On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 19:42:47 GMT, steamer wrote:

--Anyone got experience with Makita or Kubota generators? There's
one of each on sale at the local building supply and I'm tempted (read:
"desperate"!). The Makita's around 6kw, with electric start; Kubota's
maybe 5kw.
TIA,

I sell Makita. They're repainted Robins.
As long as you are purchasing the 'contractor' grade genset, the
Makita/Robin is a good, but expensive, machine- it can be run right at
max output for hours- none of that 'reserve power' BS that some
'homeowner' grade gensets are rated at.

Don't know anything about Kubota gensets, but if the electrical
section is as good as the engine then it'll be a good machine.
Six of one, half a dozen of the other.

-Carl