Originally Posted By Gamemaster:
I think that the topic should have been called Readers Rides.

There are very few vehicles out of all of these pages that I would categorize as being a Bug Out Vehicle.

Two scenarios -
1.  The SHTF and you are prepared to leave and you are getting out of Dodge before everyone else.

2.  The S already hit the fan and you are trying to get out of Dodge - but the main roads are all blocked with traffic - with the 1 million other people
that had the same idea as you.

The first scenario - you need the largest vehicle you can find that is enclosed that can haul YOU, your immediate family, all of your primary belongings,
Food, Clothing, Shelter, guns, radios, and everything you need to be self sufficient.
The Suburban with a extra gas tank, lift kit, big tires, heavy duty axles, a trailer to haul what the Suburban cannot is my first choice.
You have to believe that the electric is going to be out, the gas stations will not be pumping gas and the junkyards and parts stores are going to be closed.
You need a vehicle that you can steal parts from other vehicles to get to where you have to go - if you break down along the way.
This would exclude anything foreign, anything obsolete, anything unique.

The second - you need a Suburban or Avalanche type vehicle, something that you can both use to haul everything and something that you can sleep in if you have to.
You want to blend in with everyone else, you don't want to call attention to yourself - else someone else might rob you.
You want 4 wheel drive - since you will only be able to drive as far as the vehicle will go and then from there you will be on your own.

A large national Forrest with limited access would be my first choice, but you cannot walk in there like you just bought the place, else when you get there, you will find 100 other people with the same intent.
2nd choice would be the Bad Lands in Wyoming.  A person could really get lost in that place.
3rd would probably be Yellowstone National Park - since there would be some game that you would be able to eat to survive until things gets better or until who ever or what ever caused the event is gone, in power or has ran it's course.

Anyone planning on  fixed location - house along a main or back road, will be the first people to succumb to what ever threat is causing the event.
MY REASONING IS BECAUSE IF YOU CAN DRIVE THERE, SO CAN SOMEONE ELSE.
If they see smoke, they will figure fire, food and someone to steal from.
They didn't quit making guns when they made yours.
Eventually you have to go to sleep.
And, if it is a foreign power, they will just drop a bomb on your location and kill you instead of just trying to round you all up and make you conform.

With me, it won't be worth their bother to try to follow me deep into the Forrest and their resources will be better spent trying to round up all of the sheeple.
If it is a disease or pandemic - most people will already be dead before they ever make it out of Dodge!
You will bring it with you and won't even know it!

Our government has chemicals that 10 drops of one substance could pollute enough water in any of the great lakes to kill millions of people.
We have airborne diseases that could be released in the exhaust of a jet that would kill more people then the plague.

Originally Posted By nickds:
http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=76466

1984 K5 Blazer with 6.2L diesel and rebuilt 700R4 and transfer case.
65000 original miles.
It's a project for now, starting with an interior rip out and refurb.
ETA: it came with a Banks turbo kit I'm not sure I should install....

Originally Posted By Cyclic:


Pretty sexy, definitely install the turbo. Keep the boost low, but it will definitely help. Might even increase your mileage some with the extra power. ColoradoK5 forum is your friend. If you ever feel like you want better brakes give me a shout. I upgraded my suburban 6 lug 10 bolt axles to modern brakes. Stops incredibly now.

Originally Posted By D_J:
Added a new bumper + 10k winch to my truck this past week.

http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx269/911fan/Tacoma/6A32E79B-AA2D-47AD-A1C7-D86595BAB455.jpg
http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx269/911fan/Tacoma/BAA48FF5-9E0C-4353-912A-4AD86EB28CD4.jpg

Originally Posted By D_J:
Added a new bumper + 10k winch to my truck this past week.

http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx269/911fan/Tacoma/6A32E79B-AA2D-47AD-A1C7-D86595BAB455.jpg
http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx269/911fan/Tacoma/BAA48FF5-9E0C-4353-912A-4AD86EB28CD4.jpg

Originally Posted By Gamemaster:
I think that the topic should have been called Readers Rides.

There are very few vehicles out of all of these pages that I would categorize as being a Bug Out Vehicle.

Two scenarios -
1.  The SHTF and you are prepared to leave and you are getting out of Dodge before everyone else.

2.  The S already hit the fan and you are trying to get out of Dodge - but the main roads are all blocked with traffic - with the 1 million other people
that had the same idea as you.

The first scenario - you need the largest vehicle you can find that is enclosed that can haul YOU, your immediate family, all of your primary belongings,
Food, Clothing, Shelter, guns, radios, and everything you need to be self sufficient.
The Suburban with a extra gas tank, lift kit, big tires, heavy duty axles, a trailer to haul what the Suburban cannot is my first choice.
You have to believe that the electric is going to be out, the gas stations will not be pumping gas and the junkyards and parts stores are going to be closed.
You need a vehicle that you can steal parts from other vehicles to get to where you have to go - if you break down along the way.
This would exclude anything foreign, anything obsolete, anything unique.

The second - you need a Suburban or Avalanche type vehicle, something that you can both use to haul everything and something that you can sleep in if you have to.
You want to blend in with everyone else, you don't want to call attention to yourself - else someone else might rob you.
You want 4 wheel drive - since you will only be able to drive as far as the vehicle will go and then from there you will be on your own.

A large national Forrest with limited access would be my first choice, but you cannot walk in there like you just bought the place, else when you get there, you will find 100 other people with the same intent.
2nd choice would be the Bad Lands in Wyoming.  A person could really get lost in that place.
3rd would probably be Yellowstone National Park - since there would be some game that you would be able to eat to survive until things gets better or until who ever or what ever caused the event is gone, in power or has ran it's course.

Anyone planning on  fixed location - house along a main or back road, will be the first people to succumb to what ever threat is causing the event.
MY REASONING IS BECAUSE IF YOU CAN DRIVE THERE, SO CAN SOMEONE ELSE.
If they see smoke, they will figure fire, food and someone to steal from.
They didn't quit making guns when they made yours.
Eventually you have to go to sleep.
And, if it is a foreign power, they will just drop a bomb on your location and kill you instead of just trying to round you all up and make you conform.

With me, it won't be worth their bother to try to follow me deep into the Forrest and their resources will be better spent trying to round up all of the sheeple.
If it is a disease or pandemic - most people will already be dead before they ever make it out of Dodge!
You will bring it with you and won't even know it!

Our government has chemicals that 10 drops of one substance could pollute enough water in any of the great lakes to kill millions of people.
We have airborne diseases that could be released in the exhaust of a jet that would kill more people then the plague.