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thebrain
Mar 02, 2019Explorer
Photomike wrote:I was actually planning to cut a hole in the driver rear door just under the spare tire holder and place the yamaha 2000 1600 watt continuous on a small plateform w/ cover that exposed the exhaust outward.do you think this would be high enought for cruising at vessel launching the generater will be stowed.
Most of the converted vans would not be great to launch a boat with. They have way too much stuff hanging down under them making the clearance horrible. You would more than likely rip something off or flood the built in generator when doing so.
was planning to use this generater on both van and camper vessel however w/ the associated CO fumes I'm leaning toward more amp hours.
I could get by w/ a hotplate attached to a foldup shelf attached to the side door.
when I first found out about roadtrek and the other B class. I thought the generater was mounted up in the rear roof area however that just the AC compressor.
you are absolutely correct about the xepress's being very low if I remember correctly the tongue height was like 11" van is allready very low but squatted underload I actuely hit a sewer lid strucktore and the lid flipped up and damaged the rear plastic body panel surrounding the rear wheel.my new tow vehicle saab 97x tongue height is like triple the vans in fact I had the invert the 1 1/2" hitch.
the van I want to fix up and invest in will have either airbag leveling sys. or some air shocks to compensate for the sag.
edit: I have two camper cook tops the first is a coleman 2 burner which burns either gasoline or coleman fuild would a stove like this be as safe as the propane hotplate which is my second cooker however it's a grill type I suspose a pan could be heated on a grill correct.I haven't used either grill yet.
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