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Detroit 6-71
I bought this generator in auction for $300 plus BP:
http://goo.gl/QuWrwy It is an old 250 kVa emergency generator with 886 hours. Located inside a GE facility in Chicago. It has an engine that looks like Detroit 6-71 with a turbo. I have always been kind of a sucker for those detroits (first made in 1938). Once bought, tested and resold a 3-53 and loved it. Could not pass up a chance to buy the whole generator for $300. Anyway, in my own mind, I would make more money if I separate this generator and sell the Detroit separate as a running low hours engine, and sell the generating end to be used with some other engine. My own reasoning is that very few people would want this as a generator, because it is really noisy and not fuel efficient and leaks oil (they all do). A 250 kVa generator is too big for a typical house or farm and would only be usable for special needs, and usually companies with big money would rather buy a $100,000 new generator that is EPA compliant, than some old generator for $10,000. Whereas, I am thinking, there is a million uses for a good condition 6-71 diesel engine, like old tractors, landing crafts, or who knows what. Makes sense? Separate or not? i |
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