Bug Out Gas

[ronaldrwl]

I've read a lot about what food, ammo and general supplies to take but what about gas for the car? How much gas are you planning to have on hand and take with you in a 'bug out' scenario? It seems gas would be the hardest to stock up on and transport.

[Great-Kazoo]

You should be able to reach your destination on 1 tank of fuel with enough left for side trips.

[hatidua]

When I still had a home in Florida, I kept 20 gallons (4x five gallon jugs) on hand and ended up needing those on three separate events (Frances, Jeanne, Ivan). 20 gallons was enough to get me far enough out of the affected area to find a station to refill - all local gas stations were dry 48 hours before impact.

[soldier-of-the-apocalypse]

I have 150 gallons of pure veggie oil and 200 gallons of waste oil that needs to be filtered but since diesel is so expensive right now my 110 gallon transfer tank is empty but the oil gives me 6300 miles of range so that's pretty good plus I never go under 1/2 tank in my truck so that is another 200- 400 miles

[redneck122]

Luckily i don't hardly ever have to drive it, so I keep my jeep full (around 18 gallons) and have 4 five gal jugs full to toss in the back. Rotate the gas every 3 months, and use Stabil.

[jmg8550]

If you are using Stabil, couldn't you rotate your fuel supply yearly? I thought Stabil was good for 1 year?

[Wulf202]

I've used double dose stabilized gas two years later, stored in a shed.

Currently hunting a diesel so I can use WMO

[jmg8550]

What is WMO?

[DFBrews]

Waste Motor Oil... plays hell on the systems after extended use from what i have seen and there is no way to run it in a newer engine it will destroy the injectors

[jmg8550]

That's what I thought it stood for. I've just never heard of running a diesel on motor oil intentionally. I've only seen them run on it when they were running away. Consuming it's own oil.