Generator Running While Towing

[Gary Swenson]

I just got a generator to carry in the truck and had thought about bringing a plug up to the pin box and going down the road with the generator running the a/c so the 5er would be cool when you stopped for the night. Are there issues in doing this? I have also wondered about truck issues if I were to hook up the truck while I still had the Montana pluged in to shore power. Could I hurt the truck.

[Montana_381]

In reverse order:

If you're hooked up to live AC power (shore, generator, ?) your converter will be applying +12V to the connector. There may be some possibility that something in the truck could be impacted but I can't think of what...

Running a portable generator in your truck's bed while underway could present a problem if the gas tank is full and the road is rough: fuel could spill through the cap vent and be ignited by the engine.

As to having a genset running while in motion, OTR types do it frequently, MH types do it frequently, and I've been known to do so as well. Of course, I'm not using a portable genset in the truck bed...

I've run our genset in hot weather to supply power to the 2 A/Cs and in cold weather to power the electric heat in the fireplace.

[Northstar]

Thanks for the posting. Good idea. Happyrving......