Do I need a Generator?

What are they good for? When you want to camp away from campgrounds that supply power and you don't want to severely limit you power consumption (air/con in particular is near impossible to provide without one). If you will be at campgrounds with power, they are not needed.

Do you need one? Depends how much you plan to be away from shore power and how much you are willing to give up.

Gas or Diesel? For portable generators it's pretty much a gas only world. The big differentiator is noise level. The Honda & Yamaha inverter lines are the best but there are knock offs coming out that are closing in.

A bigger question is how big. To run the air/con, you will need a unit that puts out 2 to 3 times the rated amperage of the air/con (starting the compressor takes much more than what is needed to keep it running). For typical RV units that's going to be on the order of 2400-3000watt generator (you can pair 2 - 2000watt Honda or Yamaha units also) If you just want to charge the batteries, you can go much smaller.

Been RV'ing one way or another for near 30 years. Never needed a generator yet.

That's really up to you and what you do with your TT. If you're always going to stay plugged in at an RV park, then no. If you're going where there isn't any electricity such as Quartzsite, BLM areas, fair grounds, race tracks, fishing or hunting areas, Corp of Engineer sites, want to run your air conditioner, etc, then yes I'd have a generator because your batteries (probably 2?) aren't going to last long.

As for gas or diesel, if it's not built in, it's not going to be diesel. They're way too heavy to lift around and generally put out more power than you'll need, so it will be a gas generator for you.

Bill

you need to just enjoy rving for awhile. unless you are going to dry camp all of the time.

you don't need a generator and more of them are just gas for your information.

Depends on where you want to go. We've had two seasons and no generator yet. Thinking about it now so I can go to places i've not been yet. So far only places with hookups. A generator and a battery bank (2 or more) seem to go together.