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This reminds me that I need another freezer. Mine get full of beef and pork in the winter when we butcher. I always run out of space. RNIn your case I would go propane over diesel for sure. The diesel standbys we have at work are always giving us problems. They don't like to just sit. We do run them once a week, but usually have to work on them every week too. The natural gas standbys we have just crank and run for half an hour every week with very few issues. Keep a couple extra sets of plugs, a few oil filters, and a rebuild kit for the metering valve/carb/whatever you want to call it just in case and you're good to go.
We have a Onan Propane powered auto start model for the house. It has real deal performance in so far as it's been situation tested during a multitude of long term power outages. It's required very little maintenance and has over 2500 hours on it. Not sure if that helps but we are satisfied Onan owners.
Don't we have a EE on the forum somewhere? Maybe a primer on sizing of a gen set based on load, type of load, start up load, etc.
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb. I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.