Trailer Generator

- With a 1/2ton truck, you will be very limited on the 5th wheels you can tow. Most units advertised as 1/2ton units can't really be towed by 1/2ton trucks if you want to stay in the ratings of the truck. The big issue is typically the pin wieght which quickly exceed the rating of the truck.
- We keep the generator in the truck bed but most times we are at a campground with shore power available.

I carried mine in the front trunk located under the hitch. Of course I had to lift it out to use it. Also, had to lock it up when using it. The generator was a 2800 watt Yamaha that weighed about 63 pounds. This got old real quick on the trip to Alaska and back.

After only about 2 years, we traded for a class C. Not just for the built-in generator, but other reasons as well.

Ray

You need to find out what your TV "payload" & GCWR is before doing anything.

The payload is going to be the most important, as it's not what you can pull, but what you can carry.

I used to carry a generator in the bed of my truck. Eventually I got tired of that plan and had a welding shop make a mount for a generator for the back bumper of the trailer. Worked great. I got an inexpensive Harbor Freight generator and bolted it down to the mount hanging on the reinforced mount tied to the frame above the rear bumper. Had I kept the TT I would have redone the wiring so all I would need to do is start the generator and power would come on inside the TT.

Ummmm...wouldn't this be better placed in the FIFTH WHEEL FORUM....:h:h...Dennis

My friend mounted his gen in back of his truck.
RV parks have elec for you.