Any fellow survivalists utilize their truck?

Sub'd. Awesome stuff guys

 

Thanks, always glad to pick up a cool skill like that.

 

Oh ya seriously man I always like to learn something new like that

 

I have a couple bottles of it. Life lesson with it though. Take it and put it in a more durable bottle. Well, if you can just change the top/cap. Heres why, out of 4 bottles, EVERY ONE OF THEM leaked or broke causing lots of additional cleanup that I was not expecting. From my 5th bottle on, I started using other bottles for them.

 

I have camp suds which is pretty much the same thing. I use it for everything. Washing hands, pots and pans, or the rest of your body hahaha

 

Not a taco thing but a living thing:

Our power was out earlier this week for about 2.5 days. We hooked up our Champion 4kW generator and lived ok. Fridge, gas furnace, a couple lamps, and TV going. We keep the prep gear in labeled kit bags, or at least most of it. We used a camp oven to heat food and perk coffee. We are back on well, so that was a problem. We used about 4 gallons of stored water a day for cooking, hygiene, and flushing.

Between now and Christmas, we'll get another Champion with remote electric start for running interior electrical and use the current Champion for the well. May switch that around, too, well genny only needs to run when cooking, showering, and flushing.

 

I just make my own. All you need to do is kill a bear (or pig), render the fat, and leech the potassium hydroxide (lye) out of the ashes by pouring water on it. Mix the two and pour into a mold...bam, real ash soap. It's also good for other things if you backyard chemist.

(you can also use the rendered fat as boot grease or waterproof pretty much anything. Do not use bacon renderings on your boots, or you may be tempted to eat them)

I was kind of curious how those cheaper generators did. I also have a well and need to get one...

 

Furnace? Psh. I want a generator that will power an air conditioner. Florida...oy vey.

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same here. We had rolling blackouts two summers ago due to everyone running their AC because it was so hot.

 

The Hondas are really nice. My Dad picked up a real nice genny but it was on the loud side. We were able to come up with a custom muffler that almost cut the Db in half. It also has a flat surface with lid that could be used for cooking/heating up food when having a fire was not practical. I will try to get a pic from him as he is in MA and I am CO.

 

That's close to my worst nightmare. Add anything relating to spiders and I would die.

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that is tits ^

 

Bet it works good. I was in 29 palms and the AC went out. Took a fan put it infront of the open freezer door, cranked it as low as it would go. Worked better then any of us expected.

 

Haha that's some serious ingenuity right there.
That's great.

 

Or, buy a 6k btu room air conditioner. Keep it handy until the power is out and install in a bedroom. Power with your generator when the grid is down/ hurricane season. End of season, room air is about 50% off. A half-ton of cold dry air beats 0.01 ton of more humid cold air.

 

YESSSS!!!

 

Dudes, you need to go to Going Gear and check out their Cyber Monday deals.

SureFire P2X 500 lumen lights for $41 off and free shipping. Crazy good deals and a great group of guys to work with.

www.goinggear.com

If I didn't already have a P2X, I'd get one...hell...I may get another for this price. There are other SureFire, Nitecore, Olight, etc. deals, too.

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Thanks for passing that on -- on it as we speak!!!

 

Happy to help!

I've got a new P2X coming my way. Figure I'll keep this one in the truck. Who doesn't need 500 lumens with them at all times?!

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Ha! Thats even better than the ones I saw in Georgia growing up. Usually it was just a exit hole cut in the styrofoam. That gutter downspout is genius, especially if its vector-able.