This is a popular thread on a couple of other forums I’m on.

For my vehicle kit I picked up.

Quality set of flat head screwdrivers and a tool roll. I need to get their Phillips counterpart when they go on sale.

Bungee’s with the ball end for managing my tarps.

Added this https://www.amazon.com/hz/mobi..._mcx_mr_hp_m_atf_epr

Based on a recommendation from a friend.

Non car kit related I picked up 5 pounds of iodized salt and 3 dozen canning lids that were on sale.


Not a huge change but it’s progress

One can never have enough canning lids! During the 'rona when all the TP was gone I had the sense to go look at canning supplies. I bought ALL of the lids in the store. I was glad I did, I can a lot. There were no lids available here for two years.

Something I am working on now:

I am getting ready to expand my rabbitry a little. I'd like to reconfigure and add a few more cages and also put in a concrete floor. The structure I have them in is a hoop style structure under large post oaks. I am also going to have some metal roofing added. Tarps fail pretty regularly with branch drops.


The rabbits are integral. They provide meat and manure for the garden.

When I do this I will also have a pad poured for my generator.

Each of my vehicles now has a "bug out" bag, a tool kit, tow strap, entrenchment tool, jumpers, and a box of auto consumables like antifreeze, motor oil, tranny fluid, brake fluid and windshield washer. My primary defensive weapons are clean and have a 75 rd bandoleer of ammo hanging from the upper sling swivel. Pistol bag with 100 rds of ammo for each handgun. Water and dried food of course.

...I got out my Lion Energy Prowler storage batteries [these are small and can be used to recharge mobile phones, flashlights etc] it had been a year since I gave them the initial charge, now I am topping up the charge then they will go back in storage.

"Prepping on a Shoestring"

Looks like I will be canning peaches today.

I used to put up a bunch of peach preserves. Good eating + great Christmas presents.

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Originally posted by Norman Conquest:
I used to put up a bunch of peach preserves. Good eating + great Christmas presents.

Randy, that they are. Peach jam is my favorite.

I am canning salsa tomorrow.

Huckleberries from MT are excellent, as are
blackberries from AL-

Bobster's vehicle-based common sense articles are the best "inclusive" philosophy. Bug-out bags work...
don't forget silver and cash.

Just sent 14 meat rabbits to freezer camp. Mmm, mmm!

As soon as I finish some catch-up here I will start hunting a few squirrels. Massive oak and walnut year over here.

Past few weeks, we've been canning axis meat stew, axis ground taco meat, making ghee and put up 22 quarts of bone broth we made. Getting ready to load the freezer up on the next hunt. The ranch i normally hunt each winter is asking me to do some culling. Oh, and ground up 8 quarts of popcorn for cornmeal and vacuumed them up. Getting ready to pressure can pecans as soon as the ones i want drop.

I am getting ready to can more broth/stock with making a turkey next week. Planning on learning my smoker this year as well.

I recently bought a camber vac sealer. Seriously a terrific addition to my food storage kit. I will be processing 9 rabbits in December and I part them out into serving sizes and thus end up with many packages to seal. This machine works awesome. Very professional.

If I get some venison I will be using it plenty for processing. I don't need to can any venison but will focus on ground meat and steaks. Also looking forward to putting some jerky and sausage up later this winter.

I also have a large amount of beef tallow to process soon too.

A friends daughter is off to college in the fall.

One of the things she will be leaving with is a small survival kit she can keep on her dorm room.

This is. It a get me home kit but rather a kit she can grab is anything happens.

Loss of power
Fire alarm goes off even if it’s a false alarm
Weather event


Pretty much any unexpected situation.


All it really has to do is provide for basic needs and a 4 mile hike or drive to the edge of town of town where this summer her father and I will be renting a 10x20 storage unit. Everything she really needs to get home will be there including a road legal dirt bike she is full capable of handling. It has the capability to carry extra fuel and has panniers.

So I spent a few hours putting her get out of the dorm kit together.

What's in the kit?

I’ll post what I can remember and update as I go.

First of all the premise is sudden unknown event that could occur in any type of weather.

It could be the fire alarm, a major weather event, evacuation because of an active shooter or any other sudden event where you might not be sleeping in your own bed tonight


She will have a 10x20 storage locker for her regular outdoor gear plus some other stuff.


For my purposes I am assuming she has to make it there on foot and it’s not just a 2 hour walk in a straight line.



My other premise is that it needs to fit in nothing larger than a 3 Day Assault Pack. Once I do that I’ll donate a similar sized civilian pack in a muted color.


Getting out:



Since it could be a fire or a damaged building I wanted to have an option that covered this.

The following are stored in an outside pocket.

Single use disposable smoke evacuation hood.

Medium thickness leather gloves in her size.

Shooting glasses for eye protection.

Clothing.

Her hiking boots will have their laces running through the carry handle so they do not get left behind.

1 spare pair of heavy wool blend hiking socks.

1 change of cloths that are seasonally appropriate.

Coat appropriate for the season.

Compressed down vest to keep core temp up.

Beanie and light balaclava.

A bug out bag is a good idea. Also popular are bug in bags for if you cannot get out.