When one's cranky old bastard persona is so strong that it compels one to call a basic first aid kit and a package of buttwipes "useless shit", then maybe it's time to call in sick and go fishing or something. I do realize that this gear will occupy space that could be used for the 4th magazine for the 2nd backup gun, and that's going to put some folks in a bad place. Trust me, we'll get through it.
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When one's cranky old bastard persona is so strong that it compels one to call a basic first aid kit and a package of buttwipes "useless shit", then maybe it's time to call in sick and go fishing or something. I do realize that this gear will occupy space that could be used for the 4th magazine for the 2nd backup gun, and that's going to put some folks in a bad place. Trust me, we'll get through it.
This. I use the same pack for basic overnight trips that I use for camping with my son's Scout troop, and simply swap out one stuff sack of clothes for another.
Currently, I'm using that Mystery Ranch bag from Huckberry that you posted some number of months ago. I like it.
When was the last time you needed a first aid kit so bad that you couldn't wait?
On the buttwipes, fair game.
Yep that’s an awesome pack, I use mine for my fishing bag and just swap out tackle storage boxes with what I’m targeting. I picked up a MR Coulee 40 in lizard to fly under the radar vs camo. That with MR packing cubes for clothes when I’m using it for travel.
I use mine all the time, having basic medicine with you at all times is huge. Just a little thing such as a couple alkaseltzers or tums if you get a bad gut ache while out is nice or Tylenol and ibuprofen for a headache so you’re not waiting until you get back home to take it and prolong feeling like shit. Having the ability to clean a cut and bandage it can quickly can be the difference between infection and preventing a dr or hospital visit too. Not to mention bleeding all over the place if you get a cut and still have to run errands and shit.
Not having a small basic first aid kit on hand in your vehicle or when you’re going to be away from it for a while is dumb.
All of mine including some basic trauma stuff and some other basics fits in a ESSTAC blow out pouch which is pretty small and easily fits in my HPG chest bag.
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Lol.....you misunderstood stood me. Learn to ride. There will some around should you need to liberate one.
The red gazetteer for each state I’ll be driving. A lot of times out west both the map and the phone map are both wrong and you can get a descent wag with both.
Owning Horses is like owning pools and boats; the only thing better than owning them is having a friend who owns them...
perhaps you're joking. look up endurocross and trials riding. i can't do that stuff but there are some that can.
It's a stone wall with vertical sides. Even IF you can ride over one with a motorcycle, you'll be doing it at a speed so slow that the horse and rider will be several hundred yards away by the time you get over.
I didn't think there was any difference
See that little rim where people are looking down from? Easy money.
Horses don't need fuel and comparing it to a bicycle?
LOL
Zero Dark 300...
Just going to point out that the handle is...
Well, you guys know.
And, yes, horses eat what is everywhere. But when you are moving military numbers of horses... there isn't enough forage for military numbers of horses.
Carbon-based transport was a miracle back in 1910... When it finally started to become reliable. PM me if you want some stats ;-)
Sirhr
Just going to point out that the handle is...
Well, you guys know.
And, yes, horses eat what is everywhere. But when you are moving military numbers of horses... there isn't enough forage for military numbers of horses.
Carbon-based transport was a miracle back in 1910... When it finally started to become reliable. PM me if you want some stats ;-)
Sirhr
It's sort of takes them a while to eat and rest too right? It's not like you can just stop and fill them up again and ride them until they're empty again...
You jest, but I was astounded by the amount of hard copy porn I encountered while I was anti-hijacking the bags of wounded Soldiers and Marines when I was in Afghanistan prepping their belongings for evac.
When I vacation...there isn't a town in 15 mins.
So my vacation bag includes shit like this:
and this:
And includes shit like THIS:
gazette.com
and THIS that I have had to deal with:
Translation - get a real vacation folks.
So my vacation bag includes shit like this:
and this:
And includes shit like THIS:
Homicide investigation underway after 2 bodies found in Phantom Canyon
The Fremont County Sheriff's Office says a double homicide investigation is underway after the bodies of a man and a woman were found in Fremont County on July 16.
and THIS that I have had to deal with:
Translation - get a real vacation folks.
The problem I have with the "go bag" and truck gun concept is to have it when you need it, it needs to be in the car\truck. At some time you are gonna park said car\truck for fairly long periods of time. Like when I go trouting my car is parked on the side of a country road for 8 hours. Shit could end up gone.
That's why you carry a 9.5 inch super redhawk in .44 mag in a chest holster. It's like having a rifle on you all the time! You can even put a red dot on for that extra rifle feel!
Or have a matching pair of 2 of them that have scopes mounted to them...
(Note, pistol scopes are setup for the correct eye relief so you can hold them out at arm's length as usually done)
It's pretty fun to pull those out and have fun at the 100 yard and 200 yard ranges.
Yeah I get the gun on you and perhaps a spare in the car that would not make you cry if it got smash and grabbed. It is the Bag of good stuff and the AR or other larger (than a handgun) platform gun you MAY wish you had if things got weird. Those are the things I hesitate to just have in my truck.
That is the conflicting issue.
Chances are when you need something to defend your life, it's going to be what you happen to have on you in the vehicle.
Not all that great fancy stuff in your safe at home.
But you know getting stuff stolen...
^^Exactly.....and some vehicles store shit covert better than others. Mine sucks on space to put things.
I guess I am on the side of people who are default prepared though I do not think of myself that way. Of course the car has rags, baby wipes, snacks, water, tools, a shovel, a blanket or two, flares, etc. No packing, just driving around town, all season.
On a road trip, my luggage comes. It has optional but functional shoulder straps. Almost all our bags do so whatever the wife brings is an internal frame pack itself or pack-convertible. We can walk with these. Most of our trips involve lots of walking at the destination so we have daypacks with survive with small child away from suppliers and comfortable shoes. And flashlights, phone batteries (for nav if nothing else), rain gear, and sure weapons CONUS, ad hoc weapons close at hand if air travel to get there, or in most other countries.
NO, you can't always go to another town, whoever said that. We've traveled in the middle of nowhere. The middle of nowhere Iceland and Romania and so on. Or just central Indiana at 2 am, or the center of Amsterdam at 10 pm, when everything is closed. You need minimal supplies, and to keep them stocked as you travel and consume them. Snacks for example get cycled through instead of going smashed and old.
On a road trip, my luggage comes. It has optional but functional shoulder straps. Almost all our bags do so whatever the wife brings is an internal frame pack itself or pack-convertible. We can walk with these. Most of our trips involve lots of walking at the destination so we have daypacks with survive with small child away from suppliers and comfortable shoes. And flashlights, phone batteries (for nav if nothing else), rain gear, and sure weapons CONUS, ad hoc weapons close at hand if air travel to get there, or in most other countries.
NO, you can't always go to another town, whoever said that. We've traveled in the middle of nowhere. The middle of nowhere Iceland and Romania and so on. Or just central Indiana at 2 am, or the center of Amsterdam at 10 pm, when everything is closed. You need minimal supplies, and to keep them stocked as you travel and consume them. Snacks for example get cycled through instead of going smashed and old.
Looks like we go to the same places.When I vacation...there isn't a town in 15 mins.
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So my vacation bag includes shit like this:
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and this:
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And includes shit like THIS:
Homicide investigation underway after 2 bodies found in Phantom Canyon
The Fremont County Sheriff's Office says a double homicide investigation is underway after the bodies of a man and a woman were found in Fremont County on July 16.
and THIS that I have had to deal with:
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Translation - get a real vacation folks.
Was just there 2 weeks ago. Didn’t do black bear this time, did do it last go around.
I brought way more tools with me than that and needed em
Long road trips I bring a lot of shit.
Tools to fix your car, yep I’ve needed it multiple times. Good strap, Hand tools, battery impact, floor jack, spare fuel, etc. 50 gallon drag tank saved my ass this time driving through middle of nowhere Colorado. Had one trailer tire blow out, and one truck diagnostic and repair.
Med kit with basic meds, and a trauma kit. Yep have needed both.
Couple MREs and a water filter. Haven’t got that desperate yet luckily
Small hatchet, fire starter, space blanket. Hatchet has come in handy a couple times
Rifle and a couple mags.
And what man doesn’t always have a good flashlight and a knife with him?
I feel like this is pretty basic bare minimum stuff when you are driving 1000 miles from home.
That is correct, which is still easier and gets you farther than walking when your bike runs out of gas in the middle of nowhere.
Plus the fact that horses don't make noises that say "a human is coming", and despite all the endurocross fantasies can still go over things no bike can (or can but at a crawl when the horse just canters and jumps right over)
Looks like we go to the same places.
Was just there 2 weeks ago. Didn’t do black bear this time, did do it last go around.
I brought way more tools with me than that and needed em
Long road trips I bring a lot of shit.
Tools to fix your car, yep I’ve needed it multiple times. Good strap, Hand tools, battery impact, floor jack, spare fuel, etc. 50 gallon drag tank saved my ass this time driving through middle of nowhere Colorado. Had one trailer tire blow out, and one truck diagnostic and repair.
Med kit with basic meds, and a trauma kit. Yep have needed both.
Couple MREs and a water filter. Haven’t got that desperate yet luckily
Small hatchet, fire starter, space blanket. Hatchet has come in handy a couple times
Rifle and a couple mags.
And what man doesn’t always have a good flashlight and a knife with him?
I feel like this is pretty basic bare minimum stuff when you are driving 1000 miles from home.
99% of that stuff is completely useless unless you drive/live in the middle of nowhere. Even the middle of nowhere in the eastern US is pretty populated.
If you find yourself needing trauma kits and tools to keep your vehicle running, maybe rethink your choices in activity, companions, and vehicles.
An edc that includes trauma kits, several knifes, two magazines, an airway mask, and a rifle and armor in the car is not generic.
Generic is a wallet, keys, phone, small pocket knife, and pistol.
Unless you are vacationing here...
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Most don't need half this stuff.
And if you are vacationing here, you can pick up better stuff when you get there anyways~
Sirhr
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Most don't need half this stuff.
And if you are vacationing here, you can pick up better stuff when you get there anyways~
Sirhr
Literally the only thing I haven’t had to use was spare food/water. I don’t drive in the eastern US. Go drive through the west. Lots of places where there isn’t jack shit for 100 miles. Vehicles and trailers both can break down. A blow tire or smoked bearing on a trailer is now a quick fix instead sitting idle for a day to get it fixed. Driving on trails in the mountains you are 100% on your own if you break something. And if you break something you better be prepared to spend some time there.
Trauma/med kits? Shit happens all the time and can literally mean the difference between life and death. Been there, done that.
Don’t tell me all my shit I packed with me is useless when I have needed and used 99% of it.
You just made my point. Your shit is useless to me. I don't like the west, I don't go visit the west, and I will never live there.
I've been on this earth for 56 years and I have never, fucking EVER needed a trauma kit. The absolute worst injuries I've ever had to deal with have been minor cuts that a generic FAK took care of. And I haven't lived a sedentary life nor stayed away from semi-risky outdoor activities like sailing in heavy weather, scuba diving, horse riding, and ski mountaneering. Once I did suffer an acromio-clavicular ligament tear from a fall, it hurt like hell but I remounted, finished my (horse) jumping training session, put the tack away, groomed the horse, then drove to the clinic for pain meds and an ortho appointment.
This /is/ this a gun forum right? I assume everyone carries a pistol, pretends they do regularly, or at least understands that people do. All that, despite probably never actually shooting anyone, at least on their own time.
So, never shot anyone, don't need a pistol anymore... right?
Same for tools, med kit, spare water, etc. It's Just In Case, and if you are broken down in the cold and dark on a rural road, or bleeding a lot, you can't man up or walk.
So, never shot anyone, don't need a pistol anymore... right?
Same for tools, med kit, spare water, etc. It's Just In Case, and if you are broken down in the cold and dark on a rural road, or bleeding a lot, you can't man up or walk.
