u/SuijurisTX

Being new to RV’ing, I’m wondering what emergency or back up equipment (redundancy) is a must or good-to- have on every trip. Thinking more than a healthy tool bag (eg bottle jack, flat repair kits). On our shake down trip my trailer lights weren’t working brake lights weren’t working and I admit a panicked a bit thinking my 7pin on truck was bad- turns out the rv plug was loose. That got me thinking “what if” my 7 pin failed, do I have a solution? I’m looking for some ideas of smart back ups/redundancy that could help me out of a jam. Thanks.

Being new to RV’ing, I’m wondering what emergency or back up equipment (redundancy) is a must or good-to- have on every trip. Thinking more than a healthy tool bag (eg bottle jack, flat repair kits). On our shake down trip my trailer lights weren’t working brake lights weren’t working and I admit a panicked a bit thinking my 7pin on truck was bad- turns out the rv plug was loose. That got me thinking “what if” my 7 pin failed, do I have a solution? I’m looking for some ideas of smart back ups/redundancy that could help me out of a jam. Thanks.

Being new to RV’ing, I’m wondering what emergency or back up equipment (redundancy) is a must or good-to- have on every trip. Thinking more than a healthy tool bag (eg bottle jack, flat repair kits). On our shake down trip my trailer lights weren’t working brake lights weren’t working and I admit a panicked a bit thinking my 7pin on truck was bad- turns out the rv plug was loose. That got me thinking “what if” my 7 pin failed, do I have a solution? I’m looking for some ideas of smart back ups/redundancy that could help me out of a jam. Thanks.

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