I bought something for my AF811 - it's BIG and HEAVY!
Video: BIG AND HEAVY - THE BIG Reveal!!!
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I was not in the market for a big generator when I accidentally stumbled across this beast.
Honda replaced the 6500 with the EU7000. The 7k is fuel injected and priced at $4000. One of those looked nice for home backup, but there's no way in #^%^&@ I'd spend that much for something that would get used so little at home.
Long story:
Early 2016 I bought a Polaris Ranger through the Costco dealer program. A bonus they had going was to include a $200 Costco gift card. I'd been eyeballing the big Champion generator Costco sells when I bought the Ranger. It came on sale... but I didn't have the gift card yet. Took about 2 months to get that in the mail because Costco paperwork got lost at the Polaris dealer.
A year went by before Costco had the generators on sale. Normal price was $799, sale price was $549, so I bought the gen using the gift card. I bought the generator probably June of 2017.
In the back of my mind I started thinking having a big generator that can only be used at home seems not my thing. I want equipment that is multi-purpose. (There's no way I'd ever take that loud monster camping if I needed mega power)
The Eu7k looked pretty sweet, but there's no way I'd tie up 4 grand in something that would only see limited use.
I kicked around the idea of selling the Champion noise maker, knowing I could nearly double my money on it since I bought it on sale and used a gift card. I finally pursued that plan in November, and sold the gen on CL for $825.00 to some people that lived in the sticks and had lost power during a snow storm in December.
My new logic was that if I was going to have a big generator, something multi purpose made more sense, but not a $4000 version!
Fast forward to 3 weeks ago, I was reading a different section of the forum here (not the TC section) and someone had started a thread on generators. A few people chimed in and said you could usually find good deals on used EU2000s on CL, so I did a search for "Honda EU" to see what the going price of them was in the local area and stumbled across the 6500, located about 75 miles north of me.
I emailed the owner, he replied, I replied back, then he called me and we made arrangements to meet up on Feb 3rd. Weekends were his only option because as he described it, "he lived off-grid up a 6 mile goat trail" and didn't like to drive after dark, and his "road" was mushy during the day after it thawed out.
He loaded up the gen and we met up in town.
He used it as his backup generator, but decided it no longer made sense to have generators requiring different fuel types. His main generator was diesel and he said he had a big diesel tank to supply his main generator, and to run the 6500, he'd have to run in to town to get gas for it. That's his story as to why he wanted to get rid of it.
He bought the 6500 in Tacoma, WA prior to moving off grid on the dry side of the state. He didn't say what he used it for over on the wet side.
Honda replaced the 6500 with the EU7000. The 7k is fuel injected and priced at $4000. One of those looked nice for home backup, but there's no way in #^%^&@ I'd spend that much for something that would get used so little at home.
Long story:
Early 2016 I bought a Polaris Ranger through the Costco dealer program. A bonus they had going was to include a $200 Costco gift card. I'd been eyeballing the big Champion generator Costco sells when I bought the Ranger. It came on sale... but I didn't have the gift card yet. Took about 2 months to get that in the mail because Costco paperwork got lost at the Polaris dealer.
A year went by before Costco had the generators on sale. Normal price was $799, sale price was $549, so I bought the gen using the gift card. I bought the generator probably June of 2017.
In the back of my mind I started thinking having a big generator that can only be used at home seems not my thing. I want equipment that is multi-purpose. (There's no way I'd ever take that loud monster camping if I needed mega power)
The Eu7k looked pretty sweet, but there's no way I'd tie up 4 grand in something that would only see limited use.
I kicked around the idea of selling the Champion noise maker, knowing I could nearly double my money on it since I bought it on sale and used a gift card. I finally pursued that plan in November, and sold the gen on CL for $825.00 to some people that lived in the sticks and had lost power during a snow storm in December.
My new logic was that if I was going to have a big generator, something multi purpose made more sense, but not a $4000 version!
Fast forward to 3 weeks ago, I was reading a different section of the forum here (not the TC section) and someone had started a thread on generators. A few people chimed in and said you could usually find good deals on used EU2000s on CL, so I did a search for "Honda EU" to see what the going price of them was in the local area and stumbled across the 6500, located about 75 miles north of me.
I emailed the owner, he replied, I replied back, then he called me and we made arrangements to meet up on Feb 3rd. Weekends were his only option because as he described it, "he lived off-grid up a 6 mile goat trail" and didn't like to drive after dark, and his "road" was mushy during the day after it thawed out.
He loaded up the gen and we met up in town.
He used it as his backup generator, but decided it no longer made sense to have generators requiring different fuel types. His main generator was diesel and he said he had a big diesel tank to supply his main generator, and to run the 6500, he'd have to run in to town to get gas for it. That's his story as to why he wanted to get rid of it.
He bought the 6500 in Tacoma, WA prior to moving off grid on the dry side of the state. He didn't say what he used it for over on the wet side.
