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    Posted: 29 Jun 2013 at 10:57pm
Originally posted by Outbound

My generator rides in the back of the SUV - its not ideal, but I generally only bring the genny along to campgrounds within 3 hours of home, so its usually not in there for long.

If I was the OP, I'd seriously consider mounting a cargo tray to the tongue and rearranging the battery and propane tank to accommodate the genny.


Our trips are considerably longer, up to 6000 miles, so the back of our SUV would not be the wisest choice.  I am thinking about the tongue-mounted cargo carrier. 

Has anyone else checked out the Dometic LW3000?  Almost as quiet as Honda, electric start, and much less expensive.  Unfortunately, it is much larger than the Honda 2000 watt generator. 
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I have a Honda 2000 it is build in a box in the back of the trailer. I diverted the exhaust to the ground insulated the box, reduced noise by 50%. The generator is mounted on a floating bottom that I can raise with a bottle jack and there for eliminating 99% of vibration.
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Originally posted by marwayne

I have a Honda 2000 it is build in a box in the back of the trailer. I diverted the exhaust to the ground insulated the box, reduced noise by 50%. The generator is mounted on a floating bottom that I can raise with a bottle jack and there for eliminating 99% of vibration.


I studied the photos of your installation yesterday.  It is a very neat set-up, but would not fit into the layout of my 173.  I have a jack-knife sofa across the back (not enough clearance under it) and the dinette across the front.  Same problem.  My Dometic is 19.7" high, much higher than your Honda 2000.  But thanks for the suggestion.

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Posts: 1002 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Jun 2013 at 10:32am
I don't think it has anything to do with the layout, because everything is outside.
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Sorry, I better look at the photos and narrative again.

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Sleepless, happily no need for vibration dampening with my setup.  I ran a test 2 months ago with the generator running on the cargo tray in front of the truck when we did a boondocking trip.  I could barely notice it with the A/C off.  Once the A/C was on it was impossible to hear or feel the genset over the A/C.  Since it is an inverter model it idles down pretty low, and doesn't even break 3000 rpm when in overload mode. 
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