What say you to this question, and why!

Tow strap......for obvious resons...

Your own brain loaded with common sense covered with a helmet!

Quit being lazy and make it poll for Christ's sake!

YOu must have me mistaken for Hozzy!

What i want is for people to think about this, and then give an answer with some reason behind it, not just a check box to check.

I have an answer I got straight from Neil at that last ASA meeting. But i want to hear more from everyone else, before i post it up here!

Fair enough>

When you say equipment do you mean "OHV". Or does education and or safe riding/driving practices count as equipment?

What ever is most Important to you to be safe.

COMMUNICATIONS, whether it's a working cell phone, car to base radio or other form of radio, and GPS (and of course knowing how to use it).

Definitely the human brain filled with common sense. NOTHING can replace it.

Gotta agree with Lucky7, your brain- charged up, sober ( when riding), and ready for use!

A bunch of you beat me to it!



I'll add:

First aid kit
radio or cell phone
GPS
bag of tools
2 tow ropes
twine
small piece of rubber sheet
spare CV
spare fuses
couple pieces of wire
multimeter




if going into Baja, then add:

2-4 gal of water
food or snacks
sleeping bags
5 gal of fuel
1 or 2 spare tires
tire patch kit
CO2 tank
jack
impact wrench

Lots of good answers here. Keep em coming!

Common Sense is #1... all the safety equiptment in the world can not help you if you dont have any common sense!

another person.....someone who knows where your going and when you should be back,someone to help in an emergency...

a very good leader

I gotta agree with nextasex - comm but we go over our hand signals and pratice them before we go on a ride, aside from the obvious - flags, helmets, good com is vital.

I agree with Hoverman. Need to be with someone and not alone!

Lucky7 and Hoverman both...

Plan your ride, ride your plan (from my old diving days) - tell someone where you're going, and stick to the plan of going there.....

what else ya got?

A friend........buddy system works out pretty good.

Common sense seems to be the consensus answer, and I have to agree it's gotta be #1... but it's not technically a piece of equipment.

I'm going to say a cell phone. Even with a group, it might take someone twenty minutes or more just to get back to civilization and call for help. That's a third of the "golden hour" lost right there, if someone is seriously injured. Add to that the average response time of EMS to the dunes... Plus most new phones have a 911-GPS feature, I dunno if Imperial County or BLM can access it but it's there.

Second answer would be a first-aid kit.

Cold ones in the 6-pack rack?


Just kidding.

I carry a back pack always packed with small tool kit, water, tow strap, some type of weather cover, some compressed fire fuel, hat, eye cover (shades), TP, GPS/compass, small jumper cables, and a healthy sense of respect for the environment I may find myself in.

id say a cell phone with the ranger # programed in
a gps so u can tell them where u are
and a whip flag

also never hurts if u are going out in a small group to make sure others in camp know u are out and how long u plan to be out and have each others #

GPS
Cell Phone
Tow strap
Water
Thats what I can fit in my back pack,
most important COMMON SENSE.

COMMON SENSE
a buddy
COMMON SENSE
cell phone
COMMON SENSE
GPS
COMMON SENSE

For those of you born without the common sense gene,
bring a buddy with the gene to kick you in the nuts before
you do something stupid.

After using them for a while, I'd say race radios are a very valuable piece of comms gear. You can talk to others in camp more reliably than a cell phone. I do carry a cell phone, race radio and GPS in case someone runs out of talent or common sense.


I've also noticed that a number of catastrophic crashes occur immediately after your buddy says, "Here, hold my beer." So if you refuse to hold his beer, you might actually help prevent his catastrophic crash.

Another factor in a lot of these crazy crashes seems to be video cameras. All of the videos I've seen on the net had one common denominator. There was someone videotaping. Both of these bits of advice could possibly save your buddy's life.




But, if you'd rather just post the video on youtube...


make sure you post the link here!

nicely said Socal

especially the 'post the link here' part

Socal,
Maybe a dumb question, What would the rubber sheet be for??

Your Wife to keep you in line

i have a survival radio in my car. needs no batterys, has a call phone charger, fancy lights, siren, bla bla bla.

wear all your safety gear period !!!!!!! zero excuses !!! buddy system

have water food and gps always


go have fun

Word! Wouldn't want to hit "cruise control" on your quad... [I'm won't go into details.]

Booze?

Your rearview mirror in the daylight can be seen for miles across the dunes. I used this method for help once and it works like a charm.

Beer cooler..

Good friends

Well, for those of you that said "your brain" congrats! I would guess you'll be happily duning for many a year to come!

Neil Hamada passed this along to me at the last ASA meeting i attended. I case you don't know who Neil is, just click on the link below. He is one of the nicest guys you'll meet in the dunes, and one of the most knowledgable too!

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/employee_...l_hamada.1.html



Nothing can keep you safer than the decision to use your head. Happy duning to everyone!!!

defitnely common sense.

How about brain/common sense. Obvious reasons.

A sawzall to hack up the so that me and the kid dont starve waiting for help!!!!!

a gun...phone, and a slow ride to readjust to how the dunes are formed/changed since last visit
and a cooler full of cold beer. Oh heck..this is a hard topic..there is soo many things to bring.
I would say though my number one pick would be somebody else who knows the place as well.....knows which hospitals/resources are where...etc.

well being that I ride a quad I'm limited on what I can carry on my back pack. I normally carry the following:

1. common sense ( just enough for me).
2. cell phone ( fully charged).
3. gps (fresh batteries).
4. water
5. first aid kit
6. tow strap wrapped around the rear bumper.
7. hat
8. sunglasses
9. leather man (multi tool).
10. tie wraps.
11. NEVER LEAVE FOR A RIDE WITHOUT TOPING OFF THE FUEL.

For us, I make sure we have all of the proper medications that we MUST take on a regualr basis. That, with the knowledge and know how of CPR and a good first aid kit, we are good to go. I also make sure that those of us with allergies to medications always let people we are with know, in case of an accident.


For instance (and future reference) Bustin B's is allergic to penicillin. I tried to write it on his forehead once, but he got all mad. He got all mad!

Can't agree more.

Here's an example of an ORV Accident and rescue where Good Comms and the REACT Helo made a big difference.
http://www.papasys.com/showthread.php?t=507

X2

Always good to know what your friends conditions are, one of the first responders first questions will be "what meds are they on, allergies?" Always a good idea to have some form of simple sugar in the first aid kit, diabetes is more and more common these days. Unfortunately CPR will almost be pointless in a remote location in the case of an infarction, drowning won't be likely in the desert.

8ft whip on the roof, or longer.

I agree with ol Lucky 7

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