wouldn't be the least bit afraid of buying the Harbor Freight or whatever you can get.
The Troy-Bilt will run our furnace, TV, frig and lights, basically the essentials. Few years ago I ran it for a full week when an ice storm took out a main feed to the area and it took a while for the power company to get us back on line. Hauling gas and filling the tank 5 gallons at a time was kinda a pain but it beat not having heat.
The trick is to shut the fuel off and let the generator run the gas out of the carb anytime you put it away. I have a system that so far has worked out really well. One of my fall chores is to get the generator ready just in case. I fill the generator with gas then get both 5 gallon gas cans filled. This way I am sure I can run the generator for about a day and 1/2 before I run out of gas. If we get lucky and do not need it over the winter I use the gas in the mowers in the spring. I siphon the gas out of the generator when I have used one of the gas jugs and use it for mowing. I never leave gas in the generator longer than about the 4 months we have of winter.
After 11 years the generator will always start on the first or second pull. An added benefit of having the generator is portable welding. If I need to weld something I can't get to the shop, I load my wire welder and the generator in my loader bucket and run the welder off the generator.
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