Have generator, will travel

This weekend, I finally got around to project that has been on my list for a while.  I moved the giant Kohler propane generator that was originally by the house. It's now over at the shop. We haven't used the Kohler since the early winter after we purchased a much smaller (2000w vs 12000w) Honda inverter generator.  The Honda is perfect for supplementing our solar energy in the off season.  The Kohler was just too big for us to run efficiently.  Even with full charge on the batteries and some house load, we were only using about 15% of the generator's capacity and still burning lots of propane (1-2 gals/hr).  With the Honda, we can set our charger to load the generator at about 75% of it's capacity  (regardless of house loads) and it still sips fuel (~0.25gals/hr).  We run the Honda a little longer, but it's works out well in our favor. As an added bonus, the Honda is a great complement to the Scamp -- it'll even run the AC.

So the Kohler will get re-purposed as a shop generator for running larger 240v power tools like my table saw and other large gems that I might come across on Craig's list.  I've been contemplating going this route for some time, but was reluctant due to the lack of propane over at the shop.  A quick call to our propane company, Montana Propane, cured my reluctance.  They offered to replace our existing 1000-gallon rental tank with two 500-gallon tanks at only the cost of parts for hooking up the second tank.  The even cut us a deal on the rental price for 2 tanks so they come out to the same price as a single larger tank. Cass and I have been thinking the 1000-gallon tank was too large and obnoxious for our needs for a while anyway, so everyone's happy!