Since my present preparedness strong points are at home and involve a BOV, my weak point is if on-foot trekking with BOB were necessary.
For me … SHTF:
Home = Best
BOV (Evac Home) = OK
On Foot (Abandon BOV) = Not so good
Reach BOL; If on foot = Not so good (If in BOV, not as bad)
My wife and I camp, so we have the all of the basic camping gear, and some “luxury camping items,” some of which I would simply not pack in the BOV in an EVAC scenario due to insufficient room, because packing for survival would be a whole lot different than a weekend leisurely camp at the state forest campground.
If we had to abandon the BOV and set out on foot to our retreat location, I’m thinkin’ that it would be a major PITA to pick-and-choose the camping “essentials” necessary for survival and pack them into our BOB’s.
Let me say at this point, that we do not have good BOB’s. We have many of the components that could be packed into BOB’s, but not good backpacks. What I have is a couple of the German army rucksacks that, before I started doing much research and learning (some from here, thank you) were gonna be our BOB’s. While they are not bad day-packs and general-purpose equipment packs, they are nothing that I would call suitable for a bona-fide BOB.
So, now my issue becomes “How much can I [we] carry?”
Seems to me that between food and ammo … it would be a “however much you can stand” situation in the final weight.
I wonder if there is an official ratio of firearms/ammo/food/shelter/tools/supplies-to-weight?? LOL
I have no doubt I couldn’t carry the firearms and ammo with nothing else, so there has to be some give-and-take somewhere.
I understand caching, and having supplies at wherever it is that you are going (still working on that part) but I am having a bit of difficulty figuring out what should go where.
Here’s the reason for the post:
For those of you that are further advanced than I in prepping you BOB and are confident in it … how much does it weigh? I guess a better question would be “How much more do you weigh when you are fully geared than in your Fruit of the Loom’s?”
For me … SHTF:
Home = Best
BOV (Evac Home) = OK
On Foot (Abandon BOV) = Not so good
Reach BOL; If on foot = Not so good (If in BOV, not as bad)
My wife and I camp, so we have the all of the basic camping gear, and some “luxury camping items,” some of which I would simply not pack in the BOV in an EVAC scenario due to insufficient room, because packing for survival would be a whole lot different than a weekend leisurely camp at the state forest campground.
If we had to abandon the BOV and set out on foot to our retreat location, I’m thinkin’ that it would be a major PITA to pick-and-choose the camping “essentials” necessary for survival and pack them into our BOB’s.
Let me say at this point, that we do not have good BOB’s. We have many of the components that could be packed into BOB’s, but not good backpacks. What I have is a couple of the German army rucksacks that, before I started doing much research and learning (some from here, thank you) were gonna be our BOB’s. While they are not bad day-packs and general-purpose equipment packs, they are nothing that I would call suitable for a bona-fide BOB.
So, now my issue becomes “How much can I [we] carry?”
Seems to me that between food and ammo … it would be a “however much you can stand” situation in the final weight.
I wonder if there is an official ratio of firearms/ammo/food/shelter/tools/supplies-to-weight?? LOL
I have no doubt I couldn’t carry the firearms and ammo with nothing else, so there has to be some give-and-take somewhere.
I understand caching, and having supplies at wherever it is that you are going (still working on that part) but I am having a bit of difficulty figuring out what should go where.
Here’s the reason for the post:
For those of you that are further advanced than I in prepping you BOB and are confident in it … how much does it weigh? I guess a better question would be “How much more do you weigh when you are fully geared than in your Fruit of the Loom’s?”