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1066vik said:
a roll of HD aluminum foil
e-tool
real shovel
winch/come-along
hi-lift jack
carbon steel skillet (1/3 the weight of CI)
1.8 L grease pot (poor man's Mors pot)
handkerchief or bandana for a coffee/tea filter among other uses
quick clot sponges
twice as many first aid supplies as you think you need.
jar of petroleum jelly (first aid and fire starting aid)
extra wool socks
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Spring for the 60" version.
 
Etek on Amazon makes a pretty nice little butane stove similar to the pocket rocket. Except the etek is like 9 dollars. I received one a couple months back, have used it a half dozen times, and so far has been pretty awesome, it's very compact, perfect for a Jeep kit. It wouldn't be heavy enough to use cast iron on, but great for small backpack style cooking.
 
I don't see how pocket stoves are relevant if he's going to be cooking over a fire (reading comprehension is key :p ) but I have been using an Olicamp Ion for about 2 years now without fail on every camping outing, it's not as fast to boiling water as the PocketRocket but it's so tiny that I just don't care if it's a tad slower. I'd hesitate to trust a $10 stove when there are $30 stoves among the most reliable in the category; when it comes to food I don't want to risk not having a working stove to save a few dollars, but YMMV.
 
Nice set of Beckers in the exchange.
BK10 and BK11 with custom leather sheaths, scales (black dyed curly maple) and mosaic pins.
 
ac700wildcat said:
They were pretty damn tasty! I scaled them, chopped the heads off, cleaned the guts out, then breaded and pan fried them in a little oil in my casy iron skillet. I might see about getting a few more this weekend.
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Filleting is easier, haha.
 
If they were bigger I'd agree, but these were on the smaller side of what I'd keep. It actually went pretty fast. The skin and fins are pretty tasty too.
 
super fun, my first hack project using the 40W laser cutter in the maker space shoppe i have access to...

going away present for a manager

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Meep meep.

Going to be near a water source MM? One of those portable shower bags heated up right nice is like the greatest feeling in the world. Lakes and rivers work too, but tend to be chilly. Just an idea.....
 
KingMC said:
I don't see how pocket stoves are relevant if he's going to be cooking over a fire (reading comprehension is key :p ) but I have been using an Olicamp Ion for about 2 years now without fail on every camping outing, it's not as fast to boiling water as the PocketRocket but it's so tiny that I just don't care if it's a tad slower. I'd hesitate to trust a $10 stove when there are $30 stoves among the most reliable in the category; when it comes to food I don't want to risk not having a working stove to save a few dollars, but YMMV.
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Cause sometimes you don't want to have to make a huge fire in the morning just to make a cup of coffee before breaking camp and heading out. Or sometimes there are fire bans and you can't make a fire. Or sometimes you just need some hot water to make a packet of ramen for lunch. Or you are making something on the side that needs longer to cook. There are lots of reasons to just have a quick hot powerful stove with you even if you are going to be using a fire for your primary cooking.

ETA: Holy crap! I had to go fix a ton of li'l wording and punctuation errors in there! Sorry guys!
 
ac700wildcat said:
Good to see you Cbear, mm, and Dawson.

Caught my dinner yesterday.
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Hey sir, how's the trucking biz? Good to see you still here!

gmoneyluv said:
Been using an MSR PocketRocket for a few years. Very small and very effective. Looks like they have released a smaller version, the PocketRocket 2. MSR makes solid gear.

https://www.msrgear.com/ca/stoves/pocketrocket-2
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Love my pocket rocket (giggity?) I use it all the time, I even use it at work when I am heating up lunch since all we have in the office is a microwave and those things are vile!
 
Chameleonbear said:
Hey sir, how's the trucking biz? Good to see you still here!
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Meh. I'm tired of my hours among other bs. Applied for a different job recently and after a few interviews, it sounded like I had it. I never did hear back from them even after leaving multiple messages. Pretty unprofessional in my eyes. I'm really hoping something else comes along very soon.

How you been? What's the breed job?
 
That is super unprofessional! I hate stuff like that.

I'm actually back to my OLD job, from about 5 years ago. Back to a Video Relay Operator but currently working for the largest Video Relay company in the country. We have the most interpreters and centers, also the most stringent requirements, FCC requires 80% of phone calls be answered in less than 5 minutes, we are typically less than 1 min. My personal average time to answer a call is 1.33 seconds. Basically I'm killing the stats LOL!

However I'm almost ready to be done being an interpreter. I'm wanting to get back to a kitchen SO bad cause this is my job but the kitchen is my passion. I can't believe how sad I actually get when I haven't been cooking for a long time.
 
5thAngel said:
Hobo meals are good for cooking on a fire.

Stick all your ingredients chopped and ready into a foil pouch, and let it sit in the coals until the meat and potatoes are ready. You could be on the safe side and brown the meat first, but if you include potatoes those will take a while. Look up cardboard and mailbox ovens if you want to experiment some (tell me how it goes, I haven't had a chance to try those yet).

You're gonna want a lighter, ferrocerium rod, flint and steel, or other fire starter to get your fire going. Depending on where you're going, a portable fire pad might be a good idea. If potable water is a concern, the sawyer squeeze is an excellent water filter that's easy to use.

Some good rain gear would be a wise investment.

Jetboil is great for when you don't want to cook on the fire.
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I've done that once or twice with just a potato and it was pretty tasty. I'll have to remember to add some foil next time I'm in town.

I'll either be taking all the water I need with me or boiling it when need be, but I would like to try out a few different small filters.

I've got a good poncho I'm planning on packing so that part is covered.

I have an old military (I think it's from Russia or somewhere, not positive) stove that's sorta like a jetboil but it just runs off of rubbing alcohol in a little canister, and also a little rubbing alcohol stove made out of a soda can and I plan on taking both of those along. I could probably persuade dad to let me borrow his Jetboil if I need to as well. :D

zzyzzogeton said:
2 or 3 light weight tarps for use as ground covers, wind breaks, tents. The plastic cheapies available now-a-days can make or break a camping trip. Back when the ONLY tarps were heavy duck canvas, we'd take a small one for a sleeping bag ground cover and a bigger one for use as a tent. Google "boy scout tarp shelter" for examples. Those things were heavy enough dry. Get'em wet and they weighed a ton and took forever to dry out.

2 or 3 rolls of 1/4" nylon rope - you can never have too much rope. These can be used to string up the tarps as windbreaks or shelters, act as clothes lines for drying clothes, other tarps, etc. To go with this, throw in a bag of 100 clothes pins from Dollar General.

3 small, plastic nesting dish pans for dish washing - 1 for wash, 1 for rinse, 1 for disinfect/2ndary rinse. Since the pans nest, 3 take up about as much room as 1, and you can use the pans to contain/carry a bunch of smaller item.

Cast iron wise, I'd say -

- a #8 or #9 Camp Dutch oven (the camp ovens are the ones with 3 legs) with RIDGED lid. A camp oven can be hung over a fire OR set directly onto a bed of coals, where the standard Dutch oven just has a flat bottom - not as stable on a bed of coals. I prefer the ridged lid as it is designed to hold coals on the lid for baking - biscuits, corn bread, etc.

- #8 or #9 skillet with lid. The skillet can double as a griddle for grilling bacon or burning flapjacks, ... A lid allows you to slow simmer stuff AND keep ash from flying into your meal.

If you pick the same (#8 or #9) oven/skillet, the oven lid will USUALLY fit the skillet well enough that you only NEED a single lid. Lessens the weight, unless you plan to use both skillet and oven simultaneously.

Unless you have a ton of folks along with you, or you have a larger family, you don't really NEED a #10, #12 or #14 dutch oven or skillet. Just adds weight and takes up more room. And since you are single, and just have the capacity of a Jeep, volume counts. If you decide to add a trailer behind you, well, make sure it has good ground clearance. :D Ask me about the friend who decided to drag a trailer with a 9" axle height into the Lincoln National Forest. Damn, I wish I still had the pictures of THAT escapade. :rolleyes:

Depending on how much camping you intend to do, you may want to build yourself a "chuck box" where you store all camping utensils, dish pans, soaps, skillets, etc. Load the box and go. You just need to make sure and replace all expendables after each trip AND remember to put the durable goods back in the box after to perform a "real good cleaning" after you wash and dry them after the trip.

More stuff as I think of it....:D
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I'm going to grab a few tarps as soon as I start making money again in the spring, and we've got rope lying around everywhere so I'll snatch a couple rolls of it from the garage and barns. Also have some plastic tubs I can take along for washing stuff in.

I'm almost positive my Grandma has some old cast iron that she hasn't used in a while stashed away somewhere, if she does I'll keep an eye out for those.

KingMC said:
One thing I always miss from car camping when I'm out in the woods with a pack is a camp chair of some kind so you don't have to sit on the ground, if you're camping out of your jeep a chair that's more comfortable than the back of the truck would be smart.

A shovel might be smart to go with a toiletries kit for when you have to go in the woods, there are many lightweight e-tools that work great for that.
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I have a couple folding chairs in the back I can take along, and I'm looking for a hammock to pack too, so I should have seats covered.

I think I have an e-tool somewhere around here too, I'll have to dig around and see.

cbwoods67 said:
Bacon.
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Everything else is optional. :D

Chameleonbear said:
So, love the idea of hobo meals. In my bag I have a surplus mess kit. One side works as a pan, the other side a plate and they lock together, plus it's like $10-15 so it doesn't break the bank. Jet boils are nice to make a cup of coffee, however they are a bit pricy, I have a cheap aluminum percolator to make coffee and I have a Moka pot to make a small cup of espresso. However if you're not a coffee/caffeine addict then you won't need that and you can get just a small cheap pot which are quite handy. Just getting a small half liter or 1liter pot is incredibly handy also if you run into water that needs to get cleaned.

Grab a life straw too as having more ways to clean water is always handy!

I've been hearing lately a lot of stuff about Bear Butt hammocks. They are roughly $30 but I have no experience with them. I was planning on picking one up when I get back to the country. I haven't done it yet though. I have also been toying with the idea of making one.
I'd suggest a blanket too, not in case it gets cold more so if you want to sleep ON your sleeping bag you still have something to cover up with.

ETA: Can cookers are fantastic as well, you throw in meat, then potatoes, then carrots/veggies, pour in a beer and set over the fire.
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I'm not really in to coffee but I like having a cup of it when I'm camping so I'll probably just take along a small pot and use it for coffee as well.

Bear Butt hammocks look pretty cool, thanks! They've got a 5 dollar off coupon for signing up for their emails so I might try one out. They've got a great money back/return policy lol. They also say that if you burn another company's hammock they'll send you one of theirs for free haha.

1066vik said:
a roll of HD aluminum foil
e-tool
real shovel
winch/come-along
hi-lift jack
carbon steel skillet (1/3 the weight of CI)
1.8 L grease pot (poor man's Mors pot)
handkerchief or bandana for a coffee/tea filter among other uses
quick clot sponges
twice as many first aid supplies as you think you need.
jar of petroleum jelly (first aid and fire starting aid)
extra wool socks
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I can scrounge most of that up. I need to buy some more quick clot. We've got a few of the sponges for our home first aid kit but we definitely need more.

ac700wildcat said:
Good to see you Cbear, mm, and Dawson.
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Good to see all of y'all too. :) Thems looks like tasty fishes.

redmech said:
Etek on Amazon makes a pretty nice little butane stove similar to the pocket rocket. Except the etek is like 9 dollars. I received one a couple months back, have used it a half dozen times, and so far has been pretty awesome, it's very compact, perfect for a Jeep kit. It wouldn't be heavy enough to use cast iron on, but great for small backpack style cooking.
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gmoneyluv said:
Been using an MSR PocketRocket for a few years. Very small and very effective. Looks like they have released a smaller version, the PocketRocket 2. MSR makes solid gear.

https://www.msrgear.com/ca/stoves/pocketrocket-2
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KingMC said:
I don't see how pocket stoves are relevant if he's going to be cooking over a fire (reading comprehension is key :p ) but I have been using an Olicamp Ion for about 2 years now without fail on every camping outing, it's not as fast to boiling water as the PocketRocket but it's so tiny that I just don't care if it's a tad slower. I'd hesitate to trust a $10 stove when there are $30 stoves among the most reliable in the category; when it comes to food I don't want to risk not having a working stove to save a few dollars, but YMMV.
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I'm gonna test out my soda can and surplus kit stoves first, but if they don't do well I'll definitely grab a cheap one.

TBL said:
Going to be near a water source MM? One of those portable shower bags heated up right nice is like the greatest feeling in the world. Lakes and rivers work too, but tend to be chilly. Just an idea.....
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I assume you meant Noswad? :D I'm probably going to do most of my camping in June/July/August so whenever I get too stankin I'll just hop in the water. We do have a camp shower at the cabin that we haven't used in years though so I might pack it too.
 
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