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cernunnos5
(@cernunnos5)
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This May be a good time to revisit this old post on BOVs. Im not a big fan of the term BOV...but this was thorough. http://internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=5113&hilit=BOV
I consider it a primary prepper item. In fact, for any one wanting training in how to be an ubber prepper, forget everything you think prepping is or where you might learn about it. Instead, go live in a rolling home for minimum a year. Its the best prepper training there is. It teaches you the important questions to ask.
Where does my poop go? Where does my water come from? How do I get mail? Are the police my friends? Am I still a citizen? Where does my garbage go? How can I take a shower? How do I keep from freezing to death? ETC. ETC....


I have a Tactical Harness and I have a Tool Belt. The Tool Belt is more Useful.


   
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cernunnos5
(@cernunnos5)
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Here is the quote that came to mind.
"My first rolling home was simple to the max. A simple window van. A single bed. Fully curtained so it seemed like living in a tent. Storage under the bed. a wood box as a table to cook on with a wisperlight stove. I basically set myself adrift on a permanent camping trip. Good buy rent. Good buy room mates. I don't know when it hit me that it was also, 'Good buy society'. I had just left the matrix. As I spent my first evening parking in public, the reality began to hit me like a wallop. The survival reality questions set in fast. OMG. What the hell did I just do? Where will I get water. Where can I take a sh!t? How will I wash? Where will I get rid of my garbage? Its the west coast but can I handle the winter? Where will I be safe? WHERE WILL I GET MAIL? How can I renew my insurance? Heck, even my ID and Drivers Licence? Is it even valid anymore because of the address. I don't have an address any more... and then it really set in. I AM ILLEGAL simply by being. Sleeping in this van means I am breaking the law. That was one wake up call. Do you notice how all of those questions I asked are the basic survival questions of prepping. What happens when society stops...and we have to suddenly figure this sh!t out on our own, independent of a functioning system. I thought I had some survival training before...But this was like going off to Survivalist University. I had a lot to learn. I was frightened and I was alone and the reality set in. It was like I had just gone through a break up or divorce. I'm sure you all know what that feeling is like. Only this time it was a divorce from most of the privileges and safety of society. Oh why didn't I just take the blue pill?'


I have a Tactical Harness and I have a Tool Belt. The Tool Belt is more Useful.


   
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(@valleygal)
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We actually bought a small house so it would be easier to heat in winter (only wood). Most of our guests and family come in the summer so the motorhome is also our guest quarters. We like things that can do double and even triple duty.
As far as cycling gas, we have vehicles that do not leave the "homestead", are not licensed and therefore need fill-ups from gas cans. They are filled as soon as empty.
Does anyone know where to get PRI-G? Would love to put some in the motorhome as gas does not get cycled through it as often as I would like. It is suppose to be far and away better than Stabil.



   
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(@anonymous)
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Logging trails, maybe not. But down in the Glen Rose area there are quite a few county roads that are dirt, gravel, and a mix of other textures.



   
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(@averna)
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Awesome to see so many responses and hear some good solutions!



   
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PrepandReady
(@prepandready)
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Check (link)www.firesmartcanada(dot)ca/ great info on home protection from forest fires. Could save you from having to bug out.



   
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