What special emergency gear do you pack?

silversand wrote:
Now the entire World knows what you carry.

Um, yeah, so? :h

Damm Anti-gunners killed the thread!!!!!

I love my wife and kids and grand kids and this country to much to carry a white flag.
I carry most mentioned above and yes I carry A 9mm all the time assorted other firearms when hunting and a dam proud member of the
NRA

Fridge full of beer AND a cell phone to call for help.
That's all I need:)

Just kidding lots of good ideas here and I carry most of them;)

So many of you are armed, maybe I should start carrying a WHITE FLAG.

:B Me too.

So many of you are armed, maybe I should start carrying a WHITE FLAG.

Me too. Mossberg 500 w/pistol grip. And an M&P 40. Don't even ask what my wife carries if you are anti-gun...

I've yet to see a demonstration (or exercise) where arms have shot their way out of a hurricane, tornado, flash-flood, forest fire or other similar likely "emergency"; these events are about 10-fold more likely to face you in America, not a crazed heavily-armed street gang, if you are an avid outdoors person (or, intrepid truck camper).

The only item you neglected to add to your camper gear is a roof-mounted 25mm grenade launcher. Anyhow, congrats. Now the entire World knows what you carry.

Grade: Fail.

Bubtoofat wrote:

kerry4951 wrote:
Sawed off shotgun

Me too. Mossberg 500 w/pistol grip. And an M&P 40. Don't even ask what my wife carries if you are anti-gun. Your head may explode.

I have been thinking about a Spot satellite messenger since we sometimes disappear into the Hinterboonies for extended periods and my mom gets to worrying when she doesn't hear from us for a week. A quick "OK" message every couple of days would set her mind at ease.

Mike

I second the M500 and .40, although a KahrP380 is nice for hiking as well. Regarding SPOT, we've had one for 5 years and they work great! I use it for motorcycle trips and with the automatic reporting (position report every 10 minutes) it gives those at home a great piece of mind. If you ever get in a real pinch, help is just the push of a button away. SPOT

I have three full toolboxes behind the seat with enough tools to repair just about anything on the road, if needed :).

My wife, she knows it all.

Emergency roadside service, a credit card and cell phone.

That's what we have, too, for our 1st line (or, last line) of assistance. However, we have a second cell phone, and an additional (very powerful) radio set, and 2 GPS units. I also have the entire FCC cell coverage GIS map layer for every cell tower in America (and, Canada), updated annually.

We can also repair a hole in any fluid carrying engine part (with special epoxy, and methyl alcohol cleaner & hose patching tape), and re fill with fluid (engine oil, gear oil, rad coolant, brake fluid and steering fluid). Also, we have a very robust tow strap, and battery op. compressor. Our truck has 2 big bad batteries, along with our camper batteries (lots of big bad batteries). Special meds for emergencies (for deadly allergic reactions: liquid stuff, and, much stronger; and a lot of other med emergency stuff).

Typically, the worst that can happen are, and what we carry:

-being *trapped* near a raging forest/brush fire (cell/radio/EPIRB a must);
-losing a tire in the back country (rudimentary tire changing tools);
-an automobile accident (cell/radio/or EPIRB & medical equip);
-lost driving in Dark Canyon/Canyonlands (cell/radio/ or EPIRB & meds);
-lost on foot (cell/radio/ or EPIRB & meds & food & water & GPS & compass/paper maps)
-roads destroyed by flash-flooding (cell/radio or EPIRB);
-cut off by hurricane or other similar (cell/radio/ or EPIRB & GPS)

*If you are traveling outside North America or continental Europe (like in the Sahara, Namibia, African hinterlands, outbacks of Latin America or Siberia or the Himalayas), then a whole set of different diversified tools are required.

Silver-