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Deano56
Explorer II
Jul 25, 2014

Newmar generator

I looked at a 2000 Newmar Dutch Star yesterday that was absolutely clean as a whistle, it was owned since new by a seniors couple which I'm not all that far from, anyway they started the diesel generator and I was surprised how loud it was (deal breaker),just terrible. I asked if it was a Onan, they said Kubota, is that so and are they that loud or do they have adjustable rockers? BTW it was a 38' single slide, 2 year old tires and 55k miles for 48K dollars and clean inside and out. They even waxed the tail light lenses

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  • John & Angela wrote:
    How long did you let it run. After about 10 minutes they quiet down somewhat.
    I would say at least 20 minutes
  • Ours is a Onan 7.5 powered by a Kubota 3 cylinder. It can hardly be heard, I'd be checking the muffler on the beast.
  • Twomed wrote:
    Kubota makes the diesel that powers the On an. :)
    back in 2000? I have heard other diesel Onans that were no where near that noisy
  • I have a friend that once owned a Newmar. I think it was a Kountry Star. His generator was so loud that he hated to use it. It was not an Onan. May have been a Generac.