Boondocking in a natural disaster

"There's a tree on the other side of us."
Nice.

Carb Cleaner wrote:
"There's a tree on the other side of us."
Nice.

Yeah, I know, My Sweetie is 5' tall and she was worried if she could get out of our fiver if it was on it's side because she couldn't reach the door. We were worried, for sure !
A heavy Oak forest runs right up to the edge of the lake at that point. We were backed in between the trees so our rear living room picture window looked out over the lake. It was close enough of a fit that the slides have to come in so we can clear the trees.

Our part of the USA has lots of timber and weather, quakes or fire can bring them down, blocking the road.
In this event the trees were the main factor. We happened to have a chainsaw with us for cutting firewood for the campfire.
Are there others that carry a chainsaw ?

mountainborn wrote:
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Are there others that carry a chainsaw ?

I've got a small electric saw that I carry in the RV, and the built-in Onan to power it. It's the business end of a pruning rig. I stuff its pole under the couch if I go seriously boondocking, but have never needed it. Biggest issue is keeping the bar oil from leaking. Also got the stuff for sharpening it. The 18" Husquvarna stays in the pickup.

I keep the Tiger gassed up, LP at least 1/2 full, and 1/2 full water except in winter. Even in winter, I keep several gallon water jugs in it, sitting in the sinks and a bucket in case they burst or leak. Canned food & a few sodas kept stocked over winter goes into Ziplock bags, top left partly open, as a freeze precaution. I can survive for a while on Spam, instant grits & oatmeal, ramen noodles, and instant coffee, all of which I keep in the Tiger.

I haven't had to use the Tiger as a bug-out vehicle, but I have used the previous class B's generator to keep the house reefer, Tv, and 'puter going for about 2 days after a power outage. I also used that RV for a water supply when the remnants of two hurricanes swept out city water supply line away.

Jim, "I had a psychic girlfriend, but she left me before we met."

Gas and water tanks always full. Stocked with dry/storable food and drinking water. Clothes and tools just for bugging out. If we have to we can just jump in and go. One of the reasons we bought it. For winter I'm putting in cut over switches and connection on the house to run our house furnace and fridge off the RV gen.

HANDBASKET makes a good point about chainsaw size and I think I like the pole saw idea really well. My current saw is one that I carried into retirement from fifteen years or so ago. It is a Jonsered professional model that has a engine large enough to require a compression release for starting. It is a bit much of a saw now that I am well up into my 70's.
I wonder what kind of "home owner's" size saw's RVer's are carrying ?

GordonThree wrote:
With an RV and tow, why stick around for a disaster? sounds like a perfect excuse to skip work for a few weeks / months and do some camping.

I was thinking to myself if my isolated northern town ever has another big wind storm, I'll grab my generators, credit cards, dog and hit the road in the RV! My house and its contents mean little to me, it's just stuff, all my important documents, family photos and movies are backed up online.

x2. If the natural disaster is so big that you can't find some place that's normal, you got big problems. You should have decided to be a preper.