My father-in-law used to keep an old trailer mounted WWII generator in a barn on his farm and then just before field day he would get it out, change the oil, check the water in the radiator and tune it up for the big event. It had a 4 cyl engine, I think it was a Continental. I was back in Iowa several years back during field day weekend and the local club had use of a generator that the county had just purchased for emergency power. It could light up a city, a big CAT 3406 diesel generator on a semi trailer. The county had their own people operate it but they didn't know how. They had quite a time keeping the voltage regulated. It was the first time they had cranked it up so they were still in a learning curve.
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