Paracord is out unless we can figure out how to eat it or use it for cooking. Flashlight I can see being used to cook with if its dark. So that and a set of batterys go in.Originally Posted by bacpacker
Im also thinking roll of toilet paper in a metal coffeee can. The coffee can could be used to boil water and or cook in.
Couple of garbage bags for latrine.
Maybe something like this, then?
http://campingtripod.com/
A cooking tripod that appears to pack down pretty small, and may fit in a bucket...
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Don't know where you are Aneurysm, but if you are bugging out to the wild... and it sounds like you are, how are you going to keep your food safe at night? All kinds of critters will chew into a bucket! with 50 feet of paracord, you could throw an end of cord over a branch, and hoist it to safety. Cord is also invaluable in securing a tent/tarp/leanto. with a couple/few holes in the top of your cooking can, you could suspend it over the flame to simmer. snares, triplines, tie a rock to one end, and tie baited hooks every 3 feet, and heave it into a lake to subsidize your food with fresh fish.... etc.
And here is the best one... make a harness like a backpack, for carrying the bucket, and you free up your hands.
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The wilds of north west ohio. Flat flippin farm land the meanest thing we have round here is dogs and huge coons. I can shoot and eat both of them if forced into it. I like the ideas with the para cord so I am adding that to the list of things to toss in the bucket. I also like the idea of the tripod but I think it will take up to much space and with the para cord one could make a makeshift tripod out of some brances or other scavanged materials.
+1 on the paracord. I stick some in most every box and bag I put together. Just way too handy. I like the idea of a small tarp or sheet of plastic to cook under in crappy weather.
three similar sized sticks, and a foot of cord, and you have a tripod. I wouldn't pack one, but have the means to make one
Give a man fire, and he'll be warm for a day!
Light a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life!
Cat's are food... not friends!
If you're going to fight, then fight like you're the third monkey on the ramp into Noah's arc... and brother, it's starting to rain.
Agreed on being able to make a tripod. I just figured for a heavier kit anyway...
As for the 550 cord, you could wrap it around the handles to save some space.
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As a FWIW, a 6-gallon bucket doesn't take up much more space but holds quite a bit more.
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