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mlts22
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Feb 22, 2016

Worth buying a generator with a motorhome with an Onan?

At the Austin RV show, one place was offering a Yeti cooler or a Champion 4000 generator. What would you choose?

If I were out boondocking, the Champion 4000 generator, if jammed in a doghouse and well away from my rig might be OK, but it isn't my idea of fun. The Yeti cooler is nice, but since I'm not really passively hunting, it might just wind up not that useful.

What would you choose?
  • Trackrig wrote:
    Take which ever one you think you can sell the easiest or give away as a gift?


    That's why I would take the generator. I think it would sell quicker. :)
  • If you have the Onan, I don't know why you'd want the Champion to use with the MH?

    * It's going to be nosier than the Onan
    * It's going to use as much fuel as the Onan
    * It's one more thing to maintain
    * It's going to take up room
    * If you used the Champion all of the time, you'd still have to run the Onan every so often anyway.
    * I assume the Onan is plumbed into the MH fuel tank? You'd have to carry extra fuel for the Champion.

    I'm not coming up with any pluses for taking the Champion unless you want a generator around the house - I have several. Take which ever one you think you can sell the easiest or give away as a gift?

    Bill
  • mlts22 wrote:
    At the Austin RV show, one place was offering a Yeti cooler or a Champion 4000 generator. What would you choose?

    If I were out boondocking, the Champion 4000 generator, if jammed in a doghouse and well away from my rig might be OK, but it isn't my idea of fun. The Yeti cooler is nice, but since I'm not really passively hunting, it might just wind up not that useful.

    What would you choose?

    You lost me. Your title indicates buying a motorhome with an Onan.
    Your post is about a Yeti cooler or a Champion generator.:h

    Or do you mean if you buy a motorhome equipped with an Onan, would you get a free (I assume) Yeti cooler or a Champion generator.
    If that's the case, I would take the generator.