Wheeee... got my ebay purchase in....





I also added this little gem for $101.00 shipped to my doorstep, next gotta figure out how to keep foods cold...then i'll be ready for any camp site!
http://www.harborfreight.com/900-peak800-running-watts-2-hp-63cc-gas-generato...

Don't want to have to run the truck all night long for lights or possible a small space heater (wife gets cold if its below 65 degrees).

Gonna use it to cook if we go to some national parks too, heheh, why not just bring along a small hotplate so's I don't have to worry bout' burnin' my eyes with smoke from the campfire?

Could use it to make my coffee in the morning and cook my bacon!!

Besides...one day I might have me a pull behind house fer my truck and the little gen will make a good addition to it!

Don't think so, he stated he used it once on a family outing. There are more like it on ebay, just type in "Truck tent". I just happened to catch a "no reserve" low price one. I ended up paying only $45 for the tent so he charged me $54 for shipping (which was way too high for the item sent from texas). So I really only saved about $100 dollars, but to me it looks to be worth it.

Yeah, down here I am "prepped" for hurricane... although I have a generac 8000/12000 to run the house, its portable but the two wheels are hard rubber and still go flat on the down side (I have to roll and reroll about once a month to keep them semiround). I still have to get a real auto shutoff system on the house, right now I have a long power cord to plug into the dryer outlet and shut off outside power to the pole, to run the house all I gotta do then is turn off stuff I don't really need. It can power everything but not all at once.
Anyway....just going to bring the tent and small gen for the outing even if I don't need it, we might decide to do some camping else where, while on the dragon run!  I'm trying to get my ducks in a row early on....never can prepare too soon!  

old_rider wrote on 12/05/13 at 21:16:40:


I believe FOB stands for "From Our Base"....so that price does not have the shipping included.  I would imagine that Harbor freight gets a good price as they order the by the thousand, then ships them in containers, then when they get to the states they put them on trucks to the stores.....and after doing all that they make some money.  But a lot of that markup has been eaten up by shipping costs.

OK  oldrider

Here's the plan ...

you get those generatores and sell me one for $60.oo.    
I get one of those little electric cars like the  "leaf"
then with the gererator in the trunk running and "Properly vented"
I can go 14 hrs on a gallon of 2cycle.



Hay "Why Not"   ,   Heck every one should be doing it !  

Yea Dave

There must be room under the hood for one of those little generators like OldRider was picturing
The more I think about this the better it sounds.   So if the "LEAF" could charge on 800 watt or less , seems like the question.    

Anyone know what the "TRICKLE" rate of charge is on a electric car ?

When I was in trade-school doing "industral electrician" we had a generator come in that had been run beyound it limits.   Well , I couldn't find anything wrong with the winding .... ??? .... so I re-magintized the roter and it worked ! (a little to my supprize at the time)

Point being , when the generator says 800watts max  then 7500watts  is all I want to ask it to do.