Well... maybe its the weakest link. Maybe not. I have enough fuel to run this thing for 20 days. There are no solutions, only trade-offs. Home batteries or whole house generator means less sats to my savings. Solar battery backups are in my future for sure. If I lived in a different place I would have a whole house generator in addition to this little guy.

The reality is, the generator did its job. I was able to get it going. Just not as quickly as I wanted. Its duel fuel and I think the issue was the gas in the carb. It started right up on propane. It also is running like a champ now. These engines are not meant to sit.

I can think of a few things that are weaker links that i can fix. But the likelihood of them happening is smaller. I still have a long way to go though. You never are really 100% prepared for anything. Building skills is the real important thing people neglect. And, you don't have to master everything. Just get competent in a handful of things and have friends/family that can fill in the gaps.

That's my approach at least. I like the saying, Jack of all trades, master of some. Jack Spirko says that.