Many survivalists think they can handle anything that comes their way when doomsday arrives, but the truth is there is a lot more to surviving that stockpiling the best food, making sure you have enough water and supplies and having the perfect survival bag.
It's also vital you have a plan in place so that you can travel from point A to point B when SHTF.
Even if you don't have a bug out location all setup, it's still a good idea to have a rugged vehicle you can count on during a SHTF moment. If you think about it, when the grocery stores have been wiped clean, and the police are no longer at their stations, you're the one who will need to stop criminals from discovering where you're hiding out.
Keep in mind that a rugged SHTF vehicle should be designed for fuel efficiency and keeping you safe, not just reliability.
Taking that into account, that means that today's cars just won't cut the mustard when it comes having the vital transportation you need to stay alive.
To stay alive when SHTF, after the break check out some reliable bug out vehicles that'll keep you safe when it's time to get out of dodge!
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Wish I never got rid of my old Datsun pickup
Any vehicle that is precomputer. The more mechanical parts the better. My old 66 ford will work for me
It sure won’t be a foreign piece of crap.
my Buick Regal is over 20 years old it already did stand the test of time dependable for me everyday
Uh huh.
Executive order 12919.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness
Meaning all roads, highways, freeways, vehicles, service & parts as well as repair centers are requisitioned by FEMA. So… what route to the SHTF sanctuary facilitates a vehicle… especially when travel is restricted by martial law?
My 75 Dodge w100 will do.
“The worse I treat it the better it runs.” This page is dreck.
To the hills my friend. Forest service roads are all over. And pretty rough. An old 4×4 and a stock of parts. Your good to go
Mike Bruning
A good horse and you won`t need Auto Zone.
Nichol Ferguson you just let them take care of you and you’ll be all right. the rest of us will be in the hills eating smores…
never let you down
Mini trucks I’m general!
Jeep ftw
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1968 ford F 100 V8 part common easy to repair !steel bumpers and push rails no computer anything
I like the horse idea… you can eat it when winter comes. 😉
Richard… uhhh sure. Whatever that was supposed to mean.
I’ll be transit by bicycle so I’m covered. Also keen enough to know that rail maps and forestry roads will be monitored & patrolled.
If you already live in the sticks, that’s a bonus for emergency access. But I posted so that others would A.) Not have false hope in their means of bugging out to have all hope crushed in the final hour.
B.) Inform urban/suburban people of the sinister obstacles so they can make alternate plans / routes of travel.
Enjoy your smores.
My old air cooled Volkswagen about as simple as you get and will go almost anywhere
and withstand an EMP
To many adds. I’ll just bug in.
we never had smores in those days….you wouldn’t survive Nichol Ferguson
your mistake in my opinion is you don’t know how diverse people can be. snow great equalizer for mechanical ..seen it -60 f see how well you can peddle in that. how about the ability to make your own trails.
appreciate you try to help other people but you can’t learn this from REI. Best advise is to go some where now that has a community that is self sustaining. city’s are screwed…to many people….oh I do enjoy my smores too.
luck
man I’m old
no electricity, no running water, cuts out a lot of your amenity s. …those of us that has done without know what’s coming.
This is all based on an EMP hitting the U.S. I have a good Jeep wrangler, lifted, locked, and can go anywhere in the state I live in. Odds of an EMP are fairly high. But social unrest is more likely or even an economic downturn. I’ll keep my Jeep and take my chances.
Jim Andrus
Most any truck pre 1983 with a decent V-8 engine in it 4 wheel drive is a plus.
My 1977 Ford F-100 1/2 ton with the 351 Windsor motor ,C-6 transmission and Ford 9.0″ rear end that I stuck in it is a pretty bullet proof (so to speak) combination.
It has no computer and not battery dray.
Just need a solar charging panel to keep the battery up if needed.
I park mine outside.
Middle of winter at 40 below and it will start every time !!
Mine is 2 wheel drive so about 600 pounds of sand tubes in the back end by the tailgate and it goes through anything I want it to until the snow starts going over the top of the front bumper that is.
Nothing to prove to you Mr. Standish.
Looking for an argument on a social network you’re sighting up the wrong bloque. BTW I grew up at 5100ft Sierra Nevada mountains w/ aprx 5 to 7ft of snow every winter. Handsome dogs.
1966 Chevy Viking nearly indestructible capable of carrying eight tons on its bed plus towing a trailer gets between 15 and 20 miles to the gallon no I’m not kidding I’m serious and has no problem starting when it’s 20 degrees below zero been going Faithfully for half a century without any problems whatsoever
My 81 kingcab diesel is my daily driver. Wish they still made the compact trucks, best compromise with a commuter vehicle, good mileage, plus cargo capacity. I also have a full size 80s chev diesel I use when I need to haul more weight.
Just make sure you get a coil/distributer for it stored in an old microwave that you bury in the ground. (Faraday cage… in case of EMP)
Had a 95 S-10 over 500k miles and motor still tight, perfect compression no smoke. Only thing I did to ending was replace injectors, coils and plugs. Got over 500 miles a tank. That’s 29 miles a gallon.
Robyn Yeaman
Ferret
Kind of funny. Talks about pre 85 Toyota hi lux 4×4 and goes on about axle and other benefits. Shows picture of non hi lux 2 wheel drive pickup. I don’t think I’ve seen the hi lux in the u.s. Everywhere in South America though.
Make sure you have sturdy boots. I twisted my ankle and broke s bone in my foot. 10 weeks recovery time…
Anything with points will work.
6.2 liter detroit turbo mechanically injected diesel. Cargo room, passenger seating, shelter and runs on almost anything in a pinch.
Ryker Haselden
Many will try and kill you for any means of transportation.
I’ll call bs on CUCV’s. I had two and the parts were expensive and getting hard to find. Starters and alternators are a must to keep on hand
I’ll second this.
Toyota corolla , Toyota pickup
I have a Toyota Land Cruiser for that
Only 1972 and before…EMP…you are stuck!
And of course a Toyota!! Built to handle you terrain where you live!
I’m.sorry that most of you aren’t like I will be. Im basically out of dodge already and in 3 months will be even further out.
I thought they had chevy 6.5 diesels just like the humv
I think chevy had points up to 74