Gas furnace brands.. Lennox carrier or Ruud

[504]

There is a lot of opinions here and some good information(like who builds what under what names)
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[circus]

I don't know the climate of the bluegrass location but if it's not too cold I'd buy the older, simpler, most popular (cheap) line from a good manufacturer. Might use a little more fuel but it'll be less likely to need service and cost less to fix.
Why do you need a furnace?
 

[UncleTom]

old-9, what kind of generator was it run on?
 

[Janicholson]

Rheem should be in your search pattern. Jim
 

[old-9]

An old 8 HP genarak ,it is gone. 3600 rpm not well regulated.
 

[BillinCentralMO]

Rheem is first rate. Dont buy York. They are truly junk. Thats my experience.
 

[Tramway Guy]

We have a Trane that is about 20 years old and works well.
 

[DonB]

Have a Lennox still good after 24 yr.
 

[560Dennis]

Have a Bryant that was propane converted to NG .
Had a Utica hot water at last house .
Both have and had service once a year
I think they are good systems.
 

[MF294-4]

Thought I was about to retire so I replaced my a/c with a high efficiency Rheem. Mistake. Was about to replace my 30 year Weil McLean boiler that i can work on. Mercury flame sensor and gas valve not available anymore but it works and I can keep it going. To many horror stories about the high efficiency air and hot water systems. Give me 80% efficiency and something I can work on. Im pretty much diy.