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RideSlow's avatar
RideSlow
Explorer
Apr 13, 2017

Spare stuff

I thought my water pump was going out, and after getting some good advice on the tech forum, I was able to get it working. In the meantime, since I was planning on going out again right away, I ordered a pump off Amazon. So now I have a new in box pump. Planning on doing more boondocking with the TH, think I should just toss it in the storage, even if I don't need it for a couple of years?

I am a terrible packrat....still have stuff in the garage at home from when I had a Jayco 32 BHS, and was camping with 4 grandkids.
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  • enblethen's avatar
    enblethen
    Nomad
    Apr 13, 2017
    It doesn't matter! Parts will will fail when it is raining, cold and dark!
    If old one is working store the new.
  • downtheroad's avatar
    downtheroad
    Explorer
    Apr 13, 2017
    I'm in a different school of thinking.
    I am not camping on the moon so most anything I need is available just down the road.

    I don't carry enough spare parts to completely refit an aircraft carrier.
    I try to avoid "weight bloat."...
  • fj12ryder's avatar
    fj12ryder
    Explorer III
    Apr 13, 2017
    ^^^That's the way I feel about it. You could pack enough stuff to rebuild 90 percent of your camper, but you still won't have the part to fix what breaks. :)
  • Oasisbob's avatar
    Oasisbob
    Explorer
    Apr 13, 2017
    My thinking would be to replace the pump, sell the old one at a garage sale if it still works well.To be sure you never need another pump carry the new one with you.
  • Old-Biscuit's avatar
    Old-Biscuit
    Explorer III
    Apr 13, 2017
    I have this philosophy.....

    Regardless of ALL the spare parts I COULD carry around I will NOT have the one part that fails.

    So I don't carry spares...other then FUSES

    Same goes for tools.very basic.

    I have a debit card and IF it gets hip deep then credit card
  • DutchmenSport's avatar
    DutchmenSport
    Explorer
    Apr 13, 2017
    Find a different use for it! Maybe a water transfer pump for an external water tank or something!
  • K_Charles's avatar
    K_Charles
    Explorer
    Apr 13, 2017
    If it breaks I will buy the part and fix it. If it isn't broken there is no need to carry the parts around.
  • RideSlow's avatar
    RideSlow
    Explorer
    Apr 13, 2017
    enblethen wrote:
    It doesn't matter! Parts will will fail when it is raining, cold and dark!
    If old one is working store the new.


    That is sorta what I am thinking. I have fixed a lot of stuff over the years, and I can't think of anything that could not wait until I got home, except water.

    My old (70's) trailers always had a little tap outside somewhere, gravity feed.

    I had forgotten about that tap, so I am going to add that in my next project time.
  • Dick_B's avatar
    Dick_B
    Explorer
    Apr 13, 2017
    We carry a spare pump in the same compartment as the working pump.

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