Any fellow survivalists utilize their truck?

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Until your ass is sinking in an ocean of "oh $h!t"....then you will wish you were floating in one of these boats

No seriously it is not about being a hot paranoid mess but preparing for any situation. Do you know how many times I have been out and about where someone (or I) needed something vital and it was in my truck. This thread is about what we do to prepare for any event...weapons are a small
portion of being prepared.

 

i agree, jez. i don't keep much in my truck at the moment but there's never been a time that i or someone elses needed something and i didn't have it.

 

Ok story time

When i was a kid me and my dad went to Colorado in the winter. Some guy had a Jeep Cherokee, brand new. Well there was about 1/2" of ice on the road. He was going too fast, turned, and rolled. Family of 4, Christmas presents all over. Truck was on its side. Thank GOD no one was hurt. But we just happened to have 1) tow rope to grab and flip the Jeep rightside, 2) blankets to keep everyone warm (along with coffee in a thermos ) and 3) the RIGHT tools to change out a tire so they could get to the next town. Middle of nowhere, snowing hard, cold as hell......and there you are. They had been there about 3 hours. Id rather have too much than not enough. It could have been a LOT worse...

 

I took stuffoutta my truck not to get hassled atthe border now I feel ill prepared.

 

Lol

 

Pretty much sums it up below. I want to add though that in Katrina there was certainly a need for tactical gear and weapons for the average law abiding home owner. If I could legally acquire and carry CS canisters I would throw a few in the truck. Chem suits is a little beyond my scope but I've been wanting to pick up some surplus gas masks.

Think terrorist attack while you're wherever, hightail it back to the truck. Don gas masks and GTFO of dodge.

Although I've posted this link before I think it's a good read about Katrina and preparedness from the perspective of an outside LEO brought to NOLA to help.

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/82...SHTF_Survival_and_EandE___UPD_PG5.html&page=1

 

This is one of my favorite threads of all time. I'm an Eagle Scout so the "Be Prepared" slogan runs through me. I have a small backpack in my truck with enough gear that being in the boy scouts I found I could do anything I needed to with. Minimal stuff, but I don't like being weighted down

 

Not going to go back through to check, but someone mentioned a "Get Home Bag" - I like this so I'm going to steal it. Used to call it a Bug IN Bag but I like the GHB better. I pulled mine out today, inventoried and replaced batteries. Purpose of the bag is to travel the 10 miles it takes to get home from work, assuming I have to abandon my truck and that I have to do it with minimal exposure. Plan is no more than 2 full nights out in the elements.

Pics of mine, unpacked and packed, with content list to follow:





Contents: Clockwise from top right:

• Bag is a German Military Issue pack - canvas with a waterproof rubber bottom
• Nylon pistol sleeve - works great as a small-stuff organizer
• Water - 40 oz
• Streamlight ProPolymer light - 120 hrs+ of light
• Pilot survival light - days of light on low, hours on high - clippable
• Streamlight Stylus - backup light #3
• Cold Steel SRK knife - great knife, not too expensive - good for batoning/splitting/bushcraft
• 50 rnds Winchester Ranger 9mm
• Gerber Paraframe (backup folder)
• Surefire E1B - primary truck light
• Well-stocked first-aid kit w/all basics, more emerg. H20, several chem lights, etc.
• 100' paracord
• Boy Scout Signal Mirror
• Bic lighter and cotton patches
• Compact binocs
• Full change of clothes, with belt holster for Glock
• Fleece pullover

Plus not shown:

• Glock 19 and 3 mags, extra set of CR123A batteries

HAVE to add ASAP:

• Where'd my old pair of trainers go? I had a set in there at one time. Would hate to have to hoof the 10 miles overland from work to home in dress shoes!
• At the very least a Mil-Surp wool blanket, if not a full-on compact sleeping bag
• Tarp

Would like to add soon:

• Food - not as important as you would think but a cliff bar or two wouldn't hurt
• Topo maps - I'm fairly familiar with the area but some USGS maps of a wider scale wouldn't hurt
• Compass - I'm pretty good at orienteering day and night and there are plenty of highways/landmarks around but a compass would help with the map

Any thoughts, feedback or questions are welcome.

 

haha you'll be the guy trying to steal from my family and i, AKA the dead guy laying in the field


edit my my 4 main priorities in a "SHTF situation" are as follows
security
water
food
shelter

and i cant stress enough how important it is to get your g/f-wife involved, prepairing is alot easier when they're on board with you especially when it comes to buying ammo

 

You guys crack me up. I didn't know how many TacomaWorlders must have escaped from an asylum.... or a deranged tea party?

 

Bottom line, everyone needs something to make them feel safe and prepared. Some people need to know they have food and water, some people need guns and ammo, some people are content with having money in a bag. I guess it depends on your background, training, environment, and what particular scenario motivates you the most (terrorist attack, financial and societal collapse, natural disaster, etc...)

I don't considered myself crazy, at least not certifiably crazy... but I'd much rather live never using the stuff I prepared just in case, than die needing something I needed and could have easily gotten ready before.

That said, I don't really care what people do, as long as their actions don't negatively affect my life.

 

wait...wut?

 

Twilight... That's getting close to having your man card revoked!...

 

I think it's funny that, only a few years after Katrina, folks are blind enough to think that it couldn't happen to them. I live along a major fault line that continually receives scientific predictions of massive quakes from a few years to a few centuries out. If I lived in AK or CA, or along any coast really, my planning would be magnitudes greater.

My planning isn't for Zombies, or TEOTWAWKI, my planning is for comfortably and efficiently surviving for 2 to 3 weeks while the Feds get their extremities out of their orifices and get food/shelter/help mobilized. I think it's odd that a Navy man couldn't fathom a situation where this would happen, especially since it DID happen to a major city less than 10 years ago. I-70 becomes impassable due to an earthquake and it will be a giant bucket of Ben and Jerry's Clusterfluff for a while around here.

 

“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Sir Winston Churchill

 

nice! they always keep that pond stocked with trout.

 

getting it on kindle today. thanks


I dont prepare for EMP's or war of the worlds...I prepare incase my truck breaks down, for some crazy reason that I need to walk home from work, out hunting and I need medical supplies or a snack or an extra jacket or want to start a fire...

to each their own. If you dont like to be prepared then by all means keep doing nothing and hope one of us is nice enough to help you out when the time comes, sheep.

 

Of course i understand the medical stuff, maybe the light survival/recovery stuff, i was more so talking about the heavy tactical gear some pack their trucks with...as if a one man army is needed everyday...But i do like seeing the ideas

 

I respect your input and yes...many guys do carry a one man army everyday which in most circumstances is a bit much but again it is all about what makes us feel secure. I really wish I had half the arsenal a lot of guys have but it is about preparing with what you have. Ultimately it is the law of 3's....

The Rule of 3's simply stated is this:


You have:

• 3 seconds without SECURITY
• 3 minutes without AIR
• 3 hours without SHELTER
• 3 days without WATER
• 3 weeks without FOOD

Each of us should be prepared to some extent for each of the above. For some the order may be changed up a bit. We all think that a disaster cannot happen to us...not here...the truth is that we could be on our way home tonight and get diverted from a normal traffic pattern and get lost. Your state could lose power for weeks on end and if you have ever been in a power outage for any amount of time you understand how bare the shelves at Wal-Mart get. We take communication for granted....tell me what most of you nay-sayers would do if you lost cell service which means no texting, no facebook, NO COMMUNICATION. What plan do you have in place with your wife and kids if a disaster strikes close to home when you cannot communicate via phone or e-mail??