Vehicle Bug Out Bag Prepping For SHTF

[tookieblueeyes]

I was tramping around YouTube and came across this video and after watching it I thought I would share it with the ZS community and start a thread where ZSers like you, and you, you over there, and oh yeah, you in the corner, don't be shy... where we could talk about the Bug Out Bags we keep in our own vehicles. We can share some pictures of the bag itself, what it contains, and we can explain why we chose particular pieces of gear to include in out vehicle BOB's. We can all exchange ideas on how we could build a better Vehicle kept BOB or improve the one we currently have too.

Generally the BOB's we keep in our cars, trucks, boats, SUV's, crossovers and hybrids are just meant to get us home in case SHTF while we were on the road or out of town. It can come in handy in a SHTF scenario or just in case we broke down miles from the nearest sign of life. These are bags that are usually only set up as 72 hour kits and are often referred to as "Get Home Bags".

I would like to hear about your "Get Home Bag" and what's in it, what you are prepared for, show me some pictures, post a video, put up some links, or give me a description, and tell me if you have ever had to use it before in the past, or had to use one and found out it wasn't up to the task so you refined it and changed it up a little, or a lot.

It is a good idea to keep a BOB of sorts in your vehicle, especially in these times. Everyone has an EDC list, but sometimes our EDC falls short of the goal when SHTF. EDC is a start, but the vehicle kept BOB can be the difference between getting home, and getting home alive.

Maybe you aren't carrying one to get home, but get to a safe place you have in mind somewhere else, whatever the case may be... share with me and the rest of the ZSers reading and browsing through this thread what kind of BOB you carry in your vehicle and what it's geared up for.

If you would like to post your vehicle carry BOB and would like some critisism, helpful hints, trips, tricks and general critiquing then ask! There is an abundance of people here in the Zombie Squad who are a wealth of Information, expirience and wisdom.

I just ask that we all follow the forum rules and we all refrain from being disrespectful to others who may post their vehicle BOB's because as we all know... BOB's are designed with each different persons particular needs and goals in mind. Some folks are new to the concept and are litterally just noobs and these people may not be that great at creating such a thing as a vehicle BOB as others are but that doesn't mean we have to be mean to them or belittle their efforts. It's a learning expirience and by offering hints, tricks, tips and advice we can help them blossom from noob to someone who is better prepared for getting stuck in a traffic jam in the middle of long bridge when SHTF and there is no way home except on foot and through tough terrain be it urban, suburban or bushwhacking to get back home to our friends, family, pets and significant others... or to get to a BOL.

So here is the video, and lets see some Vehicle BOB porn from you!
Also... what do you think would make the woman in the video's vehicle BOB better? What is she missing? What is she forgetting? Or is it perfect?

[YouTube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GKqYSmrrUI&feature=context-vrec[/YouTube]

OK FOR SOME REASON IT DOESN'T WANT TO PUT THE VIDEO UP... SO HERE IS THE LINK...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GKqYSmrrUI&feature=context-vrec

[Tetra Grammaton Cleric]

Also... what do you think would make the woman in the video's vehicle BOB better? What is she missing? What is she forgetting? Or is it perfect?

[YouTube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GKqYSmrrUI&feature=context-vrec[/YouTube]

OK FOR SOME REASON IT DOESN'T WANT TO PUT THE VIDEO UP... SO HERE IS THE LINK...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GKqYSmrrUI&feature=context-vrec

^ftfy (the "&feature=context-vrec" in your link is extrapolous, just go to the YT share button, hit long link and copypasta the url it generates)

My EDC/Truck bag/Jump bag is what I use for your example.
I leave the house - it goes in the vehicle.
It's still set up from when I was driving trucks full time for a living as of two weeks ago.
No pics though. It's a customised/add ons SORD STRIKE 3 day Assault Pack.



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[tookieblueeyes]

Thanks for the help getting the video up Tetra Grammaton Cleric and that is a really nice Vehicle BOB. Now I'm jealous and want one just like it LOL

[Joshtruction]

I think a new truck bag for my new beater is my next project. This gives me some motivation!

[cbr900]

My truck bag mainly consists of tools, needed fluids, common fail parts, any sensors or electronics that would not allow my jeep to operate. To me the most important thing is keeping the vehicle running.

[beast1210]

I did a series several years ago, may give you some ideas. I need to make a video of my current bag.

[tookieblueeyes]

My truck bag mainly consists of tools, needed fluids, common fail parts, any sensors or electronics that would not allow my jeep to operate. To me the most important thing is keeping the vehicle running.

It is always good to keep your vehicle running PERIOD I agree

[Blacksmith]

I thought I had fallen into a Calvin Klein commercial for a second. When she pulled out the blue tarp of despair I knew we were home though. Well done.

[CaptAmerica]

I always carry an EDC / get home bag. This comes from a few years of flying around the country.

[img]http://img.tapatalk.com/3260688f-d155-4bca.jpg[/img]

Of course I also carry tools, water, a larger FAK, sleeping bag, and other supplies in the jeep at all times.



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[praharin]

My truck bag mainly consists of tools, needed fluids, common fail parts, any sensors or electronics that would not allow my jeep to operate. To me the most important thing is keeping the vehicle running.

That is important, but it's a different concept. Sometimes, no matter how well your Jeep is running, you may have to leave her. I know...



but it's best to be prepared.


My GHB is mostly focused on water and gear to keep my daughter comfortable. I also have some ready to eat, calorie dense and heat stable energy bars. I'm almost never very far from home, but a few days piggybacking a 4 year old cross country would draw a lot of fluid from my body, in any weather. The food would mostly go to her, because I could probably use to go without food for a day or ten.

[sarky]

Before we go any further, can we get a clarification as to nomenclature? To me if it is in the car and there to get me home if i'm at work etc., then it is a GHB. Where as a BOB is used to get me to my BOL. That is one reason I don't like using BOB and 72 hr kit as interchangeable terms. If worst case scenario, it will take me 5 days to get to my BOL, then a 72 hr kit is only partly useful to me. I also prefer to have a bit of a buffer in my kit for "Murphy"
My vehicle bag is just that, gear and tools for my vehicle (to repair it or get it unstuck)

[praharin]

Before we go any further, can we get a clarification as to nomenclature?

That's exactly the problem. All of this is informal, and people are free to use the terms how they wish. You won't find any of these terms here:

http://www.oed.com/

So we're stuck with people making threads about how "you're all doing it wrong" because "I have chosen my own definition for the words you use"

(Not necessarily this thread, I'm speaking in generalities. This one has actually spurred some interesting conversation, my own posts notwithstanding)

[DJH]

I have 3 separate kits in my car, my BOB which can double as a GHB, a small FAK (Which in a pinch can be attached to the BOB but usually lives in the glove box) and a VTK (Vehicle Tool Kit) that has tools specific to my Honda (8/10/12/14/17/19mm wrenches and sockets, wire cutters, wire strippers, an assortment of butt splices & scotchlocks, electrical tape, phillps and flathead screwdrivers, jumper cables, a tire iron (collapsible), wheel chocks, spare fuses, about a 30ft cc of duct tape, brake pads, an oil filter, and spark plugs) as well as extra oil, water, and trans fluid. I'm trying to find a way to mount some jerry cans as well, but they block the hatch access so I'm looking at finding or building a roof rack setup. Ideally the oil, water, and fuel jerry cans would be in a locked retainer on that rack.

I'd fit more back in the back, but the subwoofer is important too damnit.

[tookieblueeyes]

Before we go any further, can we get a clarification as to nomenclature? To me if it is in the car and there to get me home if i'm at work etc., then it is a GHB. Where as a BOB is used to get me to my BOL. That is one reason I don't like using BOB and 72 hr kit as interchangeable terms. If worst case scenario, it will take me 5 days to get to my BOL, then a 72 hr kit is only partly useful to me. I also prefer to have a bit of a buffer in my kit for "Murphy"
My vehicle bag is just that, gear and tools for my vehicle (to repair it or get it unstuck)

Ok... Clarification... Take the first video, the one I tried to post but couldn't get right so Tetra Grammaton Cleric got it right for me...

[YouTube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GKqYSmrrUI&feature=context-vrec[/YouTube]

and just go with it...
For you, and what you do in your every day life, according to your lifestyle (all work and home, the gym, some regularly have to travel outside of town, away from home, some make frequent trips, vacations, get aways) it's based on your own daily routines, weekly routines, anything that is routine... If you were on the road, or away from home, on your way to wherever it would be you (hypathetically) could be going, or would be going, and SHTF and it hit the fan fast! Things deteriorated to the point where you would ultimatly have to ditch the vehicle and continue on foot. Your destination, of course, would be home... or to your bug out location, depending on your situation (some people have families to get home to, some have plans in place for E&E or evacuation, meeting points in place, some have to go get children from school, day care, grandmas, mom & dads etc. etc. etc.) It is all based on your personal priorities and planning as to where you have to make it to...

Do you carry anything in your vehicle or on your person specifically that you could rely on in such a scenario, and such scenarios can happen in a flash (flash floods, tornados, earthquake, hurricane, snow snorm etc. etc. etc. if you can imagine it, it can happen, even a NK satellite rocket failure that comes crashing to earth flattening your way home reeking havoc).

Like CaptAmerica has items he feels would be neccessary and/or beneficial to him to have with him with his daily travels and activities, according to his lifestyle and needs, in place that he carries with him...

I always carry an EDC / get home bag. This comes from a few years of flying around the country.

Of course I also carry tools, water, a larger FAK, sleeping bag, and other supplies in the jeep at all times.

And DJH has a layout of things that he finds he "needs" to have with him according to his needs:

I have 3 separate kits in my car, my BOB which can double as a GHB, a small FAK (Which in a pinch can be attached to the BOB but usually lives in the glove box) and a VTK (Vehicle Tool Kit) that has tools specific to my Honda (8/10/12/14/17/19mm wrenches and sockets, wire cutters, wire strippers, an assortment of butt splices & scotchlocks, electrical tape, phillps and flathead screwdrivers, jumper cables, a tire iron (collapsible), wheel chocks, spare fuses, about a 30ft cc of duct tape, brake pads, an oil filter, and spark plugs) as well as extra oil, water, and trans fluid. I'm trying to find a way to mount some jerry cans as well, but they block the hatch access so I'm looking at finding or building a roof rack setup. Ideally the oil, water, and fuel jerry cans would be in a locked retainer on that rack.

I'd fit more back in the back, but the subwoofer is important too damnit.

It all depends on what YOUR priorities are and what your prepared for, if anything, because not all of us need to be prepared for hurricanes or massive quakes, but some do need to plan for these things to happen, others need to prepare for other unforseen, uncontrolable acts of man or nature, some choose not to prepare for such things because their risk is low, or they will be within minutes from anywhere they would need to be, or want to be, if S ever did HTF. There are a million and one variables to consider here.

People can get ideas from one post that they like and would like to consider for their own kit, bag, edc, w/e, and if someone wants a critiqe, they can post what they have in place for their purposes and ask for advice and what-not, and get it, constructively, of course, I hope.

So from the video's standpoint, take it from there, what do you have in place?

Know what I mean?

I thought I had fallen into a Calvin Klein commercial for a second. When she pulled out the blue tarp of despair I knew we were home though. Well done.

[CaptAmerica]

I totally see your point. We are all going to carry what we feel we need. Yet we are always looking for more ideas and input from others.

I am planning a mock BO in a few weeks, only taking what I keep in my car. When I do, I will post a pic heavy write up.

I hope to learn from the experience as well as from feed back.

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[HuntingBow96]

Wont get far running in them flip flops

[Blacksmith]

Wont get far running in them flip flops

Thats why shes got boots strapped to the side of teh bag. No need to mess up a toe nail paint job unless the actual apococlypsy is on you.

[HuntingBow96]

Wont get far running in them flip flops

Thats why shes got boots strapped to the side of teh bag. No need to mess up a toe nail paint job unless the actual apococlypsy is on you.

Aha I was just kidding. But shes acting like she is in the apocalypse so why not have them on?

[Blacksmith]

Wont get far running in them flip flops

Thats why shes got boots strapped to the side of teh bag. No need to mess up a toe nail paint job unless the actual apococlypsy is on you.

Aha I was just kidding. But shes acting like she is in the apocalypse so why not have them on?

She had to get under the bridge first, the black helicopters were chasing her.

[HuntingBow96]

Wont get far running in them flip flops

Thats why shes got boots strapped to the side of teh bag. No need to mess up a toe nail paint job unless the actual apococlypsy is on you.

Aha I was just kidding. But shes acting like she is in the apocalypse so why not have them on?

She had to get under the bridge first, the black helicopters were chasing her.

The black helicopters

[dynomike]

This is a great thread and I had a relevant question. I have a Ford Ranger single cab, so putting a conventional BOB in it full time is impractical. I don't want to use a bed box, since I do use all of the bed space on a frequent basis. What type of container or bag would you recommend for putting behind the passenger seat? I already keep tools, bungies, rope, cargo net, and jumper cables behind the driver side. Any help is appreciated!

[praharin]

Since not everyone has access to a Ranger (I do happen to, a '91) of your unlisted year of manufacture to take measurements of, you may want to give some rough dimensions as to what you have to work with. When it was my daily driver, I commuted my bag to and from the cab or bed depending on my needs. I used a large ALICE type rubber pack liner which the bag fit inside in inclement weather. The bag folds up nicely into an exterior pocket too. YMMV.

[DJH]

This is a great thread and I had a relevant question. I have a Ford Ranger single cab, so putting a conventional BOB in it full time is impractical. I don't want to use a bed box, since I do use all of the bed space on a frequent basis. What type of container or bag would you recommend for putting behind the passenger seat? I already keep tools, bungies, rope, cargo net, and jumper cables behind the driver side. Any help is appreciated!

You can also design something, if you're handy, to fit into the space inside the spare tire's rim under the bed when it's ratcheted up all the way. It'll be accessible in a pinch, yet won't take up cab space. Or, if there are some small things you can't fit in the cab with you, you could stow them there.

[cbr900]

This is a great thread and I had a relevant question. I have a Ford Ranger single cab, so putting a conventional BOB in it full time is impractical. I don't want to use a bed box, since I do use all of the bed space on a frequent basis. What type of container or bag would you recommend for putting behind the passenger seat? I already keep tools, bungies, rope, cargo net, and jumper cables behind the driver side. Any help is appreciated!

When I had my little S10 I was able mount a lockable under bed box pretty cleanly you would have to crawl underneath to actually see it.