So, SHTF, can you even carry your BOB?

I own what I earned

I understand that they will come to steal.
I shall not abide them.
Unlike any others posting, I refuse to give ground.
None shall pass while I breathe.
That was once America but evidently not any more.
In your breakneck efforts to save yourself you shall die a traitors death..

I think that a pack should weigh no more than 50 pounds for most people, very athletic people notwithstanding.
Get a sturdy pack and set in on your weigh scale and the first thing that goes in is ten pounds of rice.
Then aluminum small pot and spoon. Then add matches/lighters/fire kit. Then water purification tablets and filter straw. Then a tube of polysporin and small bottle of naproxen or ibuprofen. Then a few fishing hooks and roll of fishing line, 50 feet of real paracord, two folding knives, compass and maps of your area, roll of snare wire and then add some clothes until you are up to 50 pounds. Roll up a winter jacket (even if you don't think you need it) and tie or strap it on the outside of your pack.
Done.
Repeat for each able bodied person in your house.

I think too many people focus on endless gadgets and crap and then have an 80 pound bag and basically a handful of snacks as food. You will need food! Make it the base of your kit. Basic food like rice. Research what was important to real refugees in every war or disaster. It was food that they needed and lack thereof often made them do risky things to get it. If you can hunker down with a bag of rice somewhere you can ride out the disaster for quite a while.

Consider that the military soldiers pack weighs in around 80 pounds. That does not include the other gear that is also carried on their person. So any typical soldier would be carrying at least 100 pounds when you add in their tactical vest, duty belt and weapons.

Bring some form of indestructable ID for your body or grave just in case some relations happen by so they can give some shits otherwise you're just another anon looted corpse on the side of the road..

You could get yourself a good wheelbarrow or a rikshaw.

For sure bring a 'do not disturb' sign so you're not robbed, molested or murdered in your sleep.

Obviously, just bring a Winnebago, what could go wrong, and you can use jf to charge your Ipad and Xbox..

Oh I get it, you'll ask for a timeout and move to a better position.

rolls eyes!!

Why oh why didnt Gen Custer just declare a timeout?
THEY PROBABLY WEREN'T INVENTED YET.
OH THESE MODERN CONVENIENCES!!!

Oh great one!!! Tell me what I should do then....After all, you probably have a one size fits all plan that covers every single possibility. I guess you are the one that sits around doing nothing waiting for the government to come save you....

if we obey Christ
your mockings will have no effect

Oh no, Im sure a timeout will work if you're surrounded and under assault.
Nobody would dare be so ungallant as to refuse your request to prevail against them.
If you ask nice, they may even help out!

Truth, like Jesus ran from the moneychangers and hid himself away in fear!

Yes I can!

I also have a small cart to carry extra stuff as well.

Have multiple solutions to carry your stuff is all I can say.

For example:

Bag 1: Small back pack with basic supplies and 1 day of food
Bag 2: Large Backpack with 3 days of food and more advanced supplies.
Cart: More food, water, heavy tools, extra ammo and weapons.
Vest: Ammo and weapons, compass, map, fire starter.
Duty Belt: Ammo, weapons, compass, fire starter, flashlight

Bag 1 is used to get to bag 2, vest, belt, cart. (about 15 pounds)
Bag 2 is the BOB itself, when combined with the vest and belt I have everything I need to make shelter and survive for a longer period. Enough food to buy me time to find more or hunt/trap. (about 40 pounds)

Cart: is extra, great to have but can do without if needed. Only good if there is a safe or easy path of travel.

Honestly, I would pack up everything in a vehicle as soon as I could and get out of dodge and head toward my BOB location. I already have multiple routes and ways to get there planned.

Rule 1 for bug out: HAVE A PLAN!

I'm so manly that when the SHTF i'm gonna strip naked. No BOB, no nothing.

Then i'm just going to steal and/or make anything i need.

Just because the Military can do it, doesn't mean your average Joe/Jane can. They practice road marches for that reason. When I was regluar duty we would do 12 miles, under 3 hours. Considering I was in great shape at the time, I still felt it after I was done. I couldn't imagine that now. I believe the OP has a great point. Those who think they are going to walk with a bug out bag, should train for the scenario.

When you run out of batteries, you may need to do things the old fashioned way.

BOB's are for pussies and Australians.

This is exactly my point, the difference between fantasy and reality, expectation and delivery.

There have been some great points raised, thanks. I like the bicycle idea and the layered approach.

I have been camping and hiking with the family, which was what prompted me to ask the question in the first place.

Bottom line, I need to get fit and strong, not just for SHTF, but for life too.

Thanks for the posts.

Don't have a Bug out Bag as our home and property is where we would ride out anything. Living in rural Mississippi, there is no safe place to Bug Out to, as property owners would shoot you or run you off if they found you camped out on their property. If we can't make it at our homestead, we aren't going to make it in the woods.

To answer the OP's question....I carry a Get Home Bag in my truck, so if something happened, such as an earthquake, tornado outbreak, road blocks due to quarantine, etc I have about a 35 mile hike from where I work to where I live. I kept adding to my Get Home Bag and now I have four bags in my truck. One for general items, one for food and water, one for clothes, and one for protective clothing and mask. My wife asked me a few months ago if I could even carry all my stuff, so I tried to and NO I couldn't make it far. I went to Lowes and bought a nice folding expandable dolly and a few more bungy cords!!!!! Now I can strap all my crap to the dolly and head on down the road or RR tracks.

God damn, why do people take things so fucking literally. I said CONSIDER. I never implied that everyone can carry a 80 pound pack, that is just a baseline to consider for your own needs. FUCK ME.

That goes for you to you stupid fuck.

When the zombies have overrun the town and the streets are blocked, it's already far too late !

For some that would not be possible. My area for instance, I live downstream from a dam. If some asshole should decide to blow the dam up, I would be under 10 feet of water, explain how to bug-in in a case like that.

S.C.U.B.A. Gear?

Refill the tanks?

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For those that didnt absorb what you wrote.

#1-- Me too!

I have a standard hiking pack, has a sleeping pack, fleece blanket, extra change of clothes/shoes, bag of rice, PB...basically stuff I could bring in case of a flood/tornado/fire and be comfortable in an arena or someone else's house too.

There's a detachable top portion that becomes a waist pack- what are they called....fanny packs? Mainly food items and first aid, couple bottles of water.

Finally the Camelback. Most important bag- got everything to fit in an empty one- dehydrated pb, ace wrap, bandana, small first aid kit, paracord, water filter (outside, along with a water bottle), *EXTRA PAIR OF SOCKS!* knifes, extra documents, blah, blah, blah.....all the necessary goodies needed. I was quite proud finagling everything into this one.

Whole idea is being able to keep moving if you need to...

Unless you are in a big city, home is the best place to stay. Not all of us has CABINS IN THE WOODS.