Whats in your bug out bag?

[Cyrano]

Roll of duct tape. And if you carry candles, also put in a candleholder: you don't want to have to hold that thing in your hand for hours.

 

[peyton]

"Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff".

 

[C Broad Arrow]

Model 28 4" Barrel
Box of ammo
Knife & box cutter
First Aid Kit, 2 tubes of SuperGlue, Duct Tape
BBQ Starter cubes, Flash light
Lighter
Small stove, boiling pot, and a dozen packages of soup, candy bars, and gum.
A bottle of water.
Rain slicker
20' Paracord

 

[peyton]

Did someone remember to pack the whiskey??

 

[model 49 rick]

mine needs work

Good ideas from you guys. Glad I lucked long this thread. In my current little green ditty bag is:

120 rds 7.62x39mm in sealed plastic bag
spare AK mag
leatherman tool (w/blasting cap crimper)
small canteen
lighter and waterproof matches

Due to what I have read here I will be adding:

Toilet paper!
small first aid kit - enough to stop bleeding from bullet wound
candy bars
duct tape
a few gold coins

 

[Springfeildkid585]

Some ideas:Swiss Army Knife or Leatherman/Gerber tool. Small first aid kit. At least one day's worth of persciption meds. That extra cell phone is a good idea, but maybe a little pricey(maybe the means to charge the Cell Phone you already have). Already mentioned: a means to make fire and light. WATER!! If not hot weather a Snickers bar: if hot, Planters peanut brittle bar. A metal cup or clean empty can-for drinking, cooking, digging, ect. Instant coffee pac or tea bag (the accessory pac from MRE's covers lots of these small items). 10 or more feet of string or para-cord. WHISTLE. 1 or 2 tin foil squares. Also remember the rule of 3's; you can last up to 3 weeks without food, 3 days without water,up to 3 hours in cold weather without shelter, 3 minuts without oxigen, but you won't last 3 seconds without thinking!

I recommend the tea, you can easily store plenty of it, and its a natural coagulant.

 

[Cyrano]

Model 49 rick: you might want to add some candles and a candleholder; it can get pretty dark out there..

 

[1sg]

Don't forget the Zip Ties!

 

[Alpo]

I recommend the tea, you can easily store plenty of it, and its a natural coagulant.

I'll second that. When I had my wisdom teeth removed, my mother (a Registered Nurse) had me biting on tea bags. She also fed me Hershey's Kisses. Chocolate is a natural coagulant.

 

[Alpo]

I truly do not see the advantage of "hard money" (gold or silver) in a bugout bag.

Let's say I run out of gas. I go up to my friendly Jiffy Mart and offer the clerk a gold coin or a silver ingot, for a tank of gas.

Would he take it? If he was an idiot, maybe. How would he know that was actually a 20-dollar gold piece, and not one of those "24-karat clad replicas"? How does your normal man-in-the-street know that ingot is silver?

If two people wanted to buy my whatever, and one offered me paper dollar bills and the other offered me Morgan cartwheels and Franklin halves, but they both offered me the same dollar value, I'd take the silver. If someone offered me 20 in paper, and the other guy had one cartwheel, but told me that "Spot this morning was $32.50, so I'll give you this", I'd take the paper. And if someone offered a little shiny metal bar, wrapped in plastic with a sticky on it that said, "One Troy Ounce, .999 Fine", I'd still take the paper.

 

[model 49 rick]

I'd say it depends on why I am bugging out. Is the paper worth anything? I only have US or Canadian minted coins anyway. Most non-stupids would know if they are genuine or not. The bite test actually works. Both gold and silver have a distintive 'flavor' believe it or not.

I've been kicking this concept around with fellow waste-oids at work who have nothing better to do than bull**** about this kind of stuff, and one worthless old ******* had a good point.

None of us (at work) are young men any more. We're not going to sling our packs and dog trot through the fields to get to safety unless imminent death is coming. Most of us bugging out, initially at least, are going to do so by car.

Talking about current events like the hurricane, we opined that if we are bugging out for natural or manmade disaster reasons, the paper still has some value, we can get gas, and we are driving away from the problem we might want to have a box o' **** in the trunk that far surpasses what any of our creaky old bones could carry. What are good choices for that magical box?

We came up with a preliminarly list, and I am interested in other people's additions.

Booster cables, tool kit (your choice), duct tape, folding shovel, tow cable, bungee cords, shop towels, zip ties, rope, ice scraper, flashlights & batteries, sleeping bag, gloves, ponchos, blankets, boots & socks, binoculars, candles & matches, heat packs, water bottles, packs of jerky & candy bars, chemical light sticks, first aid kit (might as well be a big one), and a tomahawk.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Your post got me thinking, so I went to the truck and brought the kit in and invatoried it.
First aid kit
22/20guage camp gun
100rounds 22
40 rounds 20-mixed
sling,scope,cleaning kit,carry case
65'-1/2" rope
coffee can w/ toilet paper
GPS
Camo rain suite
yellow rain suite
gloves, work & latex
water
38 ammo
12 volt phone charger
THE BAG
Insulated lunch bag; 8"wide x10"high x4"deep
Contents;
2-liter Nalgene bottles
1-cup, fits over bottle
2-foil squares folded
1-12 pack water tablets
20 zip ties
1-pack facel tissues(15)
1/2 roll electric tape
Contents bottle #1
1-large snickers
2-Planters peanut brittle bars
Contents bottle #2
2-6" candles
1-sm Bic lighter
2-lg safty pins
1-space blanket
1-disposeable poncho
1-box cutter
1-sm Gerber pocket tool
1-$10 roll quarters
1-surviyal whistel
features/contents
thermometer
compus 3' string
magnify glass
flint striker
25 strike anwhere matches
ALWAYS on me
38 or 45
knife
Surefire flashlight
cell phone

Hope the gives you some Ideas on lots of stuff in compact space.

 

[Alpo]

Couple of thoughts about your "truck kit".

Guy called me one day and asked if my Bronco was 4-wheel-drive, and if it was, could I come pull him out of the sand.

He had a full-size Dodge pickup. An Army tri-fold E-tool and the piece of junk screw-jack that comes with vehicles. His shovel beat digging a hole with his hand, but not by much. I have a 3-foot D-handled spade that lives in the Bronco. Amazing how much more dirt you can move with that. I also have a 3-foot Hi-Lift jack. I just had the one, which I kept in the "off-road" vehicle, until I had a flat time on the highway in the pickup. That piece of trash they call a jack, that is factory equipment, is a piece of trash. Fortunately a nice guy stopped to help and he had a real jack. Now there is a Hi-Lift jack in both vehicles.

A Hi-Lift jack and a 18" or so square of 3/4 plywood, to set it on, will get you out of a lot of places. Best 50-dollar investment you will have ever made. It'll pay for itself the first time you don't have to call the tow-truck.

Light-sticks have an expiration date. Don't know if you knew that. The annoying this is there is no way to see if they are still good, after the date, without using one, which uses it up. Oh well.

Poncho. Just my opinion. You'd be better off with a "rain suit". Hooded coat that goes down past your butt and bib-overall-type pants. Good ones will have elastic cuffs, which keep the legs down where they belong. Being able to lift your arms without uncovering your legs to the knee helps to keep you drier.

 

[Alpo]

Also, have you thought about how to attach the tow-strap? I've got three pieces of small chain, maybe 3-foot long, with a grab-hook on one end. I can put that chain through a hole in a frame member, or over a spring, catch the hook on a link, and I've got a 6 or 8-inch loop that I can attach my strap to. I've also got 4 shackles. I've seen people drop the loop of the strap over the hitch-ball. I've also seen it come off. Most hitches have the ball and then a hole on each side of it, for attaching safety chains. Screw that shackle though one of the holes, with the strap loop inside the shackle, and it ain't gonna come off.

 

[model 49 rick]

Really good advice. My tow strap has a hook. I think it's only on one end though. I'll look it over, and get chains and a shackle. I like the shackle idea. I can imagine getting a vehicle halway up an incline and having the tow cable pop off the tow bar. Holy ****!

I agree about the ponchos too. And a piece of plywood. Genius.

Thank you

 

[C.S.63]

A good comfortable pair of walking boots and a MacGyver Knife?

 

[M3Stuart]

I was at Northern Tool once and ran across a siphon pump/hose combo for siphoning gas. Bought one for a couple bucks and threw it in the 'bag'. My teenage son called it a 'zombie siphon', ya know, for when the zombies take over.

Oh, be sure to pack your camo stuff. Cuz' ya know, like on those survivalist/doomsday/prepper shows; you gotta be wearing camo...

Now that I think about it...maybe the zombies HAVE taken over...

 

[Iggy]

I ain't to worried about that apockolips thing. I'm more worried about gittin' cross-wise of Itchy.

Ever morning I make myself a b'loney sammich and put it and a twennytwo and some ammo in a paper bag.

If'n I step in it, I zig-zag my way to the door and stay outta range for the day.
If'n I make it without screwin' up, I eat the sammich and wipe off the gun and figger it was a good day.

 

[El Zilcho]

If you depend on heart-diabetes-blood pressure medicine, carry enough to keep you in good health for XXX amount of days.

Just be sure to rotate the meds in and out to maintain freshness.

Wow. Of all the things in my bag, I never thought of my meds.
Thanks!

 

[Mike McLellan]

Oh man, where to begin.

A few bottles of whiskey. Maybe somebody will invent powdered whiskey by then. Just stir some in water. That would save a lot of needed space.

Some money or flashy jewelry to attract some babes.
An inflatable doll if you're broke.

Slim Jim and tin foil for stealing cars.

A boom box with lots of gangsta-rap CDs

I'd be dead by the end of the day, so that aughta do it.