[Futurecollector]

Ok so here is the senario, ZOmbies/a foreign country invades America, you need to flee to the "Hills" so what do you take with you, you have a truck and thats it, what do you load up? water, food, guns...etc....
Im just curious on what you all would take lol thanks a bunch guys!!!

 

[IamElmerJFudd]

Food utensils and cookware, water containers and filters, shelter tents and tarps and bedding, tools including firearms and lots of extra fuel for the truck. Since you have a truck you don't need to stuff everything in a single duffle bag that can fit in the trunk of a car, you can use the nice sealable and stackable rubbermaid bins. Just be sure you put the heavier bins on the bottom when packing the truck and tie everything down. Don't forget the books!

 

[AmmoSgt In Memoriam]

Something like this ...

http://blindkat.hegewisch.net/lrdg/lrdgvehicles.html

but with a trailer attached to carry all my supplies maybe...

I guess it depends where you are going exactly.. wouldn't it be better to just have a place alreay set up out in the country with everything prepositioned? Or are you just gonna head out with no destination in mind?

 

[Futurecollector]

Something like this ...

http://blindkat.hegewisch.net/lrdg/lrdgvehicles.html

but with a trailer attached to carry all my supplies maybe...

I guess it depends where you are going exactly.. wouldn't it be better to just have a place alreay set up out in the country with everything prepositioned? Or are you just gonna head out with no destination in mind?

Well i dont have to many places to go to that everyone else dosent know of, i live in so cal desert, so everyone will be fleeing to me lol, but yeah i do have a place to go to but idk what really to take.

 

[Harpers Ferry Arsenal]

I live in the hills.

A days' worth of serious yard work to straighten the perimeter and enlarge the KZ and the belt-fed gun gets sand-bagged on the deck to cover the only easy approach to the house.

Everything else I need, it's already here. I can't haul it all off and I'm in as good a spot as I could ever be in so why go?

 

[AmmoSgt In Memoriam]

Hmmm what does California allow you to have these days? Probably shouldn't have anything that coud start a fire... oh sorry I grew up in Victorville back in the 50's and 60's so I feel I can tell jokes at California's expense.

Have you looked over the "stickies" at the top of this page? lots of lists of stuff and bug out ideas there.

But here's the catch.. you got to know how to use what you take.. no point taking a surgical kit if you don't think you can cut somebody open and stich them back up.. make sure you select food you like and will eat and know how to prepare.. only take tools to do jobs you know how to do....


You see it's not what you pack to go... it's more about what you learn to survive and then having the most reliable equipment to do what you know how to do the best way to do it.

As a kid in the mojave I used to just take off in the desert with my 22 and a box of ammo and nothing else and live 3 or 4 days at a time on what I found in the desert.. so I concider the high desert as excellant survival land. Water and food aplenty if yu know where to look... okay I sort of cheated a little our property straddled the Mojave River near Oro Grande so I had the river and frogs .. I really like frog legs... you probably need to know how to tell if a rabbit is infected with tularimia in the high desert.. it was a problem when I was a kid... but back then quail dove squirrel and reatively safe cottontails abounded( the jacks were the ones infected usually) ..

Plenty of water bearing cactus even if it tastes a little funny is safe to drink..

So me I would take a 22 and a brick of ammo, maybe a knife and some shade and some sweet water to chase the cactus squeezings.. pear cactus can be fried up sorta like eggplant ( I don't like eggplant) Tarantulas can be roasted in tinfoil after you singe the fur off them .. their shells will pop when they are done.. they taste exactly like lobster and spiders and lobsters are cousins anyway.. lots of tasty snake... rattlers are best.. gopher snake tastes funny, I have never killed king snake and never will.. there a leaf nosed glass snake that lives in the mojave.. hard to find.. those are actually venomous .. rear fang usually can't open wide enough to actually get the fangs on a human.. but just so you know.. if you don't know the animal for sure leave it alone... I would add a sand sailer to my take on the truck stuff, one of the light ones... good way to get arround quietly and fast if you have flat ground... you have good goverment policies on rebates for solar.. either solar or wind.. small portable 100-300 watt PV panelsand maybe 4 100 amp hour batteries and a good sized inverter.. I mean you got easy electricity compared to some.. pleanty of wind and sun.. home made alternator/windmill maybe

Know what the area you are going to has and equip yourself to take advantage of it

go over the sticky lists add/subtract to fit you, your needs, where you are going

Anyway.. the more you know how to do the more your list is different from mine.. some times knowing stuff adds to the list sometimes it subtracts from the list.

 

[BeSwift]

All family members have BOB's, backup data, food, and water in their vehicles at all times. I have the truck loaded with multiple bags of gear and tools; ready to roll at a moments notice. I also have Rubbermaid containers prepacked in the house if circumstances allow for more gear/food/water to be loaded up. It also helps to have a checklist for getting out of dodge, so you and family don't have to think on the fly. I know of some who even practice their bugout with the family, travel alternate routes, have pre-positioned supplies en route to their destination etc. You should have thought thru 3 plans: a 60 second plan, a 1 hr plan, and a 12 hr plan; tailor each accordingly. You can get really carried away with this stuff, if you so desire. See iamelmerfudd's list above, check the BOB bags lists, assemble what you'll need NOW, so that if you have to get out of dodge on the drop of a hat, you can do so quickly.

Finally, don't always assume you have to bug out. It really is the least desirable experience you can imagine, frought with risks. Odds are you will become a refugee or worse. Were the zombies coming, I'd consider bugging in to a semi hardened structure.... BeSwift

 

[BBQ SAM In Memoriam]

WHAT are you bugging FROM ?

Each scenario has a different scenario for me .

Or are we just looking for generalaties ? They are answered in the sticky's as mentioned.

Nuke's , Asteroid , Moon explodes , Aliens land on the white house lawn ?

Or the more mundain riots,floods,fire,hurricane,tornado type scenario ?

Then we have the marshal law , civil disobedience , brown-shirts type scenario.

Zombies , mutants are completely different all together .

Ruskies & taliban are exact opposites .

Specifics dear man , specifics .

 

[mr44]

there is no were to go or hide in most places

 

[GhostCat]

I've got all the BOB's ready for "getting out" but I don't plan on going anywhere.....Buggin IN here...

 

[meathead]

don't forget to add maintanance on the vehicle. Now you've got spares and tools.

 

[Futurecollector]

WHAT are you bugging FROM ?

Each scenario has a different scenario for me .

Or are we just looking for generalaties ? They are answered in the sticky's as mentioned.

Nuke's , Asteroid , Moon explodes , Aliens land on the white house lawn ?

Or the more mundain riots,floods,fire,hurricane,tornado type scenario ?

Then we have the marshal law , civil disobedience , brown-shirts type scenario.

Zombies , mutants are completely different all together .

Ruskies & taliban are exact opposites .

Specifics dear man , specifics .

dude i said, Zombies/ foreign invasion, along the lines of red dawn i guess..

 

[Mark Harlin Chaney]

LOL God help the zombies. I'm getting to old to run. Probably just climb on the roof of the house and take as many with me as possible.

 

[AmmoSgt In Memoriam]

I don't think zombies have an Airborne Corp.... do you think the zombies will use the Cubans and Illegals like in Red Dawn? Why does nobody ever point out the way illegal immigrants were used to infiltrate the US and knock out key instalations in the movie Red Dawn?

 

[Futurecollector]

I don't think zombies have an Airborne Corp.... do you think the zombies will use the Cubans and Illegals like in Red Dawn? Why does nobody ever point out the way illegal immigrants were used to infiltrate the US and knock out key instalations in the movie Red Dawn?

HAHAHAAH yeah damn illegals, lol oh yeah i live in Apple Valley, so i know exactlry where you are coming from, Victorville has changed alot since you left lol, but yeah have you seen the big thing between russia and cuba aswell as arganina and venezuala...hahah lol

 

[RuralTurtle]

I don't think zombies have an Airborne Corp....

Naw, they have vampires for airborne.

 

[BBQ SAM In Memoriam]

For Zombies , watch Will Smith movies . Foreign invasion , watch Red Dawn / Cheech & Chong movies.

Now RT , You just changed the whole dang bag with vampires . Now we need NV & a crossbow w/wooden bolts ,cross's ,silver & garlic . So now ya gotta figure out how to keep the itallian's away . Vampire's may very well be the single most difficult enemy to combat .........

 

[Caribou]

Easy here.

We bug out all the time. ~LOL!~
We use alot of Milsrp, as it cheap, and made for camping. We buy new stuff as we replace what we wear out.
Camping around using the boat or snowgo, each of us, as well as any friends that go along carry "Travle bags", usually a backpack to put on the snowgo or sled or boat that is easy to carry.
In my family, we carry extra socks and gloves in a ziplock bag, a water container of some kind. This can thaw ice with body heat if nessarry in winter while you walk...thirst is the bane of the winter. I carry a German Canteen inbetween the two cups that make a carrier. I can heat them up on any fire, or use them as a bowl. Can also boil questionable water in the canteen, or thaw it if it froze.
Some form of fire making, and some flares. In the boat or on a Winters ride, flares can mark the spot like no other. I carry a three pack.
A knife and a coulpe heater type MRE's, for all they have in food, asswipe, matches and coffee.Waterproof too, and they float.
Toilet paper in a Zip lock bag. Good for firestarting and its normal use.
A big grain bag that lines my backpack, in which I put bag of small tools and some hunting gear,spare batteries, balck tape, 100ft of 550 cord, a military nylon, poncho soft iron wire, binocs, a honing stone and VHF Radio. The VHF travels in my inner sweater in Winter.
Extra boot liners in winter and misquito head nets in summer, as well as bug dope.
Emergency 'Space Blankets' by th edozen and mil issue reusable haet pads that you spit a mouth full of waterinto. These are GREAT!! In a sleeping bag or on yout feet these with space blankets in your grain bag, you can sleep abit
Ammo is always in the outter most pocket, and esaily accessable.
We all have rifles that we use regular, and two each would be fine for the 6 of us who can hunt.
We keep firearms and the bulk of our ammo in camp anyway, so I only need to get there, and that can be done lightly.

We also have a Family Travle box. It has metal plates ,silverwhere, cups and a squad size German Cook kit that nests in its own pots, and the lids are frying pans. The box is always filled with Suger, salt, coffee, tea, oil and candy. Its always ready to go, as is our Colman Gas stove and lanterns, in their own box with a gallon of fuel.
I carry 5lbs of assorted candy, to keep the kids calm and happy in stormy weather, and candy is a boost to the cirulation system in extream cold.
Canned Seal oil is in the planning
If I have to bugout in an emergency, I will dress as normal for the extream cold or summer, and make my way to one of our camps where we have extra everything.
Fact is, possessions are a burden, especially if you walk. Everything should fit in the Sled or the boat, and all on our backs. Sleds and boats can be lined easily enough with team work.
Thats where Im at.

 

[Futurecollector]

This is some good stuff to think about thanks guys!!!

 

[Bavarian]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this but, I keep a few mouse and rat traps in my bag. They're light and can take small game but you need to wire them to a tree or something. Just be careful how/where you set them. I also carry a few gutter spikes. You can use them for shelter pegs, frog gigs, deadfalls, etc. (And yes, I would eat a rat if I had to. They taste like spotted owl).