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I really wanted to get a deuce as my BOV. I had an M35a2 years ago that I really liked. I actually looked hard at buying 19kilo's truck when he had it for sale this spring. His rig is a great setup with lots of reserves for water and fuel. One big limitation I have is where I live. Having a...

I'm with stampy and 19kilo...you can't go at it alone. Having friends and being a friend is the best approach. What we do will depend on the situation. If there is a CAT5 storm heading my way I will bug out to higher ground and help my friends do the same...we have had to on o number of...

I see you are in northern MI. You get some harsh weather up there and I would imagine the bigger batteries would be better. If it were me I would choose amps over space under the hood. Heck if I were there I would probably have a 4 battery setup....more power! :-D

stampy - those are some of the mods I hope to make on my truck. You are right that the likelyhood of civil unrest is probably greater but it is good to consider many options. I have a propane powered genset on my truck that can power most of my house if needed as well as a portable for other...

I'm with you. I think most non electronic systems will work fine. There was a mythbusters episode a while back where they exposed a car to an EMP generated by a research device. The car was a late model that was running at the beginning of the test. When they set off the EMP the car died...

The fact that the CUCV is an auto trans was one of the negatives when I was looking for a truck. Unfortunately I can't have a deuce where I live so I had to make a compromise. Hopefully if something does go goofy and the SHTF my starter won't go at the same time. I have converted my GP system...

From what I have read an EMP is most likely to cause electronic circuits to fail. An electronic circuit is usually one that has some kind of integrated circuit that operates at a very low voltage. Sephirothq is right that the deuce doesn't have any electronics and it should continue to run...

An EMP could be caused by a low or high altitude nuclear detonation. I read a book recently called "One Second After" that describes the effects of a fictitious detonation of a sea launched nuclear warhead at high altitude over the US. The story is fiction but based on real research. It is a...

These are group 35 batteries with a dimension of 9 1/16" long by 6 7/8" wide by 8 7/8 high. The group 31 batteries are bigger. They measure 13" long by 6 13/16" wide by 9 7/16" high. The group 31 batteries are more heavy duty and would probably be better in a cold climate but may not work in...

Now onto putting that newly freed space to work. I want to have additional storage under the hood for spare parts. I grabbed a couple of 50 cal ammo cans to see if they would fit. Bingo! they fit almost perfectly. After adding a piece of pressure treated 5/8" plywood under the cans and...

This is what the tray looks like with all of the cables in place and tied down. There are a few more changes I plan to make before I call this finished. First, as I mentioned earlier, I want to repaint the tray and bracket with a bedliner type coating to give additional corrosion resistance and...

After getting the bracket in place I had to make a few changes to the routing of the cables. The front battery ground cable has no problem reaching the new location but it has a bonding lead that is attached to the radiator support that was too short. Rather than extend the lead I decided to...

With the batteries in place I tried to install the hold down bracket...no go. I had to cut away metal on several areas of the bracket in order to get clearance for the cable clamps. Several cuts later and it was good to go. Again I painted the bare metal before final install.

Grinding the tabs down was pretty easy. If you try this watch out for the wires going to the blower motor resistor...an angle grinder can make quick work of them. After grinding down the tabs I went ahead and painted the tray. If I had planned more in advance I think I would try some of the...

After pulling the batteries out I could see the small tabs on the rear tray that helped hold the original batteries in place. After a test fit it was obvious these would need to be ground or cut off or they could rub a hole in the bottom of the new batteries.

I was adjusting my alternator belt and got to thinking about this thread. After looking mine over for a while I decided to give it a shot. I figured it would clean up the engine compartment a little and free up some space for storage under the hood. Here are some pics of of the batteries...

SuperJoe - A Bug Out Vehicle or BOV is a vehicle that has primarily been set up as a survival vehicle should the sh#t hit the fan...otherwise known as SHTF. The idea is that you have your survival necessities, spare parts, and fuel on board so when SHTF you can get somewhere safer than where...

Frank, The brackets are installed with 3/8 bolts, washers, and self locking nuts. They didn't put any reinforcement plates behind the brackets so I don't think they would hold up with a continuous load on rough terrain. I need to pull mine off at some point to repaint them and I think I will...

Take a look at the pics of my truck. Somewhere along the line 4 fuel can mounts were placed n the back of the body, I haven't used them yet but I plan on leaving them in place. If I want the back doors open during travel I have to bungee them open by hooking a cord to one of the handles on...

Look for the "King of the rattlecan" thread on this site. Lots of discussion and great pics. I plan on picking up some of the Rapco CARC substitute when I get ready to touch-up my 1031.