TV: Mint 1972 Ford F-250 XLT
TT: 1969 19' Excel; entertains 6, feeds 4, sleeps 2 You don't shoot to kill, you shoot to stay alive.
I don't carry because I have to, I carry because I get to. My pictures
downtheroad wrote: I can't tell you how many times I have made a run to an auto parts store or local hardware outlet while away from home on a camping trip.
If I tried to plan for and prepare for everything, I'd be towing my entire garage/shop along behind the trailer.
Exactly! I keep a basic tool kit and some cloth duct tape, metal duct tape and electrical tape. If anything else is needed I'll go buy it when neccessary.
Pick up an extra light bulb for your trailer running/brake/signal system. One of mine burned out on the way to North Carolina. Drove two days before I stopped at a KOA that had the bulb. Also consider at least one replacement bulb for your inside light system.
I do carry spare sewer parts just in case - elbows, rubber ring, and couplers. Also found out that I needed at least three different lengths of sewer hose - 20, 10 and 5 foot. I carry three different water hoses - 20, 10 and 5 foot. I have used all three and once all three at the same time. I have an extra 30 feet of electric cable and have used that once. It really sucks when you set up at a campsite and need to go off and buy something.
Cal & Donna
Starr & HoBo (dog & cat)
2000 FourWinds Chateau 31S
1996 Grand Cherokee Toad W/Ready Brake System
Garmin 2610
Pressure Pro System
Sani-Con Sewer Solution
downtheroad wrote: If I tried to plan for and prepare for everything, I'd be towing my entire garage/shop along behind the trailer.
That's about what I carry, but I have made special storage and have the payload to carry just about everything except the kitchen sink and that inclues a 3/8 drill and bits, 4 1/2 in angle grinder and wheels, and a 1/2 in electric torque wrench. And of course I never leave home without my soldering tools and dremel tool and all the accessories. In fact when I do car work I almost never have to go anywhere else but to my Van to get whatever I need. If I do then I buy a second and put it in the Van. I also carry a lot of TV spares, alt, hoses, belts, vacuum pump, fuel pump, CPS, two of every filter and I add on filters on the PS, Tranny, cooling system and an oil bypass system ... I do need to get a waterpump to throw in the Van as a spare. I probably carry between 750 to 1,000 lbs of tools, fluids, spares, in my Van at all times. Even when I know I probably won't need it I even toss in my Honda 2000 EUI for good measure. Having the spares and tools on the road to take care of 95% of the repairs have paid for the cost of the spares and tools several times over.
Larry
2001 standard box 7.3L E-350 PSD Van with 4.10 rear and 2007 Holiday Rambler Aluma-Lite 8306S Been RV'ing since 1974. TRAILER MODS
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