A used 5 kw generator will cost you over $1500, and the power available from these trucks is 7.2 kw, so your snark about some mythical $500 generator is stupid and wholly idiotic. That 1500 w generator *might* keep your fridge, furnace and two lights going, but that is pretty much all.
If you are buying a new truck, you are better off buying one with a built-in system if you live where electrical supply can be or is interrupted by weather regularly.
BTW, I actually HAVE a 7.5 kw generator, and would consider a new F-150 for replacement of both the truck and generator were I needing a new one. Because it is sensible.
BTW, I actually HAVE a 7.5 kw generator, and would consider a new F-150 for replacement of both the truck and generator were I needing a new one. Because it is sensible.
I don't know where you go shopping for generators! LOL!!! I guess at the I Saw You Cummin’ Used Generator Store. Seriously, if you are trying to get one in the middle of Texas right now people are probably gouging the hell out of others, but I can buy a decent quality new one a couple thousand miles away from Texas for around $550.
Our 5K generator is typically putting out around 2500 watts while we are using it for all of our needs when the power is out according to the metering that we have on it. We need the extra capacity because there are times when motors for refrigerators, freezers, and the furnace are starting up. But typically the smaller the motor the less fuel it will be using. We run it on natural gas which is currently costs s about a third the price of gasoline partially because the generator runs cooler and a little more thermally efficient on natural gas than gasoline. I have a kwh meter on both sides of the 240 volt output and I keep track of the gas usage as well.
Do you think that generating the same amount of power with a 6 Cylinder 430 HP engine is going to be even a tenth as efficient as a single cylinder 10 HP motor running on natural gas? And you think that doing that would be sensible? Apparently we are speaking a different language. Even considering that is very un-sensible as far as I am concerned.