3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

professor95 wrote:
The pictures tell the whole story. Now I can load my 36438 easily onto the back or the Volvo as well as into the bed of the dually. The rig on the Volvo slips into the 2" receiver. I made it up from some scrap steel and 3" pipe (yes, I have a welder).

Both use the small Harbor Freight PU bed crane as the platform. The crane head easily moves from the PU to the piece I made for the Volvo.

I am sharing just to give folks an idea as to how to move the 100+ pound generator from the ground to the bed of a truck without a second or third person to help lift. By using the trailer hitch 2" receiver there are no pipes or brackets bolted to the truck bed. It all comes off or installs quickly and easily when needed. Of course, when used in the receiver of a pick-up the tailgate must be removed. An easy one man process on the GMC.


HF Crane I had installed in my PU bed to lift out the fifth wheel hitch. I added the winch and strap.


This is the piece I made to use in the Volvo 2" receiver with the head of the HF crane that lifts off of the base in the PU. The "thing" on the right is a back step that also fits into the 2" receiver.


This is the 2" receiver I installed on the Volvo - it is pretty much like any class IV or V receiver.


Straps on the generator, starting lift from the ground.


lift with a combination of the winch and the jack on the crane's boom


The crane easily rotates 360 degrees, making moving the generator to the designated landing spot easily accomplished. Now, the generator will be rolled to the front, strapped down and the crane assembly removed and stored so I can hook up the camper. No aching back or shoulder. The weight of the crane head and hitch adapter/support are easily manageable by an old guy like me.