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    Posted: 30 Aug 2019 at 1:33pm
You don't....it's called a 'battery lock' for a reason!

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Originally posted by podwerkz

You don't....it's called a 'battery lock' for a reason!

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I was looking for the "lock". It appears to be bolted into place unless I'm missing something.
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Yeah. I see that. SO, you crawl under the camper, unbolt the frame from the camper body, slide the camper body back, and then carefully remove the batteries.

Easy.

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The back legs have hinges and the front legs get a bolt and a padlock. To open you remove two bolts and two lock on the front legs and hinge it up to the R pod. The generator lock has tabs at go through the expanded metal with padlocks above the batteries. The rack weighs 13 lbs and the generator lock weighs 5 lbs. I don't plan on towing or storing the generator on the rack, I don't like it out in the whether.  
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31 Aug 2019 at 7:46am
Do you intend to run the generator on the tongue? Looks like you could, but wonder about NVH transfer to the living space.. Extra rubber feet maybe? I do know the little 2000's are almost un-noticable when running. I had occasion to run one on the back deck last winter for a week when we had an ice storm, powered the freezers downstairs and the fridge upstairs. I will admit I only slept at home one night that week, but the genny didn't bother me, but our house is a bit more substantial then the pod. I was mostly sleeping at the hospital due to my wife having her gall bladder start to dissolve and get infected in the middle of the storm.. If I didn't have an emergency room and trauma nurse for a neighbor, it would have gone very bad.
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Originally posted by Toyanvil

The back legs have hinges and the front legs get a bolt and a padlock. To open you remove two bolts and two lock on the front legs and hinge it up to the R pod. The generator lock has tabs at go through the expanded metal with padlocks above the batteries. The rack weighs 13 lbs and the generator lock weighs 5 lbs. I don't plan on towing or storing the generator on the rack, I don't like it out in the whether.  
 

I like what you did, but what about vibration. I mounted mine the back in a box, to avoid vibration I put a bottle jack under the geny and lift it about a 1/4". Vibration is almost gone completely.
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I think the vibration will be okay with my Honda generator. Back from powder coat and installed.
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Really sharp looking! The only down side I see is that there does not seem to be a way to have a tank cover over your propane tank.

BTW, I had one of those tank gauges go bad on me. It won't let enough propane through to operate anything more than a lantern. Anything that requires more flow and I can see the needle going down to the red zone.
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Posts: 6326 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Sep 2019 at 9:01pm
My soft cover wore out and I now have a Camco 40578 cover instead. That is what I had in mind with my comment about covers.It definitely would not work with your rack.
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