Let's talk generators - again.

There's always this option. Installing a gas tank up front beside the generator:

I have a toyhauler with a generac g50. I have a 24 gallon fuel tank with fuel station mounted behind the axles between frame cross members just the waste tanks and freshwater tank. I would think bolting a gas tank in would be easy. The filler might be tricky. I think propane wil be a pain with your intended use.

laknox wrote:

Lantley wrote:
Roy Bell Wrote:
I lock the door from outside and leave the truck running. Parked in a parking lot it's not too likely someone is going to notice a truck running in the middle of the day and attempt to steal it.

I think you'd be surprised how many cars left running are stolen with the keys left in it
I personally witnessed an officer scolding someone for leaving their car running with the keys in it.
No matter how you slice it, Leaving a car unattended and running with the keys in it is a bad idea.

Um, a remote start isn't all that expensive. Mine has settings that allow you to leave the truck running for a few minutes for "turbo cool down" or indefinitely. Push the button on the remote, dash lights flash, take the key out, truck stays running, lock the truck. If someone =does= get in, they have to step on the brake to unlock the shifter. Without the key in and turned to RUN, it shuts right down.

Lyle

That is exactly how my aftermarket remote start works, and spending the money on that makes much more sense to me than installing a generator that may or may not get used.

That is a much cheaper and simple way of solving the problem, so it is on topic.

Yes the furnace can use a lot. Onan even more.

time2roll wrote:
I have never had that much trouble finding propane. Yes after hours might be tough at times. Google says Cocke County Gas should have been able to fill you up.

Anyway if I had a propane Onan I would be carrying at least 4x 30# cylinders.

I rarely use 60 lbs in one year of camping, let alone 30 lbs in 3 days. However, temps were in the 20s and high teens the night before that first tank ran out.

Cocke County Gas would had been good, but they are closed on Saturday and Sundays. M-F hours are 7:30am-4:30pm. We rolled out of West Virginia Friday morning and arrived in Newport that evening. The tank didn't run out until Friday after dinner. Seeing the propane fill at our campground I figured I would fill when we got back from exploring the Smokies that Saturday evening. I was wrong.

Google also says that the Murphy USA fills, they don't even have exchanges.

I am not saying it's impossible to refill. I am saying it can be very difficult at times, especially during the colder months when places are using more propane than during summer months. Their supply may be depleted when you are counting on them.

Pretty rare for a gas station to run out of regular gas.

I have never had that much trouble finding propane. Yes after hours might be tough at times. Google says Cocke County Gas should have been able to fill you up.

Anyway if I had a propane Onan I would be carrying at least 4x 30# cylinders.

I know this post is a little old, but I got just back from a 2 week trip with the following observations in regards to getting propane tanks filled.

Finding places to fill propane is incredible difficult if you aren't in major towns.

If you need a fill on Sunday or after hours, most propane fill places are closed on Sundays/after hours.

I was in Newport TN and I spent 2 days trying to fill one of my empty 30lb tanks. I have a gas generator, my propane was for our furnace and fridge while moving.

Our campground was out of propane. I called Lowes 20 minutes in town and they said, yea, we refill. I specifically asked if they refill. I get there, and they only had 20 lb exchanges. Walmart next, door same thing. The couple gas stations listed on google as having propane fill had no propane of any kind. I gave up.

Went back to our campground and asked them who fills. They said, oh, the campground (KOA) next to us fills. I Called them up that night and they said, yea, we refill propane but we are closed currently. No problem, just swing there in the AM before we leave and fill it up. I drive over there- Nope, no filling. WTF. They said to go on down to the corner hardware store.

20 minutes back into town I get to the hardware store and they were able to fill me up. They were closed when I went into town the first time so it wouldn't had mattered if I knew they were there.

I run my tank out again (I have 2 ) the night before we were leaving for home. The campground I was at had a fill station. I paid my $28 to have it filled. We get out there, and they can't get the propane in. Not sure what is going on. I told them the hardware store in TN had no problem filling it....They gave up and said you might want to try the walmart down the street. Well, Walmart doesn't fill. I said screw it, I will just fill it once I get it home.

If I had 20 lb tanks and didn't mind the expensive $20-$25 exchange, I would had been OK. Trying to get your own tanks filled proved difficult while on the road. I did, however, pass quite a few gas stations trying to get them filled. A couple gas cans in the back of the truck and it would had been easy to get that petrol generator back running.

Best of both worlds. Fill that space with Lithium Ion iron batteries and an inverter to run the A/C. I have two Battleborn battery’s and love them. So fill the space and when your power starts gettin low, use the inverter generator to charge them back up. Then put it away.

Lantley wrote:

ependydad wrote:

Lantley wrote:
Ask your insurance company if your covered if your vehicle is left unattended with engine running.

Insurance company didn’t bat an eye in PA for my father-in-law 2 or 3 years ago. He started his car one winter morning and ran inside for a minute. Came back out and it wasn’t there.

Cops talked to him, “yeah, you shouldn’t do that but yeah, it’s freaking cold out this morning.”

Because cars being stolen with keys in it is becoming a thing, insurance companies are creating exclusions.
As mentioned Remote start is the simple solution for this issue.

I know that a lot of cars in the last 10 years, or so, that have systems like OnStar, have a remote start/stop built in...IF you pay the annual subscription fee.

Lyle

Yes the red Stabilizer is worthless, only use the green marine type.