Best generator to power a 2024 Jayco Eagle HT 25RUC and light enough to load in pickup truck.

[Thepcguy]

Best generator to power a 2024 Jayco Eagle HT 25RUC and one that is light enough to load in my pickup truck while traveling.

 

[Midtown842]

We purchased a Pulsar 4000 watt generator, gas/propane dual fuel. It weighs in about 47 lbs but is manageable to put in the truck. We have the same 5th wheel that you do.

 

[Tadsher]

Best generator to power a 2024 Jayco Eagle HT 25RUC and one that is light enough to load in my pickup truck while traveling.

What are you looking to power? If AC(s) do you have a 15,000 BTU or 12,000 BTU? you would need at least a 6,000 watt (run wattage not surge) generator to power a 15,000 AC 2 ACs would require a 10,000 to 12,000 watt generator. You need to look at the running watts of the generator and not the surge wattage, often times today they call generator by the surge (peak) watts and not the running watts. The AC, and hot water heater will require the most wattage. The inverter generators are lighter for the same wattage.

 

[Kevin Cooper]

Just so you know what the factory installs. You have (1) 15000 btu AC. You also have a 50a connection. The factory would install a 5500 watt (2) 120v circuit breaker Onan generator. Your RV does not use the full 50 amp (2) circuits. It’s just a “standard” size. So, if you can get a 5-6k generator and dogbone it to your shore cord, you should be able to run whatever you need. Without AC I think people are running 2200 watt gens.
If you buy an inverter generator, also buy a Neutral to ground bonding plug.

 

[mkrenn]

What are you looking to power? If AC(s) do you have a 15,000 BTU or 12,000 BTU? you would need at least a 6,000 watt (run wattage not surge) generator to power a 15,000 AC 2 ACs would require a 10,000 to 12,000 watt generator. You need to look at the running watts of the generator and not the surge wattage, often times today they call generator by the surge (peak) watts and not the running watts. The AC, and hot water heater will require the most wattage. The inverter generators are lighter for the same wattage.

Negative. I have a 3000w (2800w continuous) Chinese and run (1) 15,000 BTU AC. no issue at all. I do have a soft start on both my AC units. We ran this gen several times with no issues over several days. Jayco recommends a 5000w if installing a built in unit for our 37RLWS Pinnacle.

 

[Jagiven]

Key question you need to ask yourself, do you want to run everything like when you are connected to a 50 amp shore power or are you willing to sacrifice a little and only run one high amp draw item at a time??

If you want light weight I recommend running dual 2500 watt generators, with a parallel kit. You can start with a single generator and upgrade to a second in the future. I really like my Champion 3600 dual fuel. But it takes two of us to get it in and out of the truck. I wanted to go with Champion 2500 watt dual fuel, but when I purchasing, there was none to be found in the country (hurricane season around 2020). With the small generator you can easily pick it up, store on a shelf, run one if all you need is a small amount of power or parallel them if you want a lot of power.

Happy Camping

 

[norty1]

We carry a Honda i2000. On my rig we have to use self regulation by using the wh and fridge on gas. In that mode, we can run most anything including the furnace but not either air conditioner. I carry mine in the front storage of my fifth wheel.
I could not lift anything heavier so we have used this arrangement for years.