Hello everyone.We have a 26' Jayco Eagle and I was wondering were most people have been mounting a generator? That's if you mount them at all. My genny is a Powerhouse PH3100RI and weighs in at about 130# so it's not real light. Any ideas would be great.ThanksKeith

Mine goes in the tailgate corner of my truck bed. It is secured to the bed wall using the lockable steel rope. My truck also has a lockable folding hard plastic bed cover and of course the tail gate locks.Makes for a nice OUT-OF-SIGHT secure spot for us when in travel mode or lock up mode. I just pull it out onto the tail gate when connected to the trailer shore power cable when allowed to run my generator at the camp sites. My game plan was to keep the generator out-of-sight as much as possible and I have not had any thief problems using it over the past few years. It goes where I go. I would never leave my generator unattended at a camp site.To me just sitting one on the ground next to the trailer, attaching to a front or rear bumper tray or chaining to a tree is just just saying "TAKE ME-TAKE ME" Thiefs will look for the easy target and can cut thru almost anything using a dremal tool or HD wire cutters.Seriously - how long would these last... sample photos from google imagesRoy Ken

Ours is in a cargo tray at the rear of our TT. Unfortunately we are unable to put it in the bed of our truck as we have a cap on it and that is where we my son sleeps. Not good to sleep in Carbon Monoxide atmosphere. Have never had ours stolen but that may be because where we camp so few people dare to follow.

Our Honda comes out ONLY when in use and someone is present, when not being used it is secured in the vehicle out of site.

You know, I hadn't really thought about the theft part of it. Guess I just tend to be a little to trusting. But I had thought about doing a "semi" hard mount in the bed of the truck and that's sounding like a even better idea now. Been thinking about a shell or cover so that would make a secure concealed mount.Thanks for the help.Keith

No theft problems around here but, if I were traveling I would not leave alone when I left the campsite. RoyB's plan looks like a good one.

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RoyB
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Dec 10, 2012
Mine goes in the tailgate corner of my truck bed. It is secured to the bed wall using the lockable steel rope. My truck also has a lockable folding hard plastic bed cover and of course the tail gate locks.

Makes for a nice OUT-OF-SIGHT secure spot for us when in travel mode or lock up mode. I just pull it out onto the tail gate when connected to the trailer shore power cable when allowed to run my generator at the camp sites.

My game plan was to keep the generator out-of-sight as much as possible and I have not had any thief problems using it over the past few years. It goes where I go. I would never leave my generator unattended at a camp site.

To me just sitting one on the ground next to the trailer, attaching to a front or rear bumper tray or chaining to a tree is just just saying "TAKE ME-TAKE ME" Thiefs will look for the easy target and can cut thru almost anything using a dremal tool or HD wire cutters.

Seriously - how long would these last...

sample photos from google images

Roy Ken

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