Prepping and getting older...

[IndyPrepper]

Seeing those old bikes makes me think I've really been prepping since I was 10.

 

[The Heretic]

Any 2 wheeled dirt bikes that can tow trailers? I know a lot of the larger road cruiser motorcycles do..

There are a number of them out there.

Not sure if this one is still made, but you see them for sale occasionally:

For sale - Moto Mule Trailer

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[Certaindeaf]

A good horse can do chinups up a cliff with you holding onto its tail. So do that.

 

[The Heretic]

What about those little 2 wheel drive knobby tire bikes? Can't recall the name rondo or ronco or something?

I've ridden one with fat tires that was NOT 2WD - not impressed.

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[The Heretic]

A good horse can do chinups up a cliff with you holding onto its tail. So do that.

Mules are better - more surefooted, smarter, more stamina

 

[Bobbygun]

I also have a Tote Goat. Anyone remember them?

My dad had one of those, but it got stolen. Grandpa had a Sidekick that looked an awful lot like a Tote Goat.

 

[Bobbygun]

Any 2 wheeled dirt bikes that can tow trailers? I know a lot of the larger road cruiser motorcycles do..

We towed trailers with our mountain bikes. Mine was a Burley Nomad. My buddy had a Burley Cargo trailer. Great for hauling stuff into remote areas. Plus, we hauled a few bulls out with them as well. Good times. Oh, to be young again. That Nomad is, and has been for several years, hanging from the rafter in my shop. Got my picture in a couple of national bowhunting publications with that trailer - hauling out bulls my buddy killed. I never understood why he had all the luck, along with better hearing, being 13 years younger than me, in better condition, can call elk like nobody else, etc. I tell ya, life just ain't fair. I've killed a few bulls with my bow, but never on a bike & trailer hunt. Mine are always the old-fashioned way - carried out on pack frames.

 

[oremike]

Why not a side car?

And a song to go with it:

 

[CamoDeafie]

We towed trailers with our mountain bikes. Mine was a Burley Nomad. My buddy had a Burley Cargo trailer. Great for hauling stuff into remote areas. Plus, we hauled a few bulls out with them as well. Good times. Oh, to be young again. That Nomad is, and has been for several years, hanging from the rafter in my shop. Got my picture in a couple of national bowhunting publications with that trailer - hauling out bulls my buddy killed. I never understood why he had all the luck, along with better hearing, being 13 years younger than me, in better condition, can call elk like nobody else, etc. I tell ya, life just ain't fair. I've killed a few bulls with my bow, but never on a bike & trailer hunt. Mine are always the old-fashioned way - carried out on pack frames.

I was referring to motorcycles and not mountain bikes, very aware that mountain bikes, and all kinds of bicycles actually, have a lot of trailers.

Like these

 

[CamoDeafie]

Why not a side car?

And a song to go with it:

Because balance and quirky handling, and at the width, a 4 wheeler is more useful?

 

[ilikegunspdx]

I was referring to motorcycles and not mountain bikes, very aware that mountain bikes, and all kinds of bicycles actually, have a lot of trailers.

Like these
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I attached a gorilla cart to my old scooter for hauling crap from back of house to front etc. should be able to rig up some type of narrow off-road trailer pretty easily I would think. Something more durable than the gorilla cart I mean.

 

[Bobbygun]

I was referring to motorcycles and not mountain bikes, very aware that mountain bikes, and all kinds of bicycles actually, have a lot of trailers.

Like these
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Oops. I should have realized that with the thread being about "prepping" not "hunting". Sorry not sorry for my one-track mind.

 

[IndyPrepper]

Seriously though, to the OP:

The 40's are a strange decade. You're not an indestructible youngblood, but also not yet middle aged, and far from "old". There's definitely a transission that happens. For me, along with the hairline receding a bit, it was my bodies refusal to maintain my light weight while still spending way too much time watching tv, internet surfing and maintaining a diet of coke and pizza. By the time I hit 50 (covid lockdown), I was 232 lbs at aged 54 and 5'8", had a 46" waistline, high blood sugar, higher than normal blood pressure and high cholesterol.

All the above is the textbook definition of Metabolic disorder.

What finally broke me was the inability to mow my two lawns without spiking my heart rate and collapsing for 15 mins on the ground because I was so out of shape.

Since then I've lost 60 lbs. I did it moderately, first by cutting out the crap food and soda, then, a few weeks after that, dusting off the treadmill and doing walks. Then it became walks on an incline. Then, finally, I transitioned to lifting weights (progressively) three times a week (and not cheating legs). All with set of 5 through 60 lb dumbbells..no gym.

It was the healthy eating and walking that took the weight off, but it was the weights that really changed me.

I can't overstate this: your guns, your ammo, your food, all of your prepping skills...none of it matters until you decide to get healthy and, most importantly, decide you want to live your life as you really want to, even when SHTF happens. And it will. I guess what I'm saying is you need to decide life is worth it, even in bad times. From there, you'll naturally know where to start.

 

[oremike]

Because balance and quirky handling, and at the width, a 4 wheeler is more useful?

But, but machinegun

 

[ilikegunspdx]

But, but machinegun
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Wouldn't be hard to add a gimbal mount to bike handlebars. It would be really dumb probably, but wouldn't be difficult.

 

[oremike]

Wouldn't be hard to add a gimbal mount to bike handlebars. It would be really dumb probably, but wouldn't be difficult.

Gimbal for lighter weight guns (def not machine gun, unless simple ar or whatever).

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• ilikegunspdx
• Jan 1, 2023

Much mo' betta' to let the sidecar monkey handle the shooting unless rockets:

chuck norris delta force motorcycle

 

[CamoDeafie]

But, but machinegun
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Wouldn't be hard to add a gimbal mount to bike handlebars. It would be really dumb probably, but wouldn't be difficult.

Gimbal for lighter weight guns (def not machine gun, unless simple ar or whatever).

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• ilikegunspdx
• Jan 1, 2023

Did someone say machine guns...? from the prepper vehicle thread
And yes those are the 40mm automatic grenade launchers

 

[The Heretic]

 

[IndyPrepper]

Pretty sure I saw this one aired

 

[CamoDeafie]

Movie buggy


The actual military dune buggies used by UK SF and US Special Forces then Navy Seals (Fast Attack Vehicles/Desert Patrol Vehicle)