Journey with Confidence RV GPS App RV Trip Planner RV LIFE Campground Reviews RV Maintenance Take a Speed Test Free 7 Day Trial ×


Join Truck Conversion Today
Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
 
Old 05-28-2013, 03:08 PM   #1
Senior Member
 
Doc Weaver's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: West Chester, Ohio
Posts: 483
Default Martin diesel generators

18 months ago I bought a gen set from these guys. I was happy to buy from a fellow Ohio company.... until I started using it. The motor is a Yanmar engine, so I expected quality from the company as well as the engine. To make a long story short, after 18 months of trouble with this thing, it finally had a catastrophic failure.

When I called Martin Diesel, the owner started with a plethora of excuses of why it would NOT be covered under the 2 year warranty ..... before he even saw the gen set.

As expected, they are not going to fix it. Actually what he said was that he was putting together a price for them to fix it. I told him that I was going to come get it and have someone fix it that honors their warranty. He (the CEO) hung up on me.

Does anyone know of a repair facility near Cincinnati that can help me? hopefully an honest company.
__________________

__________________
Doc Weaver '98 Freightliner FL60 pseudo toy hauler
Doc Weaver is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-30-2013, 08:23 PM   #2
Senior Member
 
Doc Weaver's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: West Chester, Ohio
Posts: 483
Default

Well, repair seems futile, I ordered an Onan QD6000 today. I expect Cummins will honor its warranty a little better.
__________________

__________________
Doc Weaver '98 Freightliner FL60 pseudo toy hauler
Doc Weaver is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-01-2013, 01:53 PM   #3
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 527
Default

I don't know what your power requirements are, but my Hondas have been outstanding. I have a portable eu1000 that has literally thousands of hours and still ticking. Last year I upgraded to a eu3000is for enough to run my a/c and that has about 700 hours on it already and humming along like new. I know they also make a 6000 or 6500 watt unit. They are not really designed for permanent installs like an rv generator, but I know a lot of racers that use a side compartment door with the generator on a slide out drawer to get it out in the air for cooling and maintenance. I can't speak highly enough about mine.
hot rod is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-01-2013, 01:54 PM   #4
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 527
Default

So what was the excuse for not honoring the warranty?
hot rod is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-01-2013, 03:52 PM   #5
Senior Member
 
Doc Weaver's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: West Chester, Ohio
Posts: 483
Default

Honda makes a good generator, no doubt about that. They don't make a diesel though.

The top piston ring broke and they said that was not a warranty-able repair. They accused me of too much and too little oil, wrong types of fuel, bad installation, everything they could think of.
__________________
Doc Weaver '98 Freightliner FL60 pseudo toy hauler
Doc Weaver is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-02-2013, 09:29 AM   #6
Senior Member
 
#90-GTSC's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Grafton
Posts: 285
Default

So ... we cross Martin generators off the list.
__________________
Started looking for 379 Peterbilt TC, 24' to 30' box, bumper pull--but ended up w/1999 Liberty Coach conversion of 45' Prevost XLV bus. 1,000sf heated/AC'd race shop w/dump station, 50amp shore pwr where bus parks, 3 NASCAR/ARCA race cars & 26' Bravo trailer.
#90-GTSC is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-02-2013, 09:57 PM   #7
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Grand Forks BC Canada
Posts: 170
Default

I have a skid mounted4 cyl Kubota with 11 kw Stamford 240v 1 phase if you are interested
Gordy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-03-2013, 11:26 AM   #8
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 527
Default

too much oil? just blow out the crankcase vent. too little oil? burn up a bearing, not a piston ring. bad installation? unless it was so over enclosed that it badly overheated. I can't imagine anything there, and again the piston ring would not be the first thing to burn up. wrong fuel? unless you filled it full of gasoline, and then it would immediately shut off before anything mechanical could be damaged. so are they full of crap or just stupid?

hopefully they will get enough bad reputation from your experience to cost them far more in the long run than fixing your generator.
hot rod is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-04-2013, 10:42 PM   #9
Senior Member
 
Doc Weaver's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: West Chester, Ohio
Posts: 483
Default

Well I was trying to help an Ohio small business (like myself) and that didn't pay off. I sure couldn't treat my customers that way.

Gordy, I appreciate the offer, but I have an Onan QD6000 on the way. I think it has a Kubota 3 cylinder in it.
__________________

__________________
Doc Weaver '98 Freightliner FL60 pseudo toy hauler
Doc Weaver is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v3.2.3

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:24 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
×