Portable generator on truck??

That is about the set up I have. I use a 2k watt Honda generator (the little portable one, about the size of a small suitcase). Keep in my tool box while driving. I take it out and chain it to the frame while stopped. My ac is a portable unit form home depot. Made my own window adapter out of a pice of wood to vent the hot air. (unit uses 1000 watts of power, so I am under the 1600 watt rated load of the generator)

I don't know where people are getting the "they wont last" crap. Ive had my generator with me for over 7 years and only changed spark plugs and oil. (and a new pull cord about a month ago). The ac unit has been with me for about 5 years (and I even keep it with me in the winter as I am too lazy to take it out. I removed the pass seat and it becomes a coat rack in the winter) and the both run just as good today as they did the day I took them out of the box.

And my total cost, with external 3 gal gas tank, is about $1500. Paid for itself many many many times over.

 

Hi, could you give me the brand of air cond at home depot, i have a small gen , not suitcase and rated at a thosand watt, i think, it only has one plug for 12 volt, the other reason i like my gen i can leave and charge up a battery, might take all day, but it save money on service call, i see this for a o/o , but i couldnt see why this wouldnt work for company as well ,too cut his-her idle time down too 0,,my only thing is they would say for insurance reason, if my gen burnt up the truck or something like that , my pet peeve is there way too much idleing truck's and yes you can shoot with me with your bow's and arrow's, but i have too agree with the big gov on idling truck's, i can run many trip's on what they idle at night,

 

I agree with you! It sucks seeing so many trucks idling needlessly! Right now around the country the temps are in the 50s yet so many trucks are idling. Sometimes i wanna bang on the door and yell, SHUT YOUR TRUCK OFF!!!

 

Last week it was a wonderfull night. I was looking forward to going to sleep with bunk window open. Guy next to me was ideling all night with a clear air leak as his compressor kept shutting off every 90 seconds.

 

Black Rock generator went out of business about 2 months ago

 

More like last May...

http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=70292

 

Ok I bought a 3000watt Generator today, And going to put it on my truck! A little more than I need but it was on sale at Menards for $299. so my questuion is do I need a Power line conditioner for smooth running electricity? like a pure sine for DC! Not sure what a/c /heat I will use. was looking at some small Cabinet one's! Don't want eratic power to mess up my a/c or t.v.!!!

 

No, you don't need anything else. If you want really clean power you can get a computer APU which is a battery backup system. You would plug that into your generator then plug your TV and everything else into the computer APU except the A/C. That's too big for that or your inverter.

But you should be all set with nothing else.

What brand and model generator did you get?

 

What states give you the 400 lb. exemption, and how does it work on the axle weight limitations, i am guessing you would be allowed 400 lbs. over on your drives or steer or a combination of the two?

 

Yes, 400 pounds over on the drive axles. Here is a link to the states.

http://www.ooida.com/Education%...Info/Vehicle_weight_exemptions_for_APUs.shtml