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#135776 - 06/12/08 09:15 PM Bug Out Cart
Shadow_oo00 Offline
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Registered: 08/21/07
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Loc: Pennsylvania, USA
I have been reading a lot of the short stories(Post SHTF Type) over on Frugal's site, I got the idea for one of these from some of those stories. http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templa...&id=0005568

Has anyone else ever considered the idea or even purchased one for the purpose of bugging out? I'm going to carry mine in the truck in the event I have to abandon it and hoof it home or to my BOL. Guy had it advertised on a local classified forum for $80, to good a deal to pass up.
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#135781 - 06/12/08 09:31 PM Re: Bug Out Cart [Re: Shadow_oo00]
Arney Offline
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Registered: 09/15/05
Posts: 2485
Loc: California
I'm not sure if that particular cart has been mentioned before, but the topic of a bug out cart comes up from time to time. Here's one thread on the topic.

Great for hauling loads that are too much to carry on your back, or to carry the same load farther, but I guess the practicality depends a lot on the situation that you'll be using it in. Both a dense, urban situation full of unprepared folks could make a juicy target, and on the other extreme, rough terrain could be too hard to navigate.

What kind of situation were you thinking of specifically? Pulling it along rural roads?

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#135786 - 06/12/08 09:54 PM Re: Bug Out Cart [Re: Arney]
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it also looks like if you had to you could use it as a stretcher, albeit not for a patient with a back injury, but someone with a broken leg maybe.
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#135789 - 06/12/08 10:21 PM Re: Bug Out Cart [Re: climberslacker]
MDinana Offline
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Registered: 03/08/07
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Climberslacker, you've got the right idea. However, if the person is in imminent danger where they are, you move them. Probably didn't cover that in your CPR class, but they should when you get to first responder.

To the OP, I'd have to agree with Arney. It keeps your hands busy and yells "Target!" to hooligans. If you're in a great area with nice enough folks, should be OK though.

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#135792 - 06/12/08 10:36 PM Re: Bug Out Cart [Re: MDinana]
bws48 Offline
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Registered: 08/18/07
Posts: 831
Loc: Anne Arundel County, Maryland
+1 on the idea of a cart, but one that is not too unusual for the area. "Borrowed" grocery carts, wheel barrows, radio flyer wagons, garden carts, etc. all can be useful in the right circumstances and environment, and help move a lot more stuff. Even some of the wheeled backpacks and luggage bags could be used in a urban environment. My favorite bag has wheels and an extending handle, then converts to a backpack.
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#135793 - 06/12/08 11:01 PM Re: Bug Out Cart [Re: bws48]
Jeff_M Offline
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Registered: 07/18/07
Posts: 665
Loc: Northwest Florida
A bicycle combined with a cargo trailer has some obvious advantages.

http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?categ...0All%20Products

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#135794 - 06/12/08 11:10 PM Re: Bug Out Cart [Re: Jeff_M]
TS_Shawn Offline
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Registered: 03/11/08
Posts: 38
Loc: Washington, D.C.
[img]http://www.mikenchell.com/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=36382[/img]


This trailer is rated to carry 100 pounds.


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#135799 - 06/12/08 11:47 PM Re: Bug Out Cart [Re: TS_Shawn]
Shadow_oo00 Offline
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Registered: 08/21/07
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Loc: Pennsylvania, USA
I travel on back country roads mostly, some dirt and others paved, sometimes I use the interstate for 15 miles, most anywhere I would run into a problem and have to leave my truck I can walk home, I was thinking that this cart might be useful in the event that I would be on the way to my bug out location which is a good 60 miles and have to ditch the truck, still back roads. If I would have to use it I would make sure to be aware of my surroundings and get off the road at the first sign of traffic or people, a grocery cart would look to out of place, now a red wagon might not or a wheel barrow but this cart holds more. Both a wheelbarrow and a wagon are a little on the unstable side., and I don't see a whole lot of difference between this cart and a garden cart. If I was just going to carry a wheeled backpack I would just use my Camelbak BFM, but I have a few more items that will not fit in one, so I thought the cart might fit the need. This weekend I'm going to take time to load everything and see how it handles.
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#135808 - 06/13/08 01:30 AM Re: Bug Out Cart [Re: Shadow_oo00]
Spiritwalker Offline
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Registered: 11/16/06
Posts: 104
For the price you paid, I don't see how you can go wrong. With some added sides, I bet it would work for hauling firewood or water in large containers as well. I have a river about 3 miles from here and have been thinking about how to carry water, sans vehicle, from the river to here in an extended emergency (There are a number of elderly folks in our little area.), looks like that cart would fit the bill pretty well.

Please let us know how it works for you.

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#135829 - 06/13/08 02:46 AM Re: Bug Out Cart [Re: Shadow_oo00]
OldBaldGuy Offline
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"...This weekend I'm going to take time to load everything and see how it handles..."

Let us know how it goes. If possible, try to take it over some rough terrain...
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