Hello everyone! I'm brand new to your forum just today!I have a rv that I have been constructing for about 7 years now. It is a Kenworth T600 tractor with a 53' Greatdane trailer. A few months ago I successfully completed the rv title conversion so things are going well.I'm contemplating mounting my Honda eu6500 generator to the front of the trailer above my propane bottles. Now it rides in the rear of the trailer and when I want to turn it on I have to winch the trailer ramp door down and pull it down the ramp. Its a pain to do this and the generator is heavy!I figure if I mount it outside I will need to enclose it as well while still letting it get air somehow. Has anyone done anything like this before and does anyone have any suggestions?

With a set up that large, you could probably mount the genset under the chassis, the way they do with some of those refrigeration units on the road.Being that you have a "custom" set-up, you'll have to think outside the box, to figure this out?A few pictures would be great, and help us get an idea of just what you have....and maybe make some suggestions:)Welcome to the forum....lots of great minds here!!! and then there are the rest of us:B

I'll try to get a few pictures for you guys. I was going to mount it on the truck for the longest time but i'm not sure how to get the power back to the trailer due to the articulation of the truck and trailer turning. I want it to bed hands off as possible so if I pull into a rest area at night I don't have to do anything but push the remote starter button.

I would mount it on the tractor, without question. I would be inclined to modify the trailer side to accept a locking inlet plug (NOT a double-male suicide cord). Then I would use a SHORT custom-sized cord for OTR travel, and then longer cords as needed when camping.If space allows, I would try to fab some sort of articulated arm for the gennie, so that I could easily set it on the ground.Forum member "Professor95" mounted a small gennie on his tractor, if memory serves.As said previously, PICS!

I would put it on the tractor. Really, I would sell it and get a DIESEL gen for on the tractor. A cord is easy to make. You just need some rubber cord and appropriate twist-lock ends. Use a "flanged inlet" on the trailer.If I put it on the trailer I'd put it underneath if possible.By the way. Let's see some pictures of this thing. It sounds really cool!!

I like the honds eu6500 because it will only run the rpm that it needs. Most generators run at idle then kick up to full throttle when the smallest electrical draw is present. Please feel free to educate me further on this if u have a better idea of a specific generator.I have been trying to get u guys pictures. I need help here. I have an Iphone 4s and I linked it to this brand new computer and the photos are on this computer, I cant get them up so u can see them....help!

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Chris_Bryant
Explorer II
Jul 09, 2013
The Onan Quiet Diesels are inverter based, and operate like that- I would go for that over the gasoline powered Honda.
shock_guy
Explorer
Jul 09, 2013
I like the honds eu6500 because it will only run the rpm that it needs. Most generators run at idle then kick up to full throttle when the smallest electrical draw is present. Please feel free to educate me further on this if u have a better idea of a specific generator.

I have been trying to get u guys pictures. I need help here. I have an Iphone 4s and I linked it to this brand new computer and the photos are on this computer, I cant get them up so u can see them....help!
KD4UPL
Explorer
Jul 09, 2013
I would put it on the tractor. Really, I would sell it and get a DIESEL gen for on the tractor. A cord is easy to make. You just need some rubber cord and appropriate twist-lock ends. Use a "flanged inlet" on the trailer.
If I put it on the trailer I'd put it underneath if possible.

By the way. Let's see some pictures of this thing. It sounds really cool!!
greenrvgreen
Explorer
Jul 09, 2013
I would mount it on the tractor, without question. I would be inclined to modify the trailer side to accept a locking inlet plug (NOT a double-male suicide cord). Then I would use a SHORT custom-sized cord for OTR travel, and then longer cords as needed when camping.

If space allows, I would try to fab some sort of articulated arm for the gennie, so that I could easily set it on the ground.

Forum member "Professor95" mounted a small gennie on his tractor, if memory serves.

As said previously, PICS!
shock_guy
Explorer
Jul 08, 2013
I'll try to get a few pictures for you guys. I was going to mount it on the truck for the longest time but i'm not sure how to get the power back to the trailer due to the articulation of the truck and trailer turning. I want it to bed hands off as possible so if I pull into a rest area at night I don't have to do anything but push the remote starter button.
PapPappy
Explorer
Jul 08, 2013
With a set up that large, you could probably mount the genset under the chassis, the way they do with some of those refrigeration units on the road.

Being that you have a "custom" set-up, you'll have to think outside the box, to figure this out?
A few pictures would be great, and help us get an idea of just what you have....and maybe make some suggestions:)

Welcome to the forum....lots of great minds here!!! and then there are the rest of us:B

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