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Old 12-28-2010, 10:08 AM   #2
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Onan

Can't help with a choice of fuels, but as to 5500 Gold Marquis gens being available "like-new" here is what I was told by an RV reseller:

He gets in a used RV with an Onan gen that shows almost no hours use, pulls it out and sells it separately from the RV as he can make much more by selling the gen separately than on the RV as original equipment. Says buyers of used RVs will not pay for the value of the generator, so he pulls them out and sells them separately. Friend of mine bought one of these with 1.5 hours on it, had it put in a gen-prepped new trailer for about $2100--way less than the quoted $6000 for an option on the new trailer.

Hope this helps you make a decision.

And I got my used MS fiver with the gen already and would not be without one ever again.

Joe
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