[Evans, Marv]

What "rockfan4" says. First you have to absolutely know how much power the band needs plus any other power needs along with it. It's also true the type of power the generator produces may not be "clean" enough for their equipment. I don't know about one big enough to go onto a semi trailer, but a large unit on it's own chassis might be required. If you want one for your house, you need to identify which things you would want to power during an outage and how much power they would need, and how often you have outages. Outages of up to maybe a day don't necessarily require a generator in most cases. They're inconvenient but that's about it. Most of my neighbors use a 5K to 7K generator with extension cords during outages. Beyond that a generator is necessary to power at least refrigerators and freezers. To install one permanently would probably require a transfer panel hooked up to the circuits you want to power during outages. Diesel generators are much bigger bucks but much nicer. I have a 10 Kw gas generator for my place with a transfer panel and am considering getting a diesel, but even though we live in a rural area, the number and length of outages wouldn't necessarily justify it.