Bringing a generator with to a FHU campground?

toyhauler with onboard onan so we always have one with us :)

yes bring it if you have room and it doesn't get in your way. why not?
if you need it then it came in super handy!

Roy&Lynne wrote:
Well,and then you could always just go camping without electricity!!!!What a concept

GASP! Don't ever say that!!! :B
We are in the 21'st century.

You could always go camping without an RV either for that matter, what a concept!!! We never leave home without it, but it would be difficult to do so anyway since it is of the onboard variety. We avoid private RV parks unless there are no other alternatives (prefer federal, state, county, or COE parks) available so we have not experienced a power failure occurring during a stay. Since we predominately drycamp and boondock, having solar and a generator along for the trip guarantees happy camping.

popeyemth wrote:
We carry ours not only for the rare camp outage but primarily for lunch/rest stops on the road.
It lets us power the microwave if wanted and to eat lunch or nap with the AC on.

This is what I use mine for as well.

Well,and then you could always just go camping without electricity!!!!What a concept

My 2KW Generator lives in the tail gate corner of my locked and covered truck bed. It goes where I go. There has been many times I got to use my generator to jump start dead batteries and help someone.

I guess this brings up a question I have about what a camp ground would do if they lost 120VAC power for long periods of time. I have never been at campground that lost power for long length of time yet. Most everywhere we go here on the East side of the US all seem to have generator run time restrictions in place. I have not found any public place that allowed the generator to run after 8PM at night.

I am assuming the campground would allow anyone to use their generator if they lost commercial power??? Maybe they just don't enforce the NO generator rules...

Of course with our robust OFF-ROAD setup it wouldn't bother us at all. Now way would I miss NCIS on the HDTV hehe...

Roy Ken

I always take mine, and was glad I did last year. I had a leaking valve stem on a trailer tire. I fired up the generator and pancake compressor a couple of times and was able to keep it sufficiently aired up until I could get to a tire store.

wing_zealot wrote:
If it's not big enough to run the AC why bother. I have one also and have never took it with me camping when I had electric sites. And never needed it either.

To charge your batteries....run other things...Have a fantastic fan? It will run down your batteries.

If it's not big enough to run the AC why bother. I have one also and have never took it with me camping when I had electric sites. And never needed it either.

I keep the Honda 2000 in the storage box so it's always available. Even if we are planning on a FHU trip, an unexpected detour or breakdown could find us boondocking somewhere....I don't usually carry the extended run tank in teh back of the truck unless I know we'll be off the grid for a few days.