Bring a genny on the road.
I want to buy a genny and bring it with me on the road. I amlooking for anyone who knows what adaptor, cargo carrier combination will work with a 100 lb or so genny?
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I carry my 2K Honda Generator secured with a steel locking cable to the inside of my truck bed near the tailgate. My truck is equipped with one of those thick panel locking folding bed tops (FOLD_A_COVER).
When I need to use it I just pull it out onto the tailgate. The tailgate seems to be an excellent spot for the trailer shore power cable to reach. Just use a RV30A-15A long adapter from WALMART and plug the shore power cable directly into it. My 2KW Honda generator will run everything in our trailer except the Air Conditioner and high wattage microwave unit.
My generator is only used to re-charge my batteries when camping off the power grid and of course can run a few things when the generator is running. I have beefed my trailer to be more "green" on power consumption, added more batteries, use smart-mode converter/charger and larger battery cables etc with the game plan being we can run all the 120VAC items we want to use from an Inverter and all the 12VDC items direct connected to the battery bank. We will do all of this in a one day/night run off the batteries and then re-charge the batteries then next morning at 8AM when allowed to run our generator. Running off the batteries is almost the same as we do at regular electric sites with the exception of the air conditioner and high wattage microwave.
Where we usually camp here on the East side of the US all seem to have generator run time restrictions in place which is only a few hours during the day and never after 8PM at night. Sure can't run a generator to keep the air conditioner going when camping off the power grid and follow all the noise rules.
This keeps my generator out-of-sight when not is use and my generator always goes where I go. I would never leave my generator unattended at the camp site. It only take a thief just seconds to cut through almost any method you can come up with to secure them in plain view.. To me the best method of securing the generator is to keep it out-of-sight. I have witnessed two generator thief's in my travels over the past five years.
Having my generator with me at all times has really been a useful tool to have around. I can't count the number of rescues I have done in the WALMART parking lots for stranded folks including myself... I am always firing up my truck mounted generator for something... My portable B&D VEC1093DBD smart mode battery charger is also stored in the truck tool box.
just my experiences on using a generator on my camping trips...
Roy Ken
When I need to use it I just pull it out onto the tailgate. The tailgate seems to be an excellent spot for the trailer shore power cable to reach. Just use a RV30A-15A long adapter from WALMART and plug the shore power cable directly into it. My 2KW Honda generator will run everything in our trailer except the Air Conditioner and high wattage microwave unit.
My generator is only used to re-charge my batteries when camping off the power grid and of course can run a few things when the generator is running. I have beefed my trailer to be more "green" on power consumption, added more batteries, use smart-mode converter/charger and larger battery cables etc with the game plan being we can run all the 120VAC items we want to use from an Inverter and all the 12VDC items direct connected to the battery bank. We will do all of this in a one day/night run off the batteries and then re-charge the batteries then next morning at 8AM when allowed to run our generator. Running off the batteries is almost the same as we do at regular electric sites with the exception of the air conditioner and high wattage microwave.
Where we usually camp here on the East side of the US all seem to have generator run time restrictions in place which is only a few hours during the day and never after 8PM at night. Sure can't run a generator to keep the air conditioner going when camping off the power grid and follow all the noise rules.
This keeps my generator out-of-sight when not is use and my generator always goes where I go. I would never leave my generator unattended at the camp site. It only take a thief just seconds to cut through almost any method you can come up with to secure them in plain view.. To me the best method of securing the generator is to keep it out-of-sight. I have witnessed two generator thief's in my travels over the past five years.
Having my generator with me at all times has really been a useful tool to have around. I can't count the number of rescues I have done in the WALMART parking lots for stranded folks including myself... I am always firing up my truck mounted generator for something... My portable B&D VEC1093DBD smart mode battery charger is also stored in the truck tool box.
just my experiences on using a generator on my camping trips...
Roy Ken
