Bug Out Vehicle, what kind of rig are you running?

[Diamondback]

How hard would it be to set one of these big trucks up to literally tow a single caboose or sleeper rail car around the railways?

Better go caboose, a typical single-decker dining car weighs about 75 tons "dry". (No provisions or pax.) In that case I'd look at rebuilding an Airstream with an off-road chassis...

 

[SOrez]

2000 Yukon XL with 52,300 miles, 2020 19 foot Genisis Suprme Toy Hauler for the Razor. The Toy Hauler has a 40 gallon gas tank.

 

[bionic knees]

Pickup, toyhauler and a couple 4 wheelers

 

[kmk1012]

Saw this on a recent road trip with my daughter, could be very useful!!!

 

[kmk1012]

Here's my real Bug Out Rig, not planning on bugging out though. The boat in the pic has been replaced to one about 30 years newer so probably not much use after an EMP, or the truck for that matter.

 

[Zechariah]

 

[revjen45]

• The ultimate in simplicity
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  Impact 19'' Athmos Unicycle Black- RED Rims -High Performance Unicycle

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  • Ready to ride trials package
  • Saddle: Impact Athmos, with lift handle
  • Tire: Bike Trial 19" x 2.5". This is a specific tire for this rim. A regular 20" tire cannot fit this rim.
  
  

 

[Burt Gummer]

I drive a 2014 low roof Promaster van. At some point an AWD or even 4x4 van would be great. Unfortunately prices are crazy now due to the BS. At some point the prices will become reasonable again. Vans are so practical these days. I need one for work, but even if I didn't I'd always want a van. The older E350s that are built-out as 4x4s are always on my radar also.

 

[bionic knees]

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  Impact 19'' Athmos Unicycle Black- RED Rims -High Performance Unicycle

  • Impact 19'' Athmos Unicycle Black- REDRims -
  • High Performance Unicycle
  • Ready to ride trials package
  • Saddle: Impact Athmos, with lift handle
  • Tire: Bike Trial 19" x 2.5". This is a specific tire for this rim. A regular 20" tire cannot fit this rim.

I ain't getting very far on that thing!

 

[Ura-Ki]

I drive a 2014 low roof Promaster van. At some point an AWD or even 4x4 van would be great. Unfortunately prices are crazy now due to the BS. At some point the prices will become reasonable again. Vans are so practical these days. I need one for work, but even if I didn't I'd always want a van. The older E350s that are built-out as 4x4s are always on my radar also.

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4X4 is over rated! Lol!
I have an 07 Sprinter High Roof, long wheel base 3500 Series Duelly, with good aggressive and sharp tires, it can go most any place I would ever dare take it! Gets fantastic fuel milage too, a major plus should I ever get caught out! Need to add an aux. fuel tank to really extend the range, then we're golden!

 

[The Heretic]

4X4 is over rated! Lol!

It depends on how high you rate it. With experience, one quickly learns that 4WD is not magic, and can easily get stuck, but it is much better than 2WD.

I have an 07 Sprinter High Roof, long wheel base 3500 Series Duelly, with good aggressive and sharp tires, it can go most any place I would ever dare take it! Gets fantastic fuel milage too, a major plus should I ever get caught out! Need to add an aux. fuel tank to really extend the range, then we're golden!

The key is knowing the limits of any vehicle, and all overland vehicles have a limit.

My shop is lower than my house. To get up the incline from the shop area to the main driveway area, requires 4WD/AWD when there is snow (like there is now). 2WD just won't do it (maybe with studs/chains). Getting up the private road to the public road is just about the same. Having that extra traction makes a big difference.

When I moved up here on the mountain I had a 2WD/RWD car that could not get out of the driveway when it snowed. I used my 4WD truck to get to work when it snowed. Now I have an AWD that does okay.

I've gotten almost every kind of movable machine stuck at one point or another, including a tracked skid steer, a dozer and a dirt bike.

 

[Ura-Ki]

It depends on how high you rate it. With experience, one quickly learns that 4WD is not magic, and can easily get stuck, but it is much better than 2WD.


The key is knowing the limits of any vehicle, and all overland vehicles have a limit.

My shop is lower than my house. To get up the incline from the shop area to the main driveway area, requires 4WD/AWD when there is snow (like there is now). 2WD just won't do it (maybe with studs/chains). Getting up the private road to the public road is just about the same. Having that extra traction makes a big difference.

When I moved up here on the mountain I had a 2WD/RWD car that could not get out of the driveway when it snowed. I used my 4WD truck to get to work when it snowed. Now I have an AWD that does okay.

I've gotten almost every kind of movable machine stuck at one point or another, including a tracked skid steer, a dozer and a dirt bike.

That's why I have a really good set of "Ice Breaker" chains and am not afraid to spend the 5 min it takes to put them on it!
Been super tempted to convert this to 4X4, using the axles and such from a Chevy 3500 series duelly, and a divorced transfer case, shouldn't be too big a deal, the major plus in doing that would also be getting away from these funky MBZ only rims and being able to use just about any aftermarket wheel/tire combo I could want! The major downside of a rig like this is it's height, and with it lifted, makes it even worse, it also becomes unstable. but again, knowing where to go and more important, not taking chances and trying to go places you shouldn't makes all the difference! This rig is my idea of a inexpensive multi use R/V with out the trappings of a full time R/V, in that I can use it for lots of other things you normally use a van for, with the added bonus of being able to use it for most out door/ camping/adventure uses! I can always tow my CJ2A around behind it, and then I have the ultimate go anywhere rig at hand!

 

[Diamondback]

It depends on how high you rate it. With experience, one quickly learns that 4WD is not magic, and can easily get stuck, but it is much better than 2WD.


The key is knowing the limits of any vehicle, and all overland vehicles have a limit.

My shop is lower than my house. To get up the incline from the shop area to the main driveway area, requires 4WD/AWD when there is snow (like there is now). 2WD just won't do it (maybe with studs/chains). Getting up the private road to the public road is just about the same. Having that extra traction makes a big difference.

When I moved up here on the mountain I had a 2WD/RWD car that could not get out of the driveway when it snowed. I used my 4WD truck to get to work when it snowed. Now I have an AWD that does okay.

I've gotten almost every kind of movable machine stuck at one point or another, including a tracked skid steer, a dozer and a dirt bike.

*makes note to self* "never let Heretic near the controls of any planes, boats or locomotives I may acquire..."

 

[The Heretic]

*makes note to self* "never let Heretic near the controls of any planes, boats or locomotives I may acquire..."

I've been at the controls of boats and aircraft - didn't get either one stuck or otherwise cause them harm. My dad let me fly the plane for short periods of time and I taught him how to synch the engine's RPM on his Beechcraft.

The boats? These are where I learned to synch two engines:

 

[Diamondback]

So you're saying it's only LAND vehicles you do it to...

 

[The Heretic]

So you're saying it's only LAND vehicles you do it to...

As I said: "The key is knowing the limits of any vehicle, and all overland vehicles have a limit."

 

[revjen45]

1) "It depends on how high you rate it. With experience, one quickly learns that 4WD is not magic, and can easily get stuck, but it is much better than 2WD."
Use 2WD to get into trouble and 4WD to get out of it.

2) Due to neurological injuries my balance isn't what it once was, so my days of riding a unicycle on the freeway and dirt bike trails are over.

 

[The Heretic]

1) "It depends on how high you rate it. With experience, one quickly learns that 4WD is not magic, and can easily get stuck, but it is much better than 2WD."
Use 2WD to get into trouble and 4WD to get out of it.

I prefer to not get into trouble - again, 4WD is not magic, so the first second I start to slip on an iffy surface, I move it into 4WD. A lot of times momentum makes a big difference. Stopping to change to 4WD breaks momentum and can get you stuck.

It is a matter of judgement and experience.

 

[revjen45]

Shift on the fly.

 

[slimmer13]

4WD > AWD > FWD > RWD

It just is

That said, someone with some common sense in a FWD with some decent tires, is in alot better shape than some one without it in a 4WD.