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[IMA SOL MAN]

Sanitation/purification pellets, gauze, homemade quick clot, alcohol, baking soda, peroxide, vet wrap, scalpel, knife, hatchets, a crank radio, wool blanket, a few feet of paracord, water, some canned and dried food, some iodized table salt, a small bottle of tabasco, a 5 gallon jug of purified water, a couple lighters, a small solar panel, fishing line, fishing hooks, some titanium utensils and mugs, a steel signaling mirror, a compass, and a series of updated maps downloaded onto an e-ink ereader. Not to mention the second smaller bag that's got the deterrents in it.

All in, the water jug itself weighs like 40 lbs, and the sack+bag another 35 lbs. That's not including any other long arms and their ammo either, but it's designed with two and a half people and possible dogs in mind. Although it'd probably be more survivable just to dig in and stay put, cuz all the other people thinking about bugging out too.

Don't forget, you may also have to carry the half person too, so that can add weight. 😉

 

[Fuzzywuzzies]

I didn't read through all of the posts thoroughly, but I don't believe I saw anyone with toilet paper and cleansing wipes (Wet Ones). A pee bottle can come in handy, too. I have a family member that used to be a trucker (18 wheeler) and I asked how they handled nature calls. They never would tell me. So...I don't know if they had a diaper on, or a litter box in the back, or what. Anyone know how truckers handle nature calls out away from a toilet, but too exposed to people to just get out and drop trou?
Maybe we need to put some Depends in our Bug Out Bags!

Good to see you again, Mr. Sol Man!

We do have toilet paper, folding shovels, water and wipes in all the vehicles. Seldom used for what it sounds like though, as a directory of service stations and public toilets goes a long way to meeting a trucker’s (or any traveller’s) needs.
I have occasionally been known to fling myself headlong into large bodies of water after a long hot day’s work far from home, too. Call it bathing.
Never heard of anyone desperate enough to use a diaper or ‘pee bottle’ in this neck of the woods though!

Also, if you’ve ever carried anyone any distance, even with the best of techniques, I think you’ll know that such things are reserved for the direst of emergencies, and the Hollywood dramatisations fail to depict the effort required!

 

[Rossymeister]

What kind of food do yall prefer? Freeze dried? MRE? Or just ready to eat snack foods?

I carried freeze dried for a while. In my experience, water was hard to come by in the woods. Creeks would be dryed up due to lack of rain. Some of those lakes and bodies of water looked pretty nasty. I guess you could filter it if you really had to.

Anyways, i switched to 2lbs of beef jerky and 6 protein bars. I think i can make that last 3 days. Really got to ration water.

 

[Monocrom]

MREs, definitely.

 

[dc38]

What kind of food do yall prefer? Freeze dried? MRE? Or just ready to eat snack foods?

I carried freeze dried for a while. In my experience, water was hard to come by in the woods. Creeks would be dryed up due to lack of rain. Some of those lakes and bodies of water looked pretty nasty. I guess you could filter it if you really had to.

Anyways, i switched to 2lbs of beef jerky and 6 protein bars. I think i can make that last 3 days. Really got to ration water.

Nuts, dried fruits, jerky, MRE. You def have to be careful not to wear out your liver and kidneys if you're doing this for extended periods of time.

A life straw filters a ton of critters and particulates, and those P&G water scrubbers help too. Probably still want to boil it after scrubbing, but there might still be dissolved metals and minerals and such which are more effort intensive to remove.

Keep in mind that your body also processes its own chemicals in addition to the food, such as adrenaline etc, so if you have some other health concern or need some epi/adren, might want to account for that also.

 

[RWT1405]

I didn't read through all of the posts thoroughly, but I don't believe I saw anyone with toilet paper and cleansing wipes (Wet Ones). A pee bottle can come in handy, too. I have a family member that used to be a trucker (18 wheeler) and I asked how they handled nature calls. They never would tell me. So...I don't know if they had a diaper on, or a litter box in the back, or what. Anyone know how truckers handle nature calls out away from a toilet, but too exposed to people to just get out and drop trou?
Maybe we need to put some Depends in our Bug Out Bags!

As to TP, etc., there is a simple solution that I've used for years.

I carry a small pack of Handy wipes, and a 5 pack of toilet seat covers, with the TP.

Simple to carry in your vehicle and simple to grab if you're stopping somewhere where there is a good chance will be dirty and/or unequipped with TP, or for "woods" use.

 

[Rossymeister]

Thats pretty nifty

 

[IMA SOL MAN]

As to TP, etc., there is a simple solution that I've used for years.

I carry a small pack of Handy wipes, and a 5 pack of toilet seat covers, with the TP.

Simple to carry in your vehicle and simple to grab if you're stopping somewhere where there is a good chance will be dirty and/or unequipped with TP, or for "woods" use.

Self-contained bathroom kit. Very nice. I can say that I have one small roll of TP in one of the smaller Folgers coffee containers now. Actually, now that I think about it, (just woke up) I think that I have done the same thing that you have done, except used Wet Ones instead of Handy Wipes! I guess Flashaholics think the same in more ways than one. 🙂

 

[IMA SOL MAN]

Does the lid on the Maxwell House containers (current ones in the USA supermarkets) screw on, or just pop on, like Folgers containers?

 

[RWT1405]

Does the lid on the Maxwell House containers (current ones in the USA supermarkets) screw on, or just pop on, like Folgers containers?

Pop on, pull off

Just like the Folgers

 

[IMA SOL MAN]

What kind of food do yall prefer? Freeze dried? MRE? Or just ready to eat snack foods?

I carried freeze dried for a while. In my experience, water was hard to come by in the woods. Creeks would be dryed up due to lack of rain. Some of those lakes and bodies of water looked pretty nasty. I guess you could filter it if you really had to.

Anyways, i switched to 2lbs of beef jerky and 6 protein bars. I think i can make that last 3 days. Really got to ration water.

I had two Johnsonville summer sausages, beef jerky, and trail mix in the vehicle at one time. You really have to keep up on the expiration dates and condition of your emergency rations, as they will go bad faster in the vehicle due to the temperature extremes. IIRC, the summer sausages ended up getting thrown out due to expiration, and I ate the jerky and trail mix. Yum. 🙂

At one time I was looking for long storage crackers, but the only thing that I could find was some odd brand Alaskans keep in storage (bush planes, remote homesteads, etc.). I don't know if it is sold in the lower 48. I don't remember the brand name now, too long ago that I researched it, and I gave up finding any. Anyone here know?

Meals Rejected by Everyone (MRE) would be good, too, but like freeze dried can be pricey, especially for the ones that have the included chemical heater, which you will want. Anyone with a good source for those, that civilians can buy from in small quantity, please post a link!

 

[Rossymeister]

Johnsonville summer sausages,

Ive always wondered , how well have those held up for you in the vehicle? Whats a good replacement interval for something like that?

I try and swap everything out every 3 months or so. Havent had a problem yet.

Ive gone 1 year on mountain house freeze dried, and haven't had a problem with that either.

 

[IMA SOL MAN]

Ive always wondered , how well have those held up for you in the vehicle? Whats a good replacement interval for something like that?

I try and swap everything out every 3 months or so. Havent had a problem yet.

Ive gone 1 year on mountain house freeze dried, and haven't had a problem with that either.

Thanks for asking. Like I said in my post, I ended up tossing them in the trash due to expiration date. I had them in a backpack, and forgot to check the date periodically, so they expired on me. I wasn't going to take a chance on eating them, medical care is way too expensive compared to a couple of sausages, so, sorry, I can't really tell you.

Now, I did get some summer sausage and cheese gift pack gifted to me for Christmas, think it was The Swiss Colony, and ate it late January or early February, and it was fine. A bit on the fatty side, but then I think that is what summer sausage is like.

https://www.swisscolony.com/