Heavy Equipment & Generators

Used Caterpillar XQ2000 Generator: Sell or Buy at Auction

Caterpillar is the world's largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, and a major producer of diesel and gas engines and industrial generators. Cat equipment is the most recognizable heavy equipment brand globally, with unmatched parts availability and dealer network creating extremely liquid used equipment markets.

The Caterpillar XQ2000 is a mobile diesel generator set in the two-megawatt class, rated 2,000 kW standby and 1,825 kW prime at 60 Hz, 480V, 1800 rpm. It is powered by a Cat 3516 sixteen-cylinder diesel engine driving a Cat SR4B brushless generator end, and the complete package is built into a 40-foot sound-attenuated, weatherproof container that mounts on a tri-axle chassis for over-the-road transport, with a UL-listed 1,250-gallon double-wall base fuel tank for extended runtime. Units this size are designed to parallel, so several sets can be banked together on switchgear to scale output for a single large job rather than serving as a standalone backup unit. Buyers are typically oil and gas operators sourcing rig and frac power, utilities and power rental fleets covering large temporary loads or peak shaving, and disaster response and microgrid contractors who need megawatt-scale capacity that can be trucked to site and brought online quickly. KD Auctions moves units like the XQ2000 through its 500,000+ industry contacts, reaching the power generation and oil field market that specifically shops this size class instead of smaller standby gensets.

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