Food Fort Inspection Checklist - Found Copy Transcription
status: transcription_of_found_printed_checklist_pending_review
source: source-dumps/food-fort-checklist-2026-05-10/photos/food-fort-checklist-01.jpg through food-fort-checklist-04.jpg
review_owner: Sean Engelking
usage_note: This is a transcription of a found printed checklist from the 2026 Reno renovation/work weekend. It is pending Sean Engelking review/update and must not be treated as the current approved Food Fort pre-setoff checklist.
transcription_note: The source photos are usable high-quality JPEGs, but they are photos of printed pages rather than clean document exports. Text that is cut off, illegible, or uncertain is marked as [unclear].
Food Fort Inspection Questions
Remember...
You can't take too many pictures or videos! Film is cheap these days!
In general...
- Go over the proposal from 1/26/23 and check that every item in the proposal is present.
- Ask: what tends to break the most often? (and how to fix)
Propane Tanks...
There is a certified propane company coming by at 11am on Monday to give us a "propane safety course" and show us the propane system.
- Propane tanks - are there 2x 100 pound tanks?
- They should be empty. Make sure you learn what we have to do in Reno to check that everything is safe, and fill them in Reno.
- Is there a gauge or some way to tell how much fuel is left in them?
- if not could this be easily added?
- We have a couple of backup 20 pound propane tanks (the kind people use for their Weber grill at home). If the 100 pound tanks run out, can these be hooked up as emergency backup?
- Learn how to safely connect the propane tanks to the generator to run power.
- Learn how to safely connect the propane tanks to the trailer for griddle/oven operation
- Learn how to operate the generator and make sure we know how to do this while the trailer is being towed from Reno to playa so that food in the refrigerators stays cold and the freezer stays frozen
- The generator is "dual fuel" and we might want to just fill that with gasoline in Reno for the ride to Playa.
Outside....
- Check what kind of power inlet is on the outside of the trailer for connecting to "shore power" (aka connecting to the grid on playa)
- There should also be a 50-foot cable that connects to that power inlet. Make sure it connects correctly at the trailer side, and take a couple of detailed pictures of the plug itself so that we know we can connect it to our grid on playa.
- Make sure you understand the procedure for switching between generator power and "shore power".
- Take a picture of the tongue jack used for towing and make sure we know exactly what type of towing hitch is needed
- Check the stabilizing scissor jacks at rear axle and make sure we have the gizmo for operating it and that they work.
- Get from them a check list of things to check are secure before towing the trailer... we'll print this up and use it for safety check before towing!
- Entrance door - self closes?
- Entrance door - is there a way to prop it open?
- Entrance door - is there a dust flap?
- Examine the fresh water tanks. Is it obvious how to fill them? (There should be 2x 42 gallon tanks). I didn't see these anywhere in the progress pics so I'm not sure where they are
- Examine the grey water tanks - should be 2x 52 gallon tanks. I didn't see these anywhere in the progress pics so I'm not sure where they are
- How do you empty the grey water? Is it a standard RV valve? Take a picture!
- Can you tell how to rinse out the grey water tanks with fresh water? Sometimes there is a hose valve for this.
- Look closely at the wheels. They should look new.
- Check the date code on the tires, which should be less than a year old. The date code on the sidewall of the tires looks like DOT xxxxx #### - the last four digits are manufacturing date in the form WWYY - week and year - so I would expect the year to be 22 or 23. (Tires only last about 7-8 years even unused, so we don't want to end up with old tires).
- How are the A/C split unit filters replaced?
Inside, clockwise from entrance...
- Check that handwashing sink works
- Check that the floor drain will not let moop out onto the playa (has a filter or cover or something)
- Check three compartment sink works
- Three compartment sink should have some kind of food filtration in the drain so food particles don't go down the drain
- Check that there is a high pressure rinsing spray feature on the sink
- Check the built-in Mini-Split air conditioner. Run it the whole time you are doing the inspection to make sure it runs well. Should be 36,000 BTUs
- Check 1000watt microwave and run it (boil a cup of water)
- Check that the undercounter, glass-front refrigerator gets cold
- Check that the undercounter, large two-door freezer is really a freezer, not, accidentally, a refrigerator... should be around 0 degrees
- Run the icemaker and make some ice (this may take a while, I'll ask them to start this before we get there)
- Check the walk in cooler. Is it cold? Should be refrigerator temperature, like 35 degrees, not freezer. Are all three walls lined with metro shelving?
- Run the griddle, stove, and oven
- Check the hood ventilation and see if it's working
- Ask if the griddle, stove, oven, and the Generator have all been adjusted to operate at 4000' above sea level (this is a non-optional part of the installation procedure they should have done)
- Find all the propane shut-off valves and make sure you know how they work and what they do
- Find all the water shut-off valves
- Look inside the fuse breaker box. Is everything labeled clearly? For example -- during shipping we want to turn off everything except fridge and freezer.
- Make sure there is a full set of instruction manuals somewhere
- Learn how to use the fire suppression system