gbopp wrote:
Based on your screen name, I'll park next to you and ignore the noise of your generator. :B
Welcome to the forum.
Me too! After we all get a "few" down us, we'll all be singing in harmonious melody to the music of the generator! Sounds like we're going to have a blast!
Welcome!
Question for the OP? Other than camping, do you have a use for the generator? If you do, I'd keep it. That's a good machine.
In 2006, when we purchased our Springdale TT, the dealer threw in a generator free. Evidently this company was going out of business and local generator company/dealer gave them to the RV dealership to give away with every new camper sold. So we got this one.
I looked it up on the Internet and it did not have very good reviews, and I though,... oh boy, I was just handed a piece of junk I'll have to eventually figure out how to haul away.
Well, that was 11 years ago and I've never even changed the spark plug to that generator yet. Actually, I used it just yesterday. It ran for 7 hours at home because our power was out. It didn't skip a beat.
In my opinion, all those nay-sayers about that generator were completely wrong. I've used it for all sorts of things, but mainly around the house for power outages. We've never used it camping as we always have electric camp sites.
So, if you have another purpose for the generator, hang on to it. It's designed for operation power tools at a construction site. (or anything else you may want).
Loud? Ehh! who cares! Mine is not as loud as a push lawn mower, but it ain't quiet either! Your's will probably be the same.
Really, before discarding it, think of the possibilities it has and uses it might offer when not camping!
Here's mine, 11 years old and still works great! Not bad for a free-bee!
I kept the box and use it for a cover to keep dirt and dust off it when not in use. Not bad for an 11 year old box.
By the way, one of the coolest uses I ever saw someone use a portable generator for was back in 1971 when the church I was going to decided to have a baptism. The church did not have a baptistry, but someone had a creek than ran through their farm. The day of the baptism, everyone gathered along the creek bed when 2 pick-up trucks pulled up. One pick up truck had a portable generator in the bed and pulled away from the gathering spot and laid out a couple hundred feet of extension cord from the truck to the spot where everyone was gathering. The second pick up pulled in with the church organ in it's bed. Those guys loaded the church organ and brought it out to the meeting spot. They plugged in the organ via the generator. The generator was far enough away, you could barely hear it running. They cranked the organ and every had a great time!
So you know, you just never know what a generator may come in handy!
