Generator Yes, or No ?
Well we started looking at Class A motorhomes to begin our journey fulltiming it across the country. We wound up with a fifth wheel. Looking at differences, one big one is a Generator. Do we need o...
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fj12ryder wrote:Sprink-Fitter wrote:My thoughts exactly.NC Hauler wrote:
They may camp where there is alway's electric hook up's, BUT WHAT IF power goes out due to a storm?...Has happened to us several times.....I'd opt for a generator, better to have one and not need it, then to not have one and your batteries run down and you want electricity..
With that kind of thinking , I might as well haul 150 gallons of water in my tank, WHAT IF campground water dries up and I need water?
We didn't have a generator on our previous 5th wheel and never missed it, ever. We have a generator on this toyhauler and have never used it while camping. But that 450 lb. monstrosity is always along taking up space and being one more thing that needs maintenance.
We tried to get the dealer to remove it when we bought the toyhauler, but they weren't going to give us anything for it if they did, so it stayed.
Ours is up front in the basement, takes up very little space..came in handy June of 2012 when we had a huge wind storm come ( called a Derecho) while camping in Pence Springs WV at our campsite, trees down, power lines down, couldn't hardly get out to do anything because a lot of roads were blocked with down trees first couple of day's...lost power for 5 day's and the water supply (Pence Springs), couldn't pump water...just so happens we had a full fresh water tank, and a generator that we only had to run on occasion...propane ran the fridge, hot water and stove....electric we used when it got very hot and charge the battery....so, from experience, not big, bulky, not taking up a lot of room and for that really bad ONE time, it made life a lot easier when there was no power OR water....The other times we camped and lost power it wasn't no where near as bad as that time.
Oh, I've never owned a generator either until about 3 yrs ago...I did wish I had one a couple of times and since purchasing this one, glad I have one now and felt one would have come in handy in times past...guess some like me, learn the hard way...to me, it was well worth the money.....
I purchased it for a "just in case scenario"....and the above was the worse case..and the generator paid off in spades:)
