Any fellow survivalists utilize their truck?

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This is my exact thinking^^

sounds like your pretty set then! i was going off of being in a major area..

i just plan for the worst case scenario. if you plan for the worst case, you will be good in any scneario.

Amen, im not quite where your at just yet, but will be some day!





even if your number 1,2, and 3 plan are staying inside the house, at least have a place you can bug out. worst case scenario, your house catching on fire? you gotta have a plan on somewhere to go.

 

I like to pick apart what is actually in those things. Then build my own. (In reference to the Buckets of food- Actually read the servings, then try to eat that in one day, see if you are still hungry)

Word from the wise, and experience. You need to EAT these foods first. If you body is not used to the food, runs, diareaha, and other nastys can happen. In a survival situation. The runs are a fast tract to dehydration.

Most of the time, the foods in these survival buckets are "Ramen" style noodles, freeze dried foods and veggies, dehydrated milk, dehydrated eggs, pasta, etc. You can piece together a few of the meals in house and make them palatable to you.

Coming from a climber/ backpacker/ whatever you want to label me. I have been on the trail, popped open a new food from one of the bags. Yep, I was worse off after I ate it. MANY times. Most of the time it was the just add water foods, sometimes it is the add water and cook. You never can tell how your body will react to a new food.

Bubble gut is horrible. :fart: Even worse when you are wearing Goretex. Thats a story for another time though. If you know what I'm talking about here... Put your hand to the screen. Internet High Five! :highfive:

Most stores sell the Already cooked, BAGGED vs canned, meats/fish. Like the Salmon, Crab Meat, Tuna, Chicken, Shrimp, Clam, and other various ones. Those are great and have many years worth of shelf life. Looking at some I bought recently, I see I have til 2017/18 on them.

Instant potatoes are great, so much win when you actually start READING the ingredients and sourcing the meals yourself from near scratch. I still contact al the manufacturers for 'free samples' but it is more of me trying something new and to see what they have changed in the ingredients.

You can purchase mose of the herbs you use for flavoring in freeze dried form at your local market. Seen Garlic, Chives, dill, and many others. Enfused Oils and various types of oils are great. Citrus is now available in the packets too like sugar. Orange, lemon, lime, and might be others. http://www.truelemonstore.com/


For the price of one of the buckets. you could get your own vacume sealer, heat sealer, and enough food to almost double the purchased amount.

In doing it this way, you can season and try some of the things, acclimating your body to them.

 

thats the main concern, water. were not on a pressure based system, all pumps. thank god i know if a couple springs in walking distance from my house. it would take days to get there though.

loving the food conversation, keep it coming

 

an addendum to my rant on the foods. -

Making them yourself, you can season the way you like to eat and package them in that manner.

 

At one of the local out door stores to me. It is common to see REAL back packers on any given day buying lots of the packaged food items. If you just meander around them in an isle over, you would hear them spewing their secrets to one another about the food quality in some of the different meals. Might even hear one of them say, "haven't had this one yet, I'm going to eat it for dinner tonight"

Some of my buddies who spend lots of time on the trails, bring their other halves on 'dates' to the out door stores to try new meals.

To each their own/.I can only tell you what has worked for us.

 

Alpine Aire (spelling) isn't horrible either.

 

I've been researching food supplies and such. What's that shit Datrex like? It's enough to keep you sustained and provide some calories, is what I gather, in a short term emergency. As far as the pre-packaged food, there is a reason the military has packs of Tabasco in their MRE's, mostly to cover the shitty taste of certain things.

 

An example of WHY you should make your own foods. You can buy all the ingredients to enrich your own foods. Vitamins and other stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG6XpwtclxU

 

Here are a couple pics of the trees in case anyone is interested.

These are FIGS and not ripe. These were the absolute last ones left on the trees in winter.





The wide shot is a Fig tree in the far corner real small. Next is an apple tree and then a pear tree, finally another LARGE fig tree.

 

Thanks for the informative link!

 

No problem. I was skeptical about that for a long time. He makes some very good videos. Full of fact and explanations. Great Youtube chanel to learn some new tricks on.

 

Anybody have experience with the Fenix LD20 (or newer) flashlights? A buddy of mine carries his daily and loves it.

I need something slim and preferably with a pocket clip. Not looking for anything crazy bright, just something I can keep with me or in the holster on my EDC bag and use it for random times I may need it (change a flat, find something under my seat, signal another vehicle, etc.).

Amazon has the LD20 in stock for $55 which is decent, but my price range is around $75 or less for this particular light.

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^Sig worthy

 

I used one for a bit and a few other Fenix lights and the PD32 is still far and away my favorite. There's no such thing as TOO bright in a light especially when you can easily adjust how bright it runs. It's 'standard' brightness when you need it and then stupid bright should you ever need that. It's not much more than the LD20 and the ability to run rechargeable batteries as well as the easy-to-find CR123 Lithium is one of the big selling points for me too.

 

I do like that light. I like how much smaller it is, too. I think you may have just sold me. Actually, had to come back in and edit the post - ran across the new PD35 with the 850 lumen turbo mode, as well as all the standard dimmer modes, too. Going with this one for sure.

I may use this one on my person all day and then use the Fury that I have on the way in my EDC bag, or the MTE light that you linked me to the other day.

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You need more lights on your bumper.

 

Wonder if he can see past his own nose errr ah bumper for that matter.

 

I was thinking the same thing

Hella 500's ftw...