Anti-fragility ...

My family who are/were into boating always say: carry another boat in spare parts aboard. Even though we aren't at sea, an RV should have emergency supplies. Great lists for controlling the "chaos monkeys" of traveling, folks.

coolbreeze01 wrote:

2oldman wrote:
This belongs in ATC.

Why? That forum is overly moderated, and it hurts my fragile feelings every time they delete my posts.

Anyway, I'm anti-fragility :B

Over moderated is an understatement!:E

I have a few redundancy items myself, mainly around preparing for an ice storm:

1: I try to keep a week's worth of dry food in my RV as well as some jugs of water, all in tight fitting plastic or metal containers to discourage/deter critters.

2: I try to have a Buddy heater and a few 1# propane bottles. The Big Buddy heater will run 2-4 hours on two bottles, producing enough heat to warm a rig, even with two windows open for circulation.

3: Multiple CO and smoke detectors, all on separate batteries, go without saying.

4: I take enough gasoline to fuel my generator for a few days. This way, if propane runs out, I can still run a space heater.

5: I take multiple cellphone external batteries with me. That way, if I'm stuck, I can at least read a few books until the ice clears up.

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I'm no longer comfortable talking to people in person.
Also, I've become fearful of going to the movie theaters.
And, I still avoid big crowds at shopping malls.
Is it safe to stay at RV parks?
Of course, I've always practice redundancy.

fj12ryder wrote:
Surely you carry a spare RV just in case that one burns down?

Nope ... but some folks do tow behind another vehicle for redundancy.

However, I do have a smoke detector and fire extinguisher in the RV. :B

pnichols wrote:

magnusfide wrote:
Build in redundancy and layers (no single point of failure)

Exactly!

That's why, for example (a comprehensive list would be much longer):

1) I looked high and low to finally find and buy a small Class C RV that ... from a raw weight viewpoint ... required only the Ford E350 chassis but was optionally built on the Ford E450 chassis. This overkill action was to "just in case" have - very large brakes, very large transmission cooling capacity, and a very stable wide(r) rear dually stance - to in the long run provide "less things to let us down".

2) I carry along complete tire changing capability, even though I hope to never have to change a flat inside rear dual when offroad out in the middle of nowhere with the RV.

3) I carry along five ways to keep the coach battery bank charged up - the large built-in generator with two different chargers, a small portable generator with the same two different chargers, and the engine alternator. ( We may have six ways soon - by adding a portable solar panel that can be set up/out to be in the sun even when the RV is camped in the shade.)

4) I carry along long range cellular tower access capability so we can make emergency calls or surf the Internet when out in the middle of nowhere with the RV.

5) I carry along three ways of heating the RV and two ways of cooling the RV.

6) I have a built-in roof access ladder so as to always be able to get up there anyplace, anytime.

7) I carry along a spare serpentine engine belt and a spare coach water pump.

8) I carry along spare igniters for the RV refrigerator and the RV water heater.

9) I sometimes carry along a portable refrigerator just in case the main coach refrigerator should fail out in the middle of nowhere.

10) I carry along two complete sewer drain hoses.

11) I use AGM coach batteries so that no "messing around with battery maintenace" is required.

magnusfide wrote:
Focus more on avoiding things that don’t work than trying to find out what does work

Exactly!

That's why my entire 37 year professional career was spent as a Test Engineer - where one checks for things that work wrong ahead of time, so that other folks would end up with things that work right.

It all boils down to a footnote another poster uses: "If you're not paranoid ... then you're not paying attention." Recent (Western World) generations have no concept of being prepared for the unexpected or how to deal with things that don't go as assumed. What ever happened to the good old fashioned Boyscout/Girlscout mentaility?

By the way, I gotta read up on who this "Magnus" character is, or was. :h

Surely you carry a spare RV just in case that one burns down?

By the way, the link in your OP doesn't work (at least using - dare I mention it - Vista) ... probably too much anti-Vista chaos in it. ;)

This one does:

https://medium.com/@buster/live-like-a-hydra-c02337782a89

magnusfide wrote:
Build in redundancy and layers (no single point of failure)

Exactly!

That's why, for example (a comprehensive list would be much longer):

1) I looked high and low to finally find and buy a small Class C RV that ... from a raw weight viewpoint ... required only the Ford E350 chassis but was optionally built on the Ford E450 chassis. This overkill action was to "just in case" have - very large brakes, very large transmission cooling capacity, and a very stable wide(r) rear dually stance - to in the long run provide "less things to let us down".

2) I carry along complete tire changing capability, even though I hope to never have to change a flat inside rear dual when offroad out in the middle of nowhere with the RV.

3) I carry along five ways to keep the coach battery bank charged up - the large built-in generator with two different chargers, a small portable generator with the same two different chargers, and the engine alternator. ( We may have six ways soon - by adding a portable solar panel that can be set up/out to be in the sun even when the RV is camped in the shade.)

4) I carry along long range cellular tower access capability so we can make emergency calls or surf the Internet when out in the middle of nowhere with the RV.

5) I carry along three ways of heating the RV and two ways of cooling the RV.

6) I have a built-in roof access ladder so as to always be able to get up there anyplace, anytime.

7) I carry along a spare serpentine engine belt and a spare coach water pump.

8) I carry along spare igniters for the RV refrigerator and the RV water heater.

9) I sometimes carry along a portable refrigerator just in case the main coach refrigerator should fail out in the middle of nowhere.

10) I carry along two complete sewer drain hoses.

11) I use AGM coach batteries so that no "messing around with battery maintenace" is required.

magnusfide wrote:
Focus more on avoiding things that don’t work than trying to find out what does work

Exactly!

That's why my entire 37 year professional career was spent as a Test Engineer - where one checks for things that work wrong ahead of time, so that other folks would end up with things that work right.

It all boils down to a footnote another poster uses: "If you're not paranoid ... then you're not paying attention." Recent (Western World) generations have no concept of being prepared for the unexpected or how to deal with things that don't go as assumed. What ever happened to the good old fashioned Boyscout/Girlscout mentaility?

By the way, I gotta read up on who this "Magnus" character is, or was. :h

Boy, somebody needs a hobby away from a keyboard really bad.