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Knight Division TacticalDoes KDT provide towable diesel generators?
Towable Diesel Generators (20–500 kW)
Yes.
KDT provides towable diesel generators from about 20 to 500 kW, delivered, connected, fueled and serviced on your incident, for single-phase 120/240 V and three-phase 120/208 V or 277/480 V loads.
Typical configuration
- Size range
- About 20–500 kW (25–625 kVA at 0.8 power factor)
- Voltage
- Selectable 120/240 V 1-phase, 120/208 V 3-phase, 277/480 V 3-phase on most mid-size units
- Connections
- Camlock lug board, plus 50 A CS6364, 30 A L14-30 / L21-30 and 20 A GFCI receptacles on smaller units
- Fuel tank
- Base tank for roughly 24–48+ hours at typical load, double-wall or 110% containment
- Fuel burn
- Roughly 2 gal/hr for a 25 kW unit to about 35 gal/hr for 500 kW, at full load
- Noise
- Sound-attenuated enclosure, typically about 65–75 dBA at 23 ft
- Emissions
- EPA Tier 4 Final engines on most current units (typical)
A towable diesel generator is a complete power plant on a road-legal trailer: diesel engine, alternator, control panel, sound-attenuated enclosure and a base fuel tank with spill containment. It's the main power source for anything an incident builds from nothing, such as kitchens, shower and laundry trailers, office and sleeping trailers, ICP networks, HVAC and medical units. It's also how a building gets power back after the grid goes down.
Most mid-size units let you select the output voltage at the panel: 120/240 V single-phase for small camps and trailers, 120/208 V three-phase for most camp loads and commercial buildings, and 277/480 V three-phase for large HVAC, pumps and industrial sites. Power leaves the generator through a camlock lug board for the big feeders, and through 50 A, 30 A twist-lock and 20 A GFCI receptacles on smaller units, then runs into spider boxes and distribution panels.
KDT sizes generators from your load list. We set them level and grounded, run the feeders, and keep them running: scheduled fueling, daily checks, oil and filter service at the run-hour intervals the engine calls for, and a backup unit or a paralleled pair for loads that can't go down.
Available as
- 20–45 kW for small camps, ICPs and trailer groups
- 56–150 kW for mid-size camps, kitchens and shelters
- 200–500 kW for large base camps, hospitals and commercial buildings
- Paralleled pairs for redundancy (N+1)
- Generator packages with distribution and cable included
- Hybrid generator-battery systems for light overnight loads
What's included
- Load calculation and sizing
- Delivery, placement, leveling and grounding
- Feeder cable and distribution
- Scheduled fueling, or our on-site fuel service
- Daily checks and run-hour maintenance
- Backup units and swap-out, then pickup at demob
Where it's used
- Base camps: kitchens, showers, laundry and sleeping trailers
- ICPs, communications and IT
- Shelters, hospitals, lift stations and EOCs after a hurricane
- Spill and hazmat staging and decon
- Contractor camps and remote sites
Questions, answered.
Does KDT provide towable diesel generators?
Yes. We supply towable diesel generators from about 20 to 500 kW, and we deliver, connect, fuel and service them for the length of the incident.
What size generator does a base camp need?
It depends on the loads. A small ICP with a few office trailers may run on 45–70 kW. A full camp with a kitchen trailer, showers, laundry and HVAC often needs several hundred kW spread across multiple units. Send us the layout and load list and we'll size it.
What's the difference between kW and kVA?
kW is the real power your loads use; kVA is the apparent power the generator delivers. Three-phase generators are rated at 0.8 power factor, so a 100 kW unit is 125 kVA.
Can a towable generator power a building?
Yes, through a generator docking station, a transfer switch or a temporary tie-in made by a licensed electrician. Never backfeed a building through an outlet.
How often do generators need fuel and service?
Base tanks typically last 24–48 hours at normal load, longer with an external tank. We fuel on a schedule and do oil and filter service every few hundred run hours, as the engine requires.
Need it on your incident? Say the word.
Add it to your request with anything else you need, then send it all at once. We'll come back with what we can put where, and when.