If someone goes nuts and starts shooting, I want the best tools to deal with it. I have nieces and nephews, a girlfriend, and volunteer at a food bank where there will often be 200-300 people lined up. And I always keep a long gun in the vehicle for security/hunting if I have to walk home, and because the world is crazy out there. I mostly carry a 16” AR I built, if I’m traveling where that isn’t legal I’ll usually take a 12ga pump. I also have a Subaru Forrester for longer trips. If I was closer, I’d probably cut it in 1/2.Ĭurrently I’m driving an ‘01 extended cab ranger, so I can put my gear behind the seat. My bag is fairly large, 60L or so because I go so far from home. There’s other odds and ends, and probably some important stuff I’m forgetting to list, but that’s the basics, hope it helps Some basics like zip ties and electrical tapeĮxtra flash light, batteries and a cheap headlamp I always take a rifle in my truck, I keep a mag of good hunting ammo in my bag.Ī hand held radio programmed with the frequency that my network of people use.Įxtra socks always, and some base layers for cold weather when needed Good for staying dry and keeping the wind off.Ī couple ways to start fire including tinder (I use Vaseline soaked cotton balls. Close to home I use county maps from the county engineers office, for farther away a state atlas (which shows all back roads) if I had to walk I would tear out the pages I need to get home to reduce weight and bulk.Ī good poncho, I also carry military surplus wet weather pants. Large Camo mesh scarf that works for concealment and mosquitoe netting. I also carry a very small butane stove and pot for this purpose. These can be eaten without re hydrating, or if I do re hydrate, I can add extra water for broth as a hot drink. I have a USMC bivy tarp that can be used as a bivy or tarp for a shelter, and I carry a jungle blanket that is very compact but insulates very well (in the winter I carry a sleeping bag if in far from home, obviously takes up a lot more space)įreeze dried food, since I have a freeze drier I typically carry some freeze dried meat like steak or pork loin instead of just meals. I switched from a Sawyer mini system to a Grayl geopress because I was very impressed for what all it would do for the price point, just had to save up for it. I carry water in my truck to go into the bag, in addition to water filtration. I travel a lot for work, sometimes I’m 300 miles from home, so my bag may vary from your needs, but might give you some ideas. Other than a CCW pistol, what weapons or other equipment should I keep in my single cab truck? What's in your edc "Survival" bag, whatever u want to call it. and last but not least, a titanium spoon water purification germicidal tablets along with water purification neutralizing tablets to remove the iodine taste a Sawyer water filter, Sawyer water bag w/ straw, and Sawyer filter cleaner an Anker power bank for phone and rechargeable batteries (a micro USB cord and a type c cord) one small Ziploc bag with a pen and pencil, a rite in the rain notebook, some chapstick, and the left over shock cord I have wrapped in a quick deploy system one large ziploc bag with: a thin grey long sleeve to keep the sun off me if needed, a stick of deodorant, and a black thermal long sleeve shirt for warmth daisy chain shock cord with a thin jacket on the outside. Then I have a 16L REI bag with the contents as follow: It's probably not the best but I'm still working on finding the training for it so it's better than nothing. I'd love your thoughts and suggestions on what I have, keep in mind this gets stuffed inside a single cab 98 Tacoma so I have space just not a lot.įor starters I have a Standard MyMedic MyFak. Saw the other post for the get home bag and it seemed pretty empty and was getting hate for doing so.
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