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What gear do we bring to the party?
rev Feb 16, 2010
rev Oct 7, 2009
rev July 23, 2008
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Our house is really two units: a 25' Airstream trailer towed by a 3/4 ton heavy-duty Chevrolet Silverado extended cab regular bed truck. The trailer is at its maximum weight rating and the truck is well under it's weight rating. The combined weights of both the Airstream and the truck are under the GCWR (16,000) for the truck. We could load and carry more stuff, or (hopefully) we have all the gear we need.
We aren't collectors, don't pick up souvenirs, don't impulse-buy shoes or clothes, don't hoard books. Well, not too many books anyway. We're trying to pay attention to what we do, and don't, need. We're pretty much through jettisoning any extra stuff we just couldn't part with when we moved out of the house January 2008 (although we still 2x/year try to go through everything again). This page is a start in documenting the effort. We list below what gear we currently live with.
Separately we list what we think is extra and what we wish we didn't leave behind. See the index to these related pages at the bottom of this page.
What are we hauling around all the time? (the bigger stuff, that is)
| Toolbox, seven-drawer Craftsman
| Toolbag with sawzall and jigsaw
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| 2-16qt totes with wire, parts,
| 16qt tote with caulk, glue, lubes
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| air compressor, one gallon
| 1000 watt generator
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| shovel, crowbar
| 2 parts bins
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| propane, 2 sm cans
| gas can, two gallon
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| 400 ft para500 rope
| dipole antenna, coax
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| six folding chairs
| telesteps ladder
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| Dremel cordless set
| 15 ft logging chain
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| two side tables
| two folding tables
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| propane grill
| 5# C02 extinguisher
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| 50 feet 12-3 electrical cord
| 90 feet 10-3 shore pwr cord
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| battery jumper cables
| triangle reflector, flares
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| wash bucket & cleaning fluids
| long handle brush
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| golf clubs
| tennis racquets
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| 30 feet sewer hose
| camera tripod
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| housekeeping chemicals & paints
| wax/wash towels
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| stake-out kit for awning
| levelling blocks
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| 80 ft drinking water hose
| Cosco stepstool
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| wheel chocks
| backpacking gear
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| small picnic cooler (books inside)
| 16 qt tote with travel books
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| seasonal clothes tote
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What do we wish we had with us? You know, those things you reach for and then say, "darn, we left it at John's house!". Not as much as we might have thought. You can see the list here, as well as the list of things we wish we just hadn't brought, because we never get around to using them anyway.
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