About Hardy Diesel
Hardy Day founder grew up in a small town in west texas Called Knox City and at age 18 tiered of picking cotton went to Nashville and landed a job picking the stand up bass for Cowboy Copas on the grand ole opera. In the late 50's Hardy knew and mingled with all the best including Hank Williams 1st and Chet Atkins Well Cowboy Copas died in a plane crash with Patsy cline in 1963. At the time hardy had grown tired of a life on the road as a musician and needed a new career.
Hardy found work
as a salesman in a business college and
soon started his own San Diego college of business. After ten
years or so he sold it.
With plenty of
Time on his hands Hardy was doing a lot of fishing in Baja California. In baja the is not much
electricity available and what was available was very un reliable.
In 1977 Hardy was in the market for a Diesel generator for his place in Baja. Problem was there were no Diesel generators
available on the market at the time that were reasonably priced. He decided to build his own small diesel
generator. After he built his first diesel generator his friends all wanted one. Well word spread and before
he knew it he was the worlds largest direct supplier of small diesel generators. Only problem was he didn't
have much time to fish. Luckily son Loren Day had already taken a real interest in the Diesel generator business. Diesel generators
and engines had always been a good fit with Loren.
Well before long Hardy was spending most of his time on the beach in baja and Loren had taken over the
Diesel generator business.
Seeing the need for alternative energies Loren started Hardy Solar. Hardy Solar
does sell Diesel generators however focus mostly on renewable energies for off grid electric. Of grid is
a situation where commercial power is not available and families rely on a combination of solar and wind to charge a battery
banks and then use the stored energy to power there house using an inverter to convert the DC stored energy to AC household curent.When the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow a properly designed hardy Solar
off grid energy system will automatically start a diesel or propane generator and run it until the batteries are charged
and then automatically shut off. Loren has since started another company 1-11 Solar to install grid tie solar in San Diego. Grid Tie solar is where solar panels
are installed on roofs and clean solar electric power is pumped back into the grid reducing our dependence on foreign oil and helping the environment.
Hardy Diesel is firmly committed to our environment. We have won awards for recycling. selling only clean running EPA certified Diesel Generators the meet the strictest emission
standards in the world. There are a lot of companies selling cheap imported Diesel Generators that do
do not meet air pollution or mechanical quality standards. They are not much cheaper and often feature name brand
engines such as Cummins, John Deer and Isuzu. We prefer to take the high road and for a little extra money only handle
the real deal. So if you are looking for a top quality Diesel Generator at a price you can afford and from a company you can trust you have found the right place.
What is Hardy doing now? Well he is doing what he loves. Hardy spends most of his time fishing and wathing the ocean from his porch in baja. He is also selling beach property in Baja.
Open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Pacific Time. Call 800-341-7027 or 619-669-1995 for more information
15749 Lyons Valley Rd. Jamul CA 91935 Toll Free: (800) 341 7027 Int: (619) 669 1995 |
Hardy Diesel, a name you can trust!!! In business since 1977.