Gdetrailer wrote:
Something else to consider, the bigger gen you go, the much louder it will be, somewhere I have a link to a video I took with a sound meter for my 8500W 13HP gen, very, very loud.. I use good quality hearing protection when I am near it when running.
With a large semi-permanent installation, you can move it further away and/or build a sound enclosure that negates the sound level.
I played with simply putting a piece of plywood between the generator and the trailer this summer and it was easy to hear the difference. This was just a plain piece of plywood, not an enclosure and no sound absorbing materials.