OK, I appreciate all the responses. So what I am seeing on my unit is
a running capacitor, right? Does anyone have experience with a
Kickstart brand hard start kit, specifically?

Will this ease the load on my generator in any way? Again, this
generator will start the 5 ton AC, but it seems to struggle, as stated
in the initial post. ANY help in starting the AC will be worth it. I
would consider the generator I have as being barely able to start the
AC. It just needs a little help.

I wish I would have bought a larger generator to power this, but at
this point I have what I have and just would like to make the starting
easier. Suggestions?

Here is a link to the specific product I am looking at. Is this all
marketing BS?

http://www.kickstartoem.com/faqs/contractors.html

Thanks again for all the responses!

Brad