Can I travel 3,200 miles over 25 days without my onboard generator?

[Bobn1957]

Checking and double checking the rig before we head out on an epic 3,200 25 day RV trip I finally got around to firing up the onboard Cummins Onan RVQG 4000 generator. I replaced the air filter a couple of months ago and ran the generator at that time for a few minutes. Today I tried to crank over the generator and it just does not fire up. Only 50 hours on the clock total. I pulled the spark plug and installed a new plug, again does not fire up. I was down to almost 1/4 of a tank of gas so I filled up the gas tank to Full. Tried to crank over the generator again, no results.

Here's my question, on the upcoming trip we will be dry camping only twice and for 1 night at each of those stops. I should be able to dry camp well enough without my generator? RV fridge is Domenic running on propane as an option, house batteries are one month old. Water pump can run on house batteries for showering, etc. If I can't get my generator to work all is not lost?

If your generator sucked air in when the tank was down at around 1/4 you will need to crank a little longer than usual to clear the air out of the system! You could get one of those spark checkers that go in between the plug and the wire to make sure you are getting spark! When you serviced the genset did you replace the fuel filter? Also, I believe there is a drain screw on the carburetor that you can open to verify there is fuel present.