Generator for travel trailer
I’m trying to decide on a generator to use with my travel trailer and hoping to make a better decision based on your experience. What suggestions do you have?
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enblethen wrote:
I have a pair of Honda eu2000I gensets. Have had issues with both. One has had fuel system, went to shop still bad. The shop has it scheduled for more work on them. Other had electrical issue, poor solder joint. They are used at house and occasionally in place of on-board Onan.
I would be looking at the Predator 3500 from Harbor Freight. Much better dollar value then what was paid for the Hondas. Could have bought three of the Predators for cost of Hondas. Neighbor has one and has worked it hard on their 5er.
This is a bad stroke of luck.
Fuel issue could/likely is self induced and even if not, is very simple to fix.
Bad elect connection, I'd say is rare. Have been beating the snot out of hundreds of Honda generators for 25+ years and basically unless old gas gums them up, or they run out of oil, get stolen or get smashed by something on a construction site, they run.
Have submerged a few, dry em out, change oil, dry up the fuel tanks, back to running.
Have the first Yamaha 2k, bought 2 seasons ago, construction work. So far it's been stone reliable as well and expect it to be on par with Honda.
Don't doubt that Champions run well, never used one personally, but there's a reason that people in the industry use the likes of Honda, Hilti, Sthil, Makita, etc instead of Predator, Bosch, Homelite and Ryobi.
