We purchased a generator this year so we could travel to unknown places and not have to worry about draining the batteries of our Airstream.
We chose the Honda EU3000iS. 3000 watts of power, extremely quite, a convenient electric start and up to 20 hrs. of operation on 3.4 gallons of fuel.
This poses the question, how much extra gas do I carry? 5 gallons? 10 gallons? I just don’t know.
On thing is for sure, I don’t like hauling gas cans in the back of the truck.
I was thinking out loud with my brother-in-law Yale and said, “Why isn’t there a way to pump gas out of the truck into our generator sitting in the truck bed?” Yale grabbed his phone, checked Google and BAM!
A great product once you figure out how to get the hose into the truck gas tank.
Used it twice on our first boondocking trip. Worked great and no worries about gas cans in the back of the truck.
Author: Bob Kevoian
Too bad that the truck is a diesel.
Actually, that looks like a great product. I’m going to suggest it to my RV customers who don’t have toy haulers with fueling stations. Is 3000 watts enough to handle your A/C and and microwave and other power-hungry appliances?
Bob said he doesn’t think you can run them all at the same time! We used the generator to charge our electronics and the Airstream batteries, coffee maker, etc. We used the a/c but didn’t run anything else at the same time.
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I know that Bob is very technology-literate, so I may be saying something he already knows. Be very careful running and fueling your generator in your truck bed. Those plastic bed liners are really good at creating a spark from static electricity, and a hot spark is an excellent ignitor for any gas vapors that may be present. That is an excellent generator and a really good choice, but I’d be scared to run it in the tonneau cover unless you have a good way to make sure it’s ventilated. Just to be clear, I’m not somebody who won’t go to the gas station if the fuel truck is there. I’m somebody who’s seen a couple generator incidents on construction sites, who doesn’t want to see them happen for anyone else. Especially people who have brought a lot of happiness to my life. Safe travels-
Thanks for that info. I showed it to Bob and he said he’s aware of the danger. We have a rubber liner, and the beach was super windy so he felt there was plenty of ventilation. He said when there is not sufficient breeze, he would probably leave the tailgate down and slide the generator down to the very back.
Really, thanks for your concern!!