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Doomsday Bug-Out Bunker

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  • Travis thinks the best way to survive Armageddon is by staying mobile. The Rednecks goal is to create a doomsday shelter thats bulletproof and blast-proof, thats completely mobile, and that can be carried and assembled by four guys with backpacks.
  • The first step is to create the perfect backpack that can turn into a shelter. Daddy shows them some waterproof barrels he has in the back and the guys begin to bullet-proof their frame.
  • Charles
  • Pete Erbach hiking with the doomsday backpack. The packs all have parts of a Kevlar tent that, when combined, will make a doomsday shelter. Inside, the barrels hold materials, clothes, weapons, and three days of survival supplies.
  • The guys design a bulletproof bunker thats portable and can be broken down into a series of backpacks. But when the local prepping group challenges them to a field test, can the Redneck Preppers keep one step ahead of a roving gang of Mad-Max-style marauders? Sloth Team Six consisting of John Stark, Michael
  • Michael Taylor protecting the team from the marauders using a paintball gun.
  • The guys head deep into the woods. Daddy and Travis agree that the safest place to be in some form of disaster is away from crowds and away from cities.
  • It's time to deploy the secret weapon. The team transforms the doomsday shelter in the doomsday boat.
  • When the Sloth marauders attack again, the guys float down the river to safety on their doomsday boat.

  • The Framework

    Photograph by Flight 33/NGC

    Travis thinks the best way to survive Armageddon is by staying mobile. The Redneck’s goal is to create a doomsday shelter that’s bulletproof and blast-proof, that’s completely mobile, and that can be carried and assembled by four guys with backpacks.

  • Bulletproof Builders

    Photograph by Flight 33/NGC

    The first step is to create the perfect backpack that can turn into a shelter.  Daddy shows them some waterproof barrels he has in the back and the guys begin to bullet-proof their frame.

  • Testing Out the Pack

    Photograph by Flight 33/NGC

     Charles "Daddy" Taylor wearing the doomsday backpack in his garage.

  • Doomsday Backpack

    Photograph by Flight 33/NGC

    Pete Erbach hiking with the doomsday backpack. The packs all have parts of a Kevlar tent that, when combined, will make a doomsday shelter. Inside, the barrels hold materials, clothes, weapons, and three days of survival supplies.

  • Sloth Team Six

    Photograph by Flight 33/NGC

    The guys design a bulletproof bunker that’s portable and can be broken down into a series of backpacks. But when the local prepping group challenges them to a field test, can the Redneck Preppers keep one step ahead of a roving gang of Mad-Max-style marauders? Sloth Team Six consisting of John Stark, Michael "Sloth" Slaten, Greg Brown, and Alex Brown act as the gang of marauders pursuing the Rocket City Redneck Team.

  • Marauder Patrol

    Photograph by Flight 33/NGC

    Michael Taylor protecting the team from the marauders using a paintball gun.

  • Taking a Hike

    Photograph by Flight 33/NGC

    The guys head deep into the woods. Daddy and Travis agree that the safest place to be in some form of disaster is away from crowds and away from cities.

  • Backpack Boats

    Photograph by Flight 33/NGC

    It's time to deploy the secret weapon. The team transforms the doomsday shelter in the doomsday boat.

  • The Raft

    Photograph by Flight 33/NGC

    When the Sloth marauders attack again, the guys float down the river to safety on their doomsday boat.

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