by Laredo » Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:36 pm
My truck's bugout bag: jack, handle, tire iron, 4-way, 50 feet of good heavy rope, pair of water pump pliers, medium-size crescent, 50 ft of 3/8'' nylon rope, canteen cup, lighter, flagging tape, safety goggles, and a big old towel / blanket (ever change a flat in the mud in your Sunday clothes?). My camper's bugout box: SO's dearly beloved BAL leveler, four (stacking) jackstands (for stabilizing), aluminum level, measuring tape, wire crimper and assorted wire ends, wheel and tire chocks, the biggest bottle of Green Slime I could find, roll of duct tape, hammer, pliers, crescent wrench, and the water hoses. Total weight? 50 pounds or so. Total dollars saved 'cause we didn't have to get this stuff somewhere at 2 am 1200 miles from home? Priceless.
I married an Eagle Scout. He's an overachiever. What I'd call prepared he'd call underdressed.
He married an Air Force vet. I'm an overplanner. What he'd call makeshift I call field-expedient.
We adapt, overcome, survive and thrive.
Mopar's what my busted knuckles bleed, working on my 318s...