Last winter during 1 of the 2 heavy snows we got I was with a gf in hammond. The city was having a difficult time keeping up with snow removal so side streets were 2nd teer.
All it took to shut the road down and making it completely impassable was that leroy with dubs trying to go down the road and he would inevitably get very stuck. He was alone, improperly dressed for conditions and didn't travel with a snow shovel. He would rock the car when he could, push from the A pillar and sometimes even get a neighbor to help but to no avail. After 15 mins he would abandon his ride, right there in the middle of the street, a car being parked on each side most times.
Now that portion of the block has to reroute, including fire and ems. This happened everyday.
I doubt your Cherokee is gonna push a grand marquis out of the way under such conditions. Full size trucks might.
I would consider traveling down railway sidings before taking highways were you exfil-ling out of a large city. I've already pulled railway maps off the net for such contingencies.
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bobbed duece. Better gas mileage than a Prius as you can run them on cooking oil, transmission fluid, used motor oil etc. bulletproof transmission and up to 40" tires for around $5,000
Anybody have a Nissan Xterra? They seem to be reasonable priced. The top of the line is right around $33k.
My F350 with a 7.3 will do 475 + miles on a tankfull, add the extra fuel tank/ toolbox in the back that holds 90 more gallons I can get to anyone in my family I need to get to.
Let's say you're ready to buy a new vehicle... what's the ideal consumer-level car/truck/etc for a SHTF-minded person? A big truck, some jeep, something else?
Asking for something within reason... a humvee isn't "consumer grade" in my mind. Something you'd pay no mind to if you saw it on the highway every day.
What do you consider a good SHTF vehicle, INGO?
I'm with 6mm on bugging in. I'm getting too old to take an ass whooping or being forced to run great distances kindly; not that it can't happen just not much interest in that sort of thing.
If forced to go I'm thinking something like my Class A RV (kitchen, bath, water, generator) towing my '79 CJ7 (packed with camping gear and supplies) with my Honda XR-650R (6.5gal safari tank) on the back. I could go a long way into nowhere where I can stop and then sit there with nothing.
Living like Tarzan doesn't have the same appeal as it did when I was 10. Especially in a land with winter.
Not having a "bug out plan" means that you either intend to survive in place - or die in place if circumstances make life untenable at your "bug in " location. Even if it's your Last Resort, you should have some sort of evacuation plan because: your house could be destroyed (fire/tornado/earthquake/artillery fire), you could experience a "1000 year" flood and have your home destroyed - or rendered unlivable - that way, your "neighbors" could make your home fortress untenable, the political situation (resource confiscation, forced relocation) could turn sour, you could run out of food/water.
Great vehicles, but you'd better have plenty of spare fuel and oil; mileage sucks on those big trucks.
None of the New stuff will be worth a crap come SHTF. You need old school with as much mechanical stuff as possible, no power, no computer crap, no frills. Simple is easy.