A very valid point LS, Trailers are useful additions to load hauling capacity, I find there are two totally distinct camps when it comes to trailers, either totally pro or totally anti. I think I'm in a minority being some place in the middle, IE I can see a use for trailers after TSHTF and when things have settled down, but I would not want to be trying to haul one behind me in a bug out situation. As an example three small but bloody awkward parts of my get home or bug out routes involve some very tight tracks with rough dug drainage ditches either side, I personally would not want to be getting stuck trying to reverse or try and get through some of the tracks with a trailer attached. Also I feel fairly safe in leaving a locked vehicle unattended in many places but would not be happy leaving a trailer unattended.
But I think I'm starting to drift off topic slightly, I was chatting about what we expect of our vehicles and the tasks we set them, sort of trying to reinforce the point about selecting very carefully the type of vehicle preppers may wish to buy, and to ensure they are very well maintained and fitted out.
(footnote) many modern car makers are specifically and categorically telling people not to try towing at all, especially many of these modern lightweight vehicles and many Audis that have very small clutches)
(3 December 2013, 12:36)Lightspeed Wrote: A trailer is a very low cost way of increasing the utility of a traditional family saloon car. Because its detachable it only gets deployed when needed.
A Ford escort type vehicle, with a suitably robust trailer and tow hook, would be able to meet pretty much all of the criteria you set out in the OP NR.
I would add that even though my intent is now to bug in,I have recently got a small location in the dales I am renting to keep much of my prep kit in as a sort of poor mans retreat ( cold and dark but clean and dry). So I still need a vehicle that meets as many of the bug out criteria as possible and in my case for my family that means the ability to sleep either inside the vehicle or in a roof tent, without having to offload and gear if we do have to bug out, I have yet to come across a conventionally laid out saloon or hatchback that can carry a full bug out load and still allow on average two adults to stretch out fully to sleep.
Ooer an excellent point to be made has just come through in an E mail pointing out that if circumstances allow there is no good reason why some folks could not put their BOBs and gear in a roof rack mounted basket (like you see on Landies) providing the vehicle is not left unattended, this of course leaves enough room in estate cars and van based medium cars for one or two people to sleep with the third and fourth outside on watch. False floors in estates can also be fitted over the top of supplies like jerry cans etc also leaving floor space free for sleeping.
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