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My wife and I have decided to install a whole house generator so that is not up for debate . I have three quotes from local generator companies . The prices range from 10.5 k to 12.5k with two being Kohler and one being Generac . Two quoted 20kw while one quoted 14kw with load sharing .

I found online a company called generatormart located in Colorado . They currently have either a Cummins or Kohler 20kw with 200 Amp transfer switch for $4,000 and free delivery . The quote from my propane company is 400.00 to 500.00 to trench a larger diameter gas line and all the fixins . So that gets me to 4500.00 but still leaves electric hookup .

If electric hookup is 1k to 1.5k ( guessing ) my total install is 5500.00 to 6000.00 ( ballpark ) . Is there any reason to NOT save roughly 5k and do the install piece meal vs one company ? That amount of savings would pay for a lot of propane .

Any thoughts on Cummins vs Kohler ? It looks like all the specs for a 20kw generator are very similar and warrantees are the same .