Any fellow survivalists utilize their truck?

If it was that easy I'd have grabbed one, but I'm 6'7" and 280 lbs. The MSS bivy, IIRC, is too small from user reviews. I'd pick up the complete MSS in a heartbeat if it fit, have seen references to a "Long" model, but I've never seen one outside of a couple expired eBay ads.

 

I skip Vaseline also, I opt for a slightly larger bottle of hand sanitizer and if I need the extra flammability, a few drops of flaming hand sanitizer helps enough to get going.

 

You'd be snug in mine at your size. I'm a bit snug in mine when I have the sleep system in it, so I see where you're coming from. How about having one made?

 

Need is minimal, want is the driving factor. Custom would be cost ineffective, and difficult to justify.

 

Just curious. I don't care for the vaseline'd cotton either, for the same reason. I was going to ask how you got around it if yours was vaseline'd, haha!
I use the fire mice because you can light one and it'll burn on its own for around 10 minutes, which is long enough to dry out any tinder you might find (since here in Maine any wood you find has at least a 50% chance of being wet/frozen 10 months out of the year)


Edit- What model Suunto Compass do you have? I just have a 'Ye Olde Military-style' lensatic compass that I use, but the Suunto's are tempting. I just can't bring myself to pay that kind of money for one since mine seems to work perfectly well.

 

I have always kept 5-6 Esbit fuel cubes in my Solo stove, but not recently. They work great, too. Shave a little off the side and they catch a spark. I also picked up some fire gel, but it still takes a flame to light but will get super hot and dry out wood. I did the sock lint scraping technique and put a little ball of lint on the gel, and it caught a spark and got going. I may throw a packet of that in my bag just as a wet weather back-up.

Out here in AZ, I'm spoiled with plenty of dry tinder even in the monsoon season up north in the woods. There are always dry pine needles at the base of any tree, or just underneath the top layer. In snow would be a different story.

 

I just got the A-10. Easy to use on topo maps. Only $14 on Amazon, sometimes cheaper.

SUUNTO A-10 IN Metric Recreational Field Compass

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FEXZGW

 

You can find dry needles under snow, you just need to dig for it.

I know from personal experience when an ex chic and I got trapped on a mountain in a freak October snow storm.
Being prepared saved our lives and made it so we didn't become those dipshits that had to be rescued that you see on the news.

 

Ah, ok. I saw the other name-branded stuff and figured you had one of those ridiculous $150 dollar Sunnto's, not the basic field unit.

 

Amen to that.

 

I like cheap and simple. I just needed a clear one that I could lay over a topo map for getting basic headings. I know Suunto makes a trustworthy compass so it was an easy buy. The little scale on the side is nice for estimating distances. Those are all the features I really needed.

 

Is she a dude now?

 

Seemed like a reasonable question.

 

You might want to do a little photo editing so your wifes' pic doesn't say "slut"..

 

Hahahahaha

A fellow tacoma enthusiast I work with came home to a unimoog parked in his driveway. Apparently some of his buddies bought one and are driving it cross country. That thing is sweet! And decked out!

 

Oh good lord...
Driving cross country...at a top speed of 45. Hope they've got some time. And a serious gas card.

 

Has anyone ever told you that you have an amazing grasp of the obvious?

It was her idea actually. 'Take my picture' she says. You got it lady.

 

Didn't click link. All I kept thinking was, yeah, an A10 might see interest in topomaps. Thats a helluva thing for a survivalist to have in there 'arsenal'- where do I get one at that price.



My favorite aircraft since I was a kid/.

 

Go ahead & add some zeros to the end and I'll still take one.