I fly drones for a living and need to carry a generator with me to charge batteries. Inspecting things like wind turbines, I'm at a tower for 20-30 minutes and then drive on to the next tower.
Instead of pulling the generator out of the back and setting on the ground (handling all the extension cords and slack et al.) I'd like to get the generator mounted to the vehicle some how. I'm against the trailer hitch cargo carrier as the whole purpose of the 4Runner was having the liftgate area to work out of. (A cargo carrier would hinder this considerably)
I have the factory roof rack and two cross members, I can snag a couple more cross members this week to help if I need.
I'm not looking to have the generator mounted on top for highway driving, I'm ok throwing it up there at the beginning of the day.
**Perfect Solution?**
A more horizontal generator would be amazing but I haven't found one.
Chosen generator for reference.