Overlanding essentials

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  1. Strigidae

    Strigidae Administrator Staff Member

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    No doubts on that one. The good old days. I should've died many times back in the good old days.
     
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    Good advice here
     
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    A couple of heavy duty 2" ratchet straps and a couple smaller ones. I have been able to hold major components in place long enough to get back to the hard road. Wreckers are a lot cheaper from that point.
     
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    I will need to review this list for currency but this was my truck kit..

    spare belts/filters
    basic tool kit
    spare h/light and d/light globes
    fuzes
    cyalume sticks (red green and blue)
    disposable overalls
    orange safety vest (so as not to get run down changing a tyre, we do't wear 'em shooting here)
    Glock folding shovel
    small axe/large Fiskars axe
    folding bush saw
    tread plates
    various folding knives (no fixed blades due to silly laws)
    cam cream
    water/food for about three days
    Milbag filter/water purification tablets
    thermal blanketx2
    large tarp
    hootchie
    hexi stove and fuel
    small fry pan, steel canteen cup/canteen
    concentrateddisinfectant
    basic (to match my skill level) first aid kit plus additional wound dressings
    snatch strap
    3000kg drag chain, hooks and shackles
    Wallaby Jack (on external rack)
    Winching kit for the jack
    Wallaby Jack adapter (connects wallaby jack to bullbar or rear bar)
    small compressor
    toilet paper, several rolls and single packets (beats the hell out of leaves and sticks)
    matches (in bulk) including waterproof/windproof type
    Para (550) Cord x 50m
    Hootchie Cord x 100m
    cheap nylon 6mm rope 50m
    Couple of torches and spare batteries (Magcharger Torch in charger when on a trip)
    Wet/Antiseptic wipes (for when bathing is out of the question)
    Antiseptic soap
    eye/ear protection
    condoms (my other 1/2 looking over my shoulder noted these were out of date)
    playing cards (a sign of a man who has been up "that" creek without his paddle in the past...!!!)
    M65 Jacket, gloves, balaclava, socks. Belleville boots
    towel
    pillow
    sleeping bag (US modular sleep system complete)
    tubeless repair kit
    100 CDs (these complement the playing cards when stranded, other 1/2 just noted music selection was crap....she has been directed back to the kitchen)
    Duct tape, insulation tape and cloth tape
    a second spare tyre and rim
    telescopic fishing rod and reel plus associated gear
    bush shower bag
    lots of large plastic bags
    unfilled sandbags
    Arktis patrol pack (just got an Eagle Becker Patrol Pack that I am sorting out)
    riggers gloves
    nomex gloves
    insulated beenie
    gortex jacket (British DPM)
    fire extinguisher (cage mounted)
    canvas swag
    jumper cables (stopped carrying the APU when I got the second battery).
    Which extension strap
    tree trunk protector
    chamois (cleaning windows and also makes a useful "towel" for me if I need to pack out)
    candles (both full size and "tea light" kinds)
    army KFS set
    lighters
    zip ties (and something that looks remarkably like flexi-cuffs [​IMG] )
    black window socks (pull over the upper door frame to create a shade effect, lest you sleep with the windows down without getting attacked by bugs/squitos)
    EPIRB


    Sounds like heaps I know, but it all resides in the side compartments of my "Crusier", under the back deck and in a medium size sealed top plastic tub in the cargo bay.

    Due to the laws out here there are no firearms/ammunition carried except when I am going away hunting or to the range
     
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    You need to start a thread on how you get your other 1/2 in the kitchen.
     
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