Get ready to pay 5X or more than you are used to paying for the same quality goods.
For years Americans were paid to box up US made manufacturing equipment and ship it overseas, a lot went to China, but not all.
Then the US employees were permanently laid off.
Apples and oranges.
Do it right and you won't have problems. The exhaust pipes are way different in size and construction. You must have proper clearance to combustibles on the box and the pipes, this includes under the firebox.
It is the same, really.
The muscle groups are all there, in the same location.
Go pop a few and take them apart, that is how you learn.
The only difference I found is I can do everything with a small pair of scissors instead of a heavy knife.
I do not buy stuff I will never use, nor will I buy food I will never eat. Everything I get has some utility, or I do not buy it.
My generator is not used often, but I did build my house with it and break it out every other year when the power goes out.
It extends the shelf life of frozen food. The systems I use are similar (I have 2), but I can only fine one brand of bags, so they all appear to be the same.
Lay out your system. The flameproof is expensive, but not outrageous. That is unless you need 50 feet of it.
I needed about 12' of the good stuff, the rest just the cheap stuff.
You want as few turns as possible, straight is optimal with stove pipe.
Have a room with a slab foundation make it well insulated with a window with shutters on south wall. Minimum to no openings on other walls.
Should never freeze. Mine never drops below 40 no matter how cold it is outside.
Who would have thought a man and his wife would be prosecuted for defending their property AFTER a mob tore their gate down and threatened them first?
Or who would have
Thought a boy would be imprisoned awaiting prosecution for using deadly force when an armed mob chased him and tried to kill...