Honda generator

Yep a buddy of mine has a Honda and you can barely hear it run .
My champion will run 14 to 15 hrs on a tank of fuel ...3.8 gal.

 

About the same as the Honda. Anywhere from 14 - 18hrs depending on the load. 3.5 Gal tank.

I've seen pics where guys have used a 25 gal DEF tank and used that for a fuel tank for the Honda. I'd like to do something like that. Mine would run for over a week on that much fuel.

I'm just curious how/where I would fill a 25 gal tank? I aint draggin my 2 little 2 gal gas cans back and forth across the truck stop half dozen times just to fill that.

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To the OP,..

Compared to the expense that it costs to buy, repair/maintain an APU. If you went with one of the cheaper $300 - $400 generators,.. even if it only lasted 1 or 2 yrs,.. you could just toss it in a dumpster when it goes bad,.. buy a new one every 2 yrs and still be way ahead of the game compared to an APU.

I'm going on 2 yrs with my Honda EU3000is and its been 100%. Not a single hickup. Starts instantly every time.

Hurst

 

Yeah I get some looks somtimes too lol

 

Drop the trailer in a truckstop and bobtail out front to the gas pumps. I've always wondered if they made truck frame mounts for a reefer fuel tank so you could put a small tank where an APU would go, and just fill it with gas instead of diesel. I know I have seen small reefer tanks, or at least smaller than the average 50 gal ones a lot of companies use. With a 35 gal gas tank, a decent sized generator would run for a week or more even under heavy use.

 

I never realized how much idleing I was doing till I put this thing on ...it's been on a little over 2 weeks and already got 236 hrs on it .

 

That's a good idea using the def tank for gas. And I don't do business with pilot/flying j but I would be using their RV pump if I had a tank that big. Otherwise it's not too bad to drop trailer every now and then to bobtail to the gas pump

 

Run some inverter cables from your truck batteries to that thing

 

That's a good idea ! Thanks !

 

I can't cite any regulations, but I don't believe that it's legal to carry more than 5 gallons of gasoline in a vehicle in a portable container, or in a tank that's not rated for it (like the DEF tank).

 

I've eclipsed 4 years with my Yamaha 3000 inverter generator. Change the oil when time allows along with spark plug and it's been trouble free from day one. Here's the thing......sometimes the oil gets changed around the 50 hour mark other times its around the 150 hour mark. Spark plug get treated the same. The generator has riden in the trailer tool box between the axles it's entire life. It's always started in the winter no matter the temp. Still running on the original battery too. During the spring and fall periods the genny can sit unused just bouncing down the road for weeks at a time. Never a problem starting and performing when duty calls. What I'm saying is I don't baby this thing!! I take care of it but she lives a hard life. As for quietness.......Honda's and Yamaha's can't be beat IMO. I set my Yamaha up behind my truck and chain it to the trailer dollies when in use. The 3.5 gallon tank can handle high RPM's for at least 12 hours.

And I've gone the route of a room style A/C unit with the tube feeding out the passenger window. It cools as it should. However it's a blast of cold air in one spot.