Miller Bobcat 225G

[SoGeorgia]

First, let me say I don't know any details yet on this. It's on Craigslist and it's about a mile from my house. I've been looking for a welder and I've been looking for a generator so this looks like I'd be killing 2 birds with 1 stone. It's mounted on a truck so it's been in the weather and it's rusty.. the muffler looks like it's about to fall off.. I don't know how many hours are on it yet as I haven't gone to look at it or called about it.

LOTS FOR SALE

What say the experts?

 

[Shield Arc]

From the one picture it doesn't look in all that bad of shape. I've run a few Bobcats, I never was impressed with the quality of arc, but they do weld fine. It's not worth $850.00 to me, but if it were a Lincoln 305G I'd be all over it.

 

[SoGeorgia]

Thanks man, I appreciate it.

 

[Stimw]

About 20 years ago I bought 8 Miller Welders, none of which ran for $300.00 !!!!
None of them had problems with the welder head, all had engine problems from lack of maintenance, from run out of oil to water down the exhaust pipes.
I went through them one by one repairing them and selling them. I was selling them for $1200.00 each and someone bought them within 1-2 days after I posted the ad!!

I would take a Miller over a Lincoln any day of the week! Onan's are bullet proof IF you maintain them.
I can't tell about the unit you are looking at but it should have 4-5000 watt output generator.
These machines run at 1800 rpm for the generator because they are 4 pole which makes them more fuel efficient than a 3600 rpm machine.

The ad says OBO, you might try a better offer. ?? I would not sleep on it because it probably won't last!
I would listen to it run (no knocking), look at oil (good pressure if a gauge, not milky), watch for too much smoke and if you have a portable heater plug it in to check the generator under load
It does say "leads" which could be big money.

 

[Mark @ Everlast]

For our neck of the woods in S. GA (and especially Hahira), you shouldn't pay more than about 500.00 for that old unit. There's plenty to be had at the farm auctions in better shape.

 

[Arc weld]

A 305G, all the used ones I've seen the seller wants about $500 less than new price. In general the Lincoln engine drives handle abuse and rough handling better than the Millers. You'd have to try that machine out. If it ran nice and everything worked, it could be worth around $750/$800, especially if it comes with welding cables.

 

[SoGeorgia]

For our neck of the woods in S. GA (and especially Hahira), you shouldn't pay more than about 500.00 for that old unit. There's plenty to be had at the farm auctions in better shape.

Thanks Mark.. I still want an Everlast pretty badly, I'm just in the need of a generator as well and this popped up right down the road from me.

 

[SoGeorgia]

A 305G, all the used ones I've seen the seller wants about $500 less than new price. In general the Lincoln engine drives handle abuse and rough handling better than the Millers. You'd have to try that machine out. If it ran nice and everything worked, it could be worth around $750/$800, especially if it comes with welding cables.

Thank you!

 

[Mark @ Everlast]

How many watts do you need?

 

[SoGeorgia]

How many watts do you need?

Enough to run a welder as well.. Most of the welding I NEED to do is on our property that has no electrical service. Then as auxiliary power when the lights are out at home and also enough to run my air compressor when out on our property.. pretty sure if it will run a welder it will run my compressor.