Generator

jnharley wrote:
With the onboard Onan generators, you can buy a wireless remote start that is programable. Even in a park with electric hookups, you can program the remote start to activate if the power goes out so your pets will be safe.

That sounds like a great option, thanks.

jnharley wrote:
With the onboard Onan generators, you can buy a wireless remote start that is programable. Even in a park with electric hookups, you can program the remote start to activate if the power goes out so your pets will be safe.

That is a cool option. We bought ours before that was available but it would be fun to add.

Thanks for the info, this was not even something I was aware was an option until recently. All of our 5th wheels have been in the 30 ft. range and used mostly for weekends and 2 or 3 yearly vacations so I guess we had not given it any thought.
We will need to take that concern out of the con column for 5th wheels.

With the onboard Onan generators, you can buy a wireless remote start that is programable. Even in a park with electric hookups, you can program the remote start to activate if the power goes out so your pets will be safe.

kzoocamper wrote:
We are in the process of deciding between a class A and a 5th wheel for our retirement unit and one of the concerns we have with a 5th wheel is stopping to do some sightseeing ect. during our travels and not having an air conditioned place for the dogs. Does anyone use an on board generator in their 5th wheel to solve this problem. If this is an option it may be another tic in the pro column for an on board unit.

Another yes from me. In fact, most of the hours on my generator are from leaving the dogs in the AC when it's hot out.

kzoocamper wrote:
We are in the process of deciding between a class A and a 5th wheel for our retirement unit and one of the concerns we have with a 5th wheel is stopping to do some sightseeing ect. during our travels and not having an air conditioned place for the dogs. Does anyone use an on board generator in their 5th wheel to solve this problem. If this is an option it may be another tic in the pro column for an on board unit.

We often use generator this way.We leave the dog in the 5'er. With A/C on if we stop to check out something interesting or if we just stop for lunch.
The genset creates lots of options.

Yes. Use the generator for dogs, the family or just charge the battery.
No difference in gen sets for MH or fiver. Costs the same to run them. I guess the class A folks accept the cost of comfort and fivers sweat it. Lol

It would work great for that. We don't do dogs, but I've used the AC on roadside stops for myself. Wife calls me an old dog, so maybe that's the same thing.

We are in the process of deciding between a class A and a 5th wheel for our retirement unit and one of the concerns we have with a 5th wheel is stopping to do some sightseeing ect. during our travels and not having an air conditioned place for the dogs. Does anyone use an on board generator in their 5th wheel to solve this problem. If this is an option it may be another tic in the pro column for an on board unit.

We did 10 weeks from East Coast to West Coast, hitting many of the National Parks while on our trip.

While we had electric everywhere we had planned to stay for everything longer than a night, we wanted to be prepped for any possible overnights if we needed to stop at a Walmart lot, rest area etc... A Honda 3000UI was purchased prior to our trip and was secured in the bed of my truck in case it was needed.

The other thought was what if we lost power in a campground? That has happened to us before so we took no chances... This to me was like an insurance policy, there if you need it but OK if it is not used!