Car preps…

[J]

We have had several conversations about having car preps when you travel. I’ve been home today watching old people’s MTV aka weather channel. the big stories are major accidents on Michigan due to the weather, one was s truck full of fireworks that were still cooking off, and another was really bad from the looks of it. traffic was backed up for miles and stuck for hours. one of the accidents they estimated taking 12 hours for clean up, wind chill is currently -2 and expected to drop over the exit few hours.

My point in bringing this up is that this can happen and we can get jammed up In a 150 car pile up ( that’s the fireworks truck thing) and be stranded for hours. a few blankets and power bars and hand warmers ( my personal favorites) can make a huge difference.

What do you keep in your winter car bag? I’m always up for ideas. mine is pretty small as I don’t tend to cover much distance in the winter; I live less than 2 miles from work, my kids school and most things I need.

[Echo5Charlie]

One thing that’s been added recently is formula.

[J]

I’m sure, diapers too might be a good idea

[Echo5Charlie]

Pj is adding a fire extinguisher to his vehicles, not really a snow only issue, but may come in handy. My truck gets some traction sand. Not my car or the suv though. You know I pack Tp first in everything. Each vehicle has a small medical pack too.

[PJ]

I’m all about a roll of TP in every vehicle. I’ve stopped on more than one occasion in some unknown area and sprinted for the woodline. Believe it.

[NRP]

One thing I always have handy in the truck, besides the normal “car stuff” is the GHB, a LOT of stuff in there, and since my GHB is almost a BOB I’m good to go for 3-4 days. Since I figure as an OLD FART it will take me 3-4 days to get the 35 miles from work to home. Even in subzero weather or stranded in the middle nowhere.

Honestly I’m considering a full blown BOB in the vehicle. If, and that’s a HUGE IF, we really have a total EOTWAWKI or even a minor SHTF then there will actually not be a home to get to??? Not trying to play doom and glum here but if if if if. Is that not what we prep for, the unknown?

Food for thought. And since my Dog is always with me, YES i have dog food in the truck 🙂 and a Dog Pack, he carries his own…. HAHAHAHA

NRP

PS; yes the GHB has TP in it…. LOLOL

PPS; Great discussiond lately PJ, thanks

[PJ]

I have to credit The Maj for this thought process, but why have two separate bags? A GHB and BOB? Why not just have ONE bag that you keep with you at all times? Call it a BOB or whatever, but no need to duplicate efforts if you put the work into one bag that you have in your vehicle or home (near you) all the time. Just a thought.

[Echo5Charlie]

Ok, so getting in on the bag situation. I take with me every day a 3 day pack. Call it a ghb or edc or tla bag, Idk at this point. But I could get approx 75 miles with it. It also doubles as my man purse and I keep my daily lunch in there as well. It weighs 21 lbs without my lunch in it. It’s a tradesmans backpack and looks civilian, but has been tough as nails.

What I consider my Bob is quit a bit more extensive and one I don’t think I could ever use now with the current family situation. It has more everything and different stuff too. For example the edc has 2 spare mags and a box of 50 rounds. That gives me one in the pistol 2 in pockets, 2 in the bag and one in the gun. My Bob has rifle mags and a rifle cleaning kit etc. I don’t see taking the cleaning kit and rifle mags when I don’t carry a rifle daily, all over creation to eliminate a bag. I also have more clothes in the Bob and just extra socks in the edc bag. If I go to one bag that means I’m hauling a 45 plus lb bag daily. Like PJ I switch vehicles frequently so that bag goes with me. I keep a bag of goodies with each vehicle at all times, but those have some of the same stuff as my man purse. Mylar blankets, medical bag, cliff bars, formula, couple bottles of water, a small knife. Mainly I do that because Mrs Echo5 is not going to carry that crap everyday. The only way it will be there when she needs it is to stage it for her.

At this point my Bob could only be thrown in a vehicle, no way I’m carrying it and the kids and their stuff and a rifle and a…

[Echo5Charlie]

NRP

If we don’t have a home to get to we have some friends around the area we could get to instead and they are about half way to our secondary location.

If our friends don’t have a home to get to, we have twice the suck to get to our secondary. If both our house our friends house and our secondary are gone, we were hit with several nukes and ain’t nothing left. Baring that, I guess we’d be permanent campers. I don’t really know. I’m trying to secure the home so the family doesn’t have to bug out. Not perfect either. With young ones, I think it’s best to stay if at all possible.

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