Survival Bags

[TheTopher]

+1 on the normal feeling...most people just look at me funny when I tell them what I carry.



Hatchet
First aid kit
Couple bottles of water
Small hydro floor jack
Toolbox of all my hand tools from when I was in construction
Couple good flash lights
Duct tape
Zip ties
Good blanket
Jumper cables
Spare jacket
Good tire pump, tire slime and a tire rasp + plugs
Assorted knives
Various ratchet straps, tow straps and bungee cords.
Fire extinguisher
Propane torch
Zippo + fluid
Car charger for the cellphone
Good ratchet set
Road flares
WD40 and PB Blaster
Bolt cutters
4 way tire iron
Brake fluid, PS fluid and oil
A sturdy tee ball bat in the cab


Even though I'm not in construction anymore I still carry my hardhat too...I don't have the heart to take it out.



I'm really liking this thread, I'm getting a lot of ideas of other stuff it wouldn't hurt to add. Keep 'em coming, guys.

 

[daniel3507]

who keeps their stuff in the cab and who keeps it in the toolbox?

 

[AllanD]

I hope that with all those spare ignition parts, you have a spare crank sensor also, that lil bugger will leave you stranded.

No, I don't have one... I have TWO both that I've actually RUN to
verify the little bastards work. also a Spare IAC, TPS, IAT, ACT
and spare relays and fuses.
as well as spare fuel pumps (TWO) a spare fuel tank selector valve
and a spare selector switch.

I HAVe needed a selector valve.

I've needed a fuel filter any number of times, and ONCE I blew out an oil filter... So guess what else is in my spares box?

This is just for driving around or for your Camel Trophy team? Everyone seriously has all this stuff in their truck all the time?

You break down, jump out, set up a perimeter, put up your aluminm heat shelter, fill some sand bags, start digging a well, wire up some flash-bangs and a few Claymores, then call AAA and when the wrecker is 15 minutes out, pop smoke and start laying out suppressive fire while he hooks up. Then, you have the Sandys drop napalm while you bug out.

Isn't like a cellphone and an credit card enough for daily survival in the moderately developed parts of North America?

Frankly after dustoff I prefer to nuke the site from orbit just to be sure....

And as for sandbags and supressing fire?
I prefer camo net to hide me from casual observation
amd why would I shoot first and reveal my position
unnecissarily?

Seriously though. not all parts of north america are "developed"

I know of places here in "Developed" PA that even if there was a
helicopter on standby just to rescue your ass you are still going
to be waiting a while.

a 45minute wait can kill an accident victim who would survive
a 20minute wait.

Ever cross Iowa or Nebraska during a blizzard?

You can freeze to death in only a few hours.

I've only needed rescue ONCE and that was only because I killed
my trucks engine (and when I say "killed" I mean the only thing to
be done was an autopsy to determine how badly fukt shit really was.

I did it during a flood that was a declared disaster, I was "safe",
but stranded and actually used my com gear to talk to a coast
guard helo to tell them, that "No things weren't nearly bad enough
to take a ride in their f'ing fling wing flyer, I was simply stuck, not in
any actual danger".They confirmed I was 75feet above the projected
flood crest.

As for "Crap to carry" there's some gear I carry for others.
Like a fleece blanket that I got from salvation army for 4bucks.
I'm perfectly willing to let an accident victim soak it in blood
after which I won't want it back....
I had another blanket just like it that I rescued from the trunk
of a junk car and washed it myself that ended it's exsistance as
bio-waste after it was used on another accident victim.

Yes, I keep a certain ammount of "emergency gear" that I am fully
prepared to simply walk away from.... I have more.

But you should see what I load on when I'm going out KNOWING I
might get into trouble....

BTW, credit cards are nice... IF you have one.

as for cellphone chargers? Only ONE?

Those things break too, I have TWO, both are factory "Rapid chargers", Both my phones can use the same battery
and I have a spare battery for each of them.

I have redundancy for my redundancy.

when planning for survival "Paranoid enough?" is a valid question.

And though this may sound odd sanitary napkins and even tampons, skinny ones. their original use was to plug bullet
wounds. And for more mundane purposes you can make
a woman in need grateful.

Non Lubricated condoms are included in every military survival kit, not because they expect you to satisfy some lusty native girl
when you are shot down, but because they can be used to waterproof things (notes, matches, etc)
OR simply used to store drinking water....

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[feellnfroggy]

This is just for driving around or for your Camel Trophy team? Everyone seriously has all this stuff in their truck all the time?

You break down, jump out, set up a perimeter, put up your aluminm heat shelter, fill some sand bags, start digging a well, wire up some flash-bangs and a few Claymores, then call AAA and when the wrecker is 15 minutes out, pop smoke and start laying out suppressive fire while he hooks up. Then, you have the Sandys drop napalm while you bug out.

Isn't like a cellphone and an credit card enough for daily survival in the moderately developed parts of North America?

I was just gonna suggest dogtags with name social blood type and religion, LOL But since you brought out the .50cal pit......

 

[feellnfroggy]

I'm really liking this thread, I'm getting a lot of ideas of other stuff it wouldn't hurt to add. Keep 'em coming, guys.

You do realize you only drive a ranger right? When do you run out of room?

"No things weren't nearly bad enough
to take a ride in their f'ing fling wing flyer,...

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I am starting to look for this before certain posts. LOL

 

[AllanD]

You've never hear a helicopter refered to as a "Fling wing flyer"?

When combat pilots aren't humming "Ride of the Valkyries"
(their apocalypse now Air-Cav fantasy)
They should be humming "Nearer my God To Thee"

Ever see that Jimmy Stewart Move they always run at christmas time,
"It's a Wonderful Life", where the angel tells the little girl "every time
you hear a bell an angel gets their wings".

well every time someone says "Helicopters can't fly" (Note: I didn't say it I typed it)
somewhere in the world one falls out of the sky....

And don't you say it aloud either, lest you kill some innocent passenger of a helicopter.
(Flight crews know the risks and get into the damned things anyway and therefore whatever happens is their own damned fault)




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[feellnfroggy]

Crashhawks, SHithooks, and Crashme's thats the names Ive heard, but never been in an accident with a heli. Been in 9 in cars. I like the whirliebirds.

 

[TheTopher]

You do realize you only drive a ranger right? When do you run out of room?

I never run out of room! The only thing I can't fit in the ranger is the mother-in-law!

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Is it just me. Or does most of this pertain to the if she says no category ...

Actually, I'm single... and no wisecracks about that either.

I'm going to put a little notecard in my wallet incase I get in an accident and am unable to responde. It makes life easier for EMS and First Responders.

Always a good idea, I had a card in my wallet for awhile but with doing construction work, anything in my wallet tends to get destroyed. But I wear a dog tag at all times with the important basics.

This is just for driving around or for your Camel Trophy team? Everyone seriously has all this stuff in their truck all the time?

You break down, jump out, set up a perimeter, put up your aluminm heat shelter, fill some sand bags, start digging a well, wire up some flash-bangs and a few Claymores, then call AAA and when the wrecker is 15 minutes out, pop smoke and start laying out suppressive fire while he hooks up. Then, you have the Sandys drop napalm while you bug out.

Isn't like a cellphone and an credit card enough for daily survival in the moderately developed parts of North America?

I certainly could get by with less in my truck. And usually when I break down I don't have the one thing I need. But most of the stuff in the truck has been needed at one point or other (usually for work), or I use often enough that I got tired of removing it from the truck. Or is something to satisfy my near-constant snacking.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

who keeps their stuff in the cab and who keeps it in the toolbox?

How bout "Wherever it fits best... " lol

 

[LittleBigFoot]

As far as tools, I try and bring a full socket set etc, but I always have:

A 19mm or 3/4" deep well. (95% of my sh#t that brakes can be taken apart with a 3/4"
A 1.5" cressent wrench
Vice grips
A torch
Pam. But only fake butter flavored (Gets ATF off hands, starts fires, lubricates, water proofs tents, works better then WD40)
A few cans o' gas
Duct tape and paper towels (Shade tree first aid kit)
A blanket
A shovel
A high lift
An axe
A pack of smokes
A bottle of cheap rum for when all the other tools fail

And a bottle of peppermint schnapps for when the rum runs out, and it eliminates that whole spitting after using mouthwash thing in case I have a sexy rescue-er.

 

[hoosier1104]

who keeps their stuff in the cab and who keeps it in the toolbox?

I keep my in my ruck sack behind my seat. I have been thinking about getting a tool box to put in but I cannot bring myself to buy one.

 

[ryan]

You break down, jump out, set up a perimeter, put up your aluminm heat shelter, fill some sand bags, start digging a well, wire up some flash-bangs and a few Claymores, then call AAA and when the wrecker is 15 minutes out, pop smoke and start laying out suppressive fire while he hooks up. Then, you have the Sandys drop napalm while you bug out.

this made my morning...thanks Will!

 

[hoosier1104]

^+1,000

That is what I call a get'r'done attitude.

 

[Toms01PSD]

^+1,000

That is what I call a get'r'done attitude.

I don't think you quite understand. He's mocking you guys for having all this crazy shit in your trucks as if World War 3's about to happen.