I want a generator

Last year the alternator died on my truck. Of course at night in the middle of no where.
If you don't know on a modern diesel truck you have about 15-20 minutes of runtime after that your truck will die.

I pulled over and checked it, no output.

I started my RV generator and let it back feed to my truck. I towed to a rest area spent the night and continued the next day for another 200 miles.

It won't last long when your electric brakes are in use.

You can have all the portables you want, I love my built in onan.

Generator, solar, battery, Walmart, boondocking thread
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ol Bombero-JC wrote:
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"driving down the road......."

Wow!
This thread -started in May- has a lot of mileage!..:W

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It's a generator thread that has walmart camping mixed into it.

It's glorious!

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"driving down the road......."

Wow!
This thread -started in May- has a lot of mileage!..:W

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Unyalli wrote:
Quote=[laknox]

One thing with a genny is that you can run it while you travel and run your AC, so the FW is nice 'n cool when you stop.

Lyle

another good point who cares a how loud it is in the bed of your truck as you're driving down the road.

Even better, on the cargo rack on the a$$-end of your FW. :-)

Lyle

Quote=[laknox]
One thing with a genny is that you can run it while you travel and run your AC, so the FW is nice 'n cool when you stop.

Lyle

Another good point, who cares a how loud it is in the bed of your truck as you're driving down the road.

ependydad wrote:

Unyalli wrote:

avvidclif1 wrote:

Unyalli wrote:

Hardcandy wrote:
The reason I want one is for the few times we've stopped over night in a Wal-Mart lot on long trips, when we hit the road after work we may only need a layover for a few hours and that's when I think it would be handy to power up the AC.

Noisy Wal-mart lot? Noisy Interstate rest stop? Etc?

If you like opening your wallet and watching your money fly off into the distance listen to the blue and red crowd.

Honda 3000i handy 65db while powering an A/C for $2300!

Champ 3500/4000 68db while powering an A/C for $350. Save the 2 grand!

Put the Supergen tent over the Champ for $100 and your right at that 65db while powering an A/C for $450.

For what your talking this is all you need.

If you absolutely want inverter technology still save your self $1300 and look seriously at the Champ 3100i for $950 which stacks right up against the Handy.

Jeff

A Champion 4k generator that has the RV plug will make you the pariah of ANY campground. You won't even like it yourself. I don't care what the numbers say, THEY ARE LOUD. And it's an irritating loud, kinda like a jack hammer...

Absolutely disagree. It's the quietest 30 amp construction type generator out there and no matter as OP stated not for campground.

Jack Hammer LMAO!!!!

We just wrapped up an almost 2 month trip and I definitely found that I would have liked a generator in order to make rest stops more comfortable as well as being able to sleep at a rest stop. We got on a roll one day where the kids were being perfect in the backseat. We drove until 11:30 when we finally pulled into a campground so that we could run the A/C overnight (80-90* outside temps and HUMID!). Cost me $45 to park for 8-9 hours.

I've wanted a generator, but couldn't stomach the $3,000+ outlay on the setup that I'd like.

Given that we'd sleep at noisy areas anyway (rest stops/walmarts/etc.), the generator wouldn't be much louder than our surroundings. I wouldn't have considered the contractor generator without this post.

Thanks.

One thing with a genny is that you can run it while you travel and run your AC, so the FW is nice 'n cool when you stop.

Lyle

Unyalli wrote:

avvidclif1 wrote:

Unyalli wrote:

Hardcandy wrote:
The reason I want one is for the few times we've stopped over night in a Wal-Mart lot on long trips, when we hit the road after work we may only need a layover for a few hours and that's when I think it would be handy to power up the AC.

Noisy Wal-mart lot? Noisy Interstate rest stop? Etc?

If you like opening your wallet and watching your money fly off into the distance listen to the blue and red crowd.

Honda 3000i handy 65db while powering an A/C for $2300!

Champ 3500/4000 68db while powering an A/C for $350. Save the 2 grand!

Put the Supergen tent over the Champ for $100 and your right at that 65db while powering an A/C for $450.

For what your talking this is all you need.

If you absolutely want inverter technology still save your self $1300 and look seriously at the Champ 3100i for $950 which stacks right up against the Handy.

Jeff

A Champion 4k generator that has the RV plug will make you the pariah of ANY campground. You won't even like it yourself. I don't care what the numbers say, THEY ARE LOUD. And it's an irritating loud, kinda like a jack hammer...

Absolutely disagree. It's the quietest 30 amp construction type generator out there and no matter as OP stated not for campground.

Jack Hammer LMAO!!!!

We just wrapped up an almost 2 month trip and I definitely found that I would have liked a generator in order to make rest stops more comfortable as well as being able to sleep at a rest stop. We got on a roll one day where the kids were being perfect in the backseat. We drove until 11:30 when we finally pulled into a campground so that we could run the A/C overnight (80-90* outside temps and HUMID!). Cost me $45 to park for 8-9 hours.

I've wanted a generator, but couldn't stomach the $3,000+ outlay on the setup that I'd like.

Given that we'd sleep at noisy areas anyway (rest stops/walmarts/etc.), the generator wouldn't be much louder than our surroundings. I wouldn't have considered the contractor generator without this post.

Thanks.

Unyalli wrote:

Hardcandy wrote:
The reason I want one is for the few times we've stopped over night in a Wal-Mart lot on long trips, when we hit the road after work we may only need a layover for a few hours and that's when I think it would be handy to power up the AC.

Noisy Wal-mart lot? Noisy Interstate rest stop? Etc?

If you like opening your wallet and watching your money fly off into the distance listen to the blue and red crowd.

Honda 3000i handy 65db while powering an A/C for $2300!

Champ 3500/4000 68db while powering an A/C for $350. Save the 2 grand!

Put the Supergen tent over the Champ for $100 and your right at that 65db while powering an A/C for $450.

For what your talking this is all you need.

If you absolutely want inverter technology still save your self $1300 and look seriously at the Champ 3100i for $950 which stacks right up against the Handy.

Jeff

Jeff knows what he's talking about!

I'll second the 3500/4000 Champion. Best $300 I ever spent.

Don't need it now that I have an onboard genny, but used it a lot when I was off the grid with my previous 5er.

Pop-Pop C wrote:
I carried one for two years and never used it!

+1
I stopped carrying mine as I transitioned into solar.
Never cared much to have a generator running. If I need air I look for hookups.