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R MacDonald | 03-13-2007 07:46 PM
> > Bugging out on foot? Bring the kitchen sink! Check out this interesting device.... http://themule.com/ Quote:
> > The M.U.L.E. Nicole Davis | 03.2005 For his solo hike through Death Valley last summer, Melvin McCoy brought a folding chair and table, paper and pens, a machete, darts, a full larder of food, 8 gallons of water, a one-man tent, and Creedence Clearwater Revival on his Walkman--"by far the best walking music ever," says the 52-year-old mortgage broker from Memphis. "No matter how many times you listen to it, you still don't know what that guy is singing." Like John Fogerty, McCoy is pretty hard of most people to understand: After all, he set out to lug 100 pounds through 113°F heat and sandstorms. He is the anti-Thoreau--a man who walks far from home but leaves nothing behind. His secret is the M.U.L.E., his codeword for the Multi-purpose Uniaxial Liter Enginery, a one-wheeled, 6-foot-tall steel dolly outfitted with a back harness and brakes. He devised and patented the M.U.L.E. in the 1980's after a friend complained of sore knees on an Oregon backpacking trip. So far, winning converts hasn't been easy. Remember McCoy's 1992 Walk Across America? Hardly anyone else does either, which might explain why he dreamed up last September's desert trek. To ease the way, he sprayed an 8-gallon tank with insulating foam to keep his water cold, opining that "it's demoralizing to drink hot water in the desert." If nothing else, give McCoy this: He walks the walk. He pulled his load 149 miles in just 7 days, coming away with only a few busted toenails and a lingering cough from a sandstorm. He figures his success might be enough to revolutionize backpacking, or at least sell a couple of M.U.L.E.S.s ($700; www.themule.com. "Compared to an ATV or a pack animal," says McCoy, "it's a bargain."
http://themule.com/images/19.jpg

RichG | 03-13-2007 08:10 PM
Re: Bugging out on foot? Bring the kitchen sink! Cooooollll....I like it. Makes good sense. :smokin:

ForeverInDebt | 03-13-2007 08:12 PM
Re: Bugging out on foot? Bring the kitchen sink! The new incarnation of the world famous "Assault Wheelbarrow"! :banana:

Nuggethunter | 03-13-2007 08:18 PM
Re: Bugging out on foot? Bring the kitchen sink! Thats the real deal Mac! Tell us about the plans for the georgeous Baby we all fell in love with.

Infidel | 03-13-2007 08:20 PM
Re: Bugging out on foot? Bring the kitchen sink! http://www.themule.com/homepage.php rmac yer linky has errors

REV127 | 03-13-2007 08:23 PM
Re: Bugging out on foot? Bring the kitchen sink! The wheellbarrow was kind of dumb. If you have ever tangled with a wheelbarrow than you know the only thing it's better than is the barrow. The garden cart is vasty superior to both the barrow and the wheelbarrow. I suspect it is also superior for most purposes to the MULE, but the MULE is still a good idea. Personally I think walking isn't a good idea so I probably would strap my stuff to a bike, Viet Cong style. Where the terrain permits you could ride the bike.

____hoot____ | 03-13-2007 08:39 PM
Re: Bugging out on foot? Bring the kitchen sink! Built one of those close to twenty years ago, though mine is one of those forward thrusting assault wheelborrow types it does have a shoulder harness. Made to be able to take a tent camp in and a deer out of miles of thick cover in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan it is more of a all-terrain unit than this one with a core of a heavy-duty wheelborrow wheel and oak struthandles and a framework of aluminum tubeing and aluminum mesh with lots of rubber straps. Can' t think of a better way to move a couple of hundred pounds through rough country without a mule. Mostly use it just to bring firewood out now.

Kahlil Gibran | 03-13-2007 09:15 PM
Re: Bugging out on foot? Bring the kitchen sink! 1 Attachment(s) Attachment 25360 Mormon Hand Cart

R MacDonald | 03-13-2007 09:16 PM
Re: Bugging out on foot? Bring the kitchen sink! Quote:
Originally Posted by Infidel (Post 538936) http://www.themule.com/homepage.php rmac yer linky has errors
fixed it... thanks

Nuggethunter | 03-13-2007 09:23 PM
Re: Bugging out on foot? Bring the kitchen sink! http://goldismoney.info/forums/custo...tar2054_33.gifI look at this Blank Slate and I think of the Possibilities. Gosh; I hope he does better than US. Feed Him well and raise Him To BE A MAN...................................

mkinla | 03-13-2007 09:47 PM
Re: Bugging out on foot? Bring the kitchen sink! All that thing needs is a gun rack.....:D

damoc | 03-14-2007 12:10 AM
Re: Bugging out on foot? Bring the kitchen sink! My grandfather told stories of japan moving whole armies ready to fight on pushbike in WW2 in papua new guinea.I had a pushbike with trailer when I was a kid and i did a lot of fishing (nets fishing rods etc) and moved a lot of gear around with it.

TheSimpleton | 03-14-2007 03:13 PM
Re: Bugging out on foot? Bring the kitchen sink! I have to ask where this would be any good. Have these guys been to Eastern Canada or Alaska? I can see every step has a: a) log b) rock c) stream d) swamp Good on a road, or the desert, I guess, where it's not sandy, steep or rocky, but if the ground's that good, you should ride a bike. Who was it said sling two cf-90 size packs over the bike crossbar and walk? To that end, http://www.bobtrailers.com/trailers/trailers.php Often need the narrow profile. Mtnsmith has been selling weatherproof duffles for these. TS

AMforPM | 03-19-2007 03:24 AM
Re: Bugging out on foot? Bring the kitchen sink! It would probably do fine on game trails, though you would have to unhitch over logs. Ever read about settlers heading for Oregon taking apart their covered wagons and lowering them down impassable canyons, then floating them across the river at the bottom, hauling them up the other side, and rebuilding them? And they had to get their oxen down and up in slings. But carrying enough to live takes some doing, and a backpack won't hold it. If you were walking out this mule would be a big help. If you are a good off road biker, the bob would be nice.

____hoot____ | 03-19-2007 03:51 AM
Re: Bugging out on foot? Bring the kitchen sink! Thanks SimpleTon! I am building myself one of those!!!

R MacDonald | 03-19-2007 04:00 AM
Re: Bugging out on foot? Bring the kitchen sink! Quote:
Originally Posted by AMforPM (Post 543868) It would probably do fine on game trails, though you would have to unhitch over logs. Ever read about settlers heading for Oregon taking apart their covered wagons and lowering them down impassable canyons, then floating them across the river at the bottom, hauling them up the other side, and rebuilding them? And they had to get their oxen down and up in slings. But carrying enough to live takes some doing, and a backpack won't hold it. If you were walking out this mule would be a big help. If you are a good off road biker, the bob would be nice.
Watch the video on the site. They seem to handle small logs just fine. The larger ones, you are right and would have to unhitch.

ernie85017 | 03-25-2007 08:34 PM
Re: Bugging out on foot? Bring the kitchen sink! I am thinking of keeping a mule and travois. Anyone know where you can get a travois?

RichG | 03-25-2007 10:09 PM
Re: Bugging out on foot? Bring the kitchen sink! Quote:
Originally Posted by ernie85017 (Post 550556) I am thinking of keeping a mule and travois. Anyone know where you can get a travois?
I think I have one in the shed next to my Cotton Gin.....anyone figure out how to get their cotton gin to work ?......:smokin:

Libertarian_Guard | 03-25-2007 10:36 PM
Re: Bugging out on foot? Bring the kitchen sink! Once you’re out of your dwelling and traipsing about trying to do your best imitation of an 1800’s mountain man ( or the equivalent of that, in whatever environment you happen to be in ) you’ll only need to survive for a few days - - because the odds don’t favor you making it longer than a week or ten days on your own with limited resources. Sometimes it is funny reading some of the posts here. A few days ago someone mentioned packing a guide book along in their “bugout bag” ……. Seriously, if you need to turn to chapter 14 in order to know what to do next, you’re in serious trouble!

R MacDonald | 03-26-2007 12:00 AM
Re: Bugging out on foot? Bring the kitchen sink! Quote:
Originally Posted by Libertarian_Guard (Post 550675) Once you’re out of your dwelling and traipsing about trying to do your best imitation of an 1800’s mountain man ( or the equivalent of that, in whatever environment you happen to be in ) you’ll only need to survive for a few days - - because the odds don’t favor you making it longer than a week or ten days on your own with limited resources. Sometimes it is funny reading some of the posts here. A few days ago someone mentioned packing a guide book along in their “bugout bag” ……. Seriously, if you need to turn to chapter 14 in order to know what to do next, you’re in serious trouble!
I definitely takes some real life staging. Anyone who claims to have a bug out bag, needs to spend some serious days if not weeks using it, before needing it. My family did it last year for over 5 months. Of course it was a wall tent and a whole support utility trailer, but comparable gear can be put on your backs if needed. Kifaru makes a good light tent and foldable stove.

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