Re: Prepping. Would you be ready?
[Re: GREENCOUNTYPETE]
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03/16/23 01:52 PM
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Green County aviation fuel has a 5 year shelf life. It's what I run at 32 to1 mixed in all of my 2 cycle equipment. I never have gummed up carbs good to know I don't really have a good way to store longer than a few months and other things are going to run out at or before a few months. there is a limit to the time money and effort one can afford to put into being ready. I may look into AV gas we have a small grass strip air port near by that I think has fuel. but mostly I just buy 91 octane E-free at the pump and store it in poly cans with ez-pour hard caps or spouts most of my stuff calls for a 50 to 1 so that is what I have been mixing 50 to 1 works just like running your car a quart low on oil work according to my local saw shop that ports and jets saw. I think the 50 to 1 is an epa thing but may be.wrong 32 to one and it's lubed better. Ave gas also has lead so lubricates better. You may need to tune your carb to run it. It burns cooler and you won't stink Iike you have been running a 2 stroke after running with it. Off to go burn some now in my old 361.
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Re: Prepping. Would you be ready?
[Re: Leftlane]
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03/16/23 02:09 PM
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Tony- there are a few things you'd want to stalk up on. Either that or learn to take your corn from a jar like they do on Rocky Top LOL[/font] I have apples to make hard cider.Other fruits and berries to make wine.
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Re: Prepping. Would you be ready?
[Re: Marty]
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03/17/23 12:14 PM
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someone explain this prepping thing to me, please.. it is a new-er name for having your house in order keeping the supplies you need day to day some cash some tools some water some food some skills they might have used to call this common sense everything our ancestors did when the convenience store and urgent care/ER weren't a 5-10 minute drive 24/7 one thing a lot of people actually overlook is having your documents in order birth certificates , ss cards , insurance documents , trusts , wills , medical power of attorney having all that in a portable yet secure place and in plastic bags inside the storage you use having copies , much easier now when you can easily have your own phot copier at your house , no a copy isn't the original but it gives you all the info you need to get new originals , contact info for the agents , policy numbers ect... I was talking with a lady who's aunt and uncle had a tornado they had all their stuff organized but in a small fire safe , the neighbors did find the fire safe and returned it to them the next day as they were all going through debris they had a lot of wet documents she took them to her house and laid them out on every flat surface she had to get them dry , had to peel them apart very carefully I worked for a place that the office burned , it was over the shop and it was a crazy hot fire , melt the heads of the big air compressor to a puddle on the floor hot , the fire resistant file cabinets that didn't break open when they fell through the floor everything was mostly in tact , some singed edges spent weeks photo copying things a Manilla envelope or card stock folder inside a 2 gallon zip lock bag seems to be about the best , things in plastic like owners manuals that came with equipment the plastic melted but the folder or envelope kept it from ruining the documents in side. no air means no fire , think about trying to burn a catalog in a fire the middle where the pages are tight to each other doesn't want to burn. having a set of those important documents where you shelter is not a bad idea.
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: Prepping. Would you be ready?
[Re: patrapperbuster]
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03/17/23 03:37 PM
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not everyone lives in the back woods and has a trapping cabin...but you know that.
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Re: Prepping. Would you be ready?
[Re: Boco]
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03/17/23 03:50 PM
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So who doesnt have all that stuff and more at their trapping cabins all the time? it appears at least 81% of Canadians and 80% of Americans probably much more than that
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America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: Prepping. Would you be ready?
[Re: patrapperbuster]
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03/17/23 04:32 PM
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You mean 80% on here dont trap? lol.
Then your best bet to prepare would be to move from La La Land.
Last edited by Boco; 03/17/23 04:35 PM.
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Re: Prepping. Would you be ready?
[Re: Boco]
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03/17/23 04:39 PM
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You mean 80% on here dont trap? lol. well I was specifically using the percent of people who live urban in both countries there are for sure people rural with no supplies or skills either there might be a few in urban areas with some level of it as for people who have trapping cabins probably much lower than that , I am in farm country , fields and little patches of woods and creeks and swamps for a long ways , but very few cabins . do most of my trapping within 200 yards of barns often closer
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: Prepping. Would you be ready?
[Re: GREENCOUNTYPETE]
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03/17/23 04:42 PM
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You mean 80% on here dont trap? lol. well I was specifically using the percent of people who live urban in both countries there are for sure people rural with no supplies or skills either there might be a few in urban areas with some level of it as for people who have trapping cabins probably much lower than that , I am in farm country , fields and little patches of woods and creeks and swamps for a long ways , but very few cabins . do most of my trapping within 200 yards of barns often closer Youll be the first ones to croak. Move North..You will then be prepared naturally at all times.
Last edited by Boco; 03/17/23 04:43 PM.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Prepping. Would you be ready?
[Re: Providence Farm]
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03/17/23 04:44 PM
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Not a prepper by any means, but I have used this thing A LOT! Saving money with it and backing up in addition to making great meals for camping, fishing, etc. What size is yours? I got an email and they now have one that can do 32lb but it's 5k. My consern is how it will hold up. Long term. Do a lot of research before you pull the trigger on that unit. A friend bought one. He's gone through three pumps now so it sits on his counter collecting dust...
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Re: Prepping. Would you be ready?
[Re: Boco]
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03/17/23 05:40 PM
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well I was specifically using the percent of people who live urban in both countries
there are for sure people rural with no supplies or skills either
there might be a few in urban areas with some level of it
as for people who have trapping cabins probably much lower than that , I am in farm country , fields and little patches of woods and creeks and swamps for a long ways , but very few cabins .
do most of my trapping within 200 yards of barns often closer
Youll be the first ones to croak. Move North..You will then be prepared naturally at all times. Maybe , but that kind of event is very unlikely , I would love to move north well not into Canada always wanted to but my family is in WI the much more normal events are tornados , storms , and stuff we have quite well covered. no point in worrying too much , do what you can do farm country is nice , I get downer beef and plenty of firewood to cut , some stuff to trap and farms that want nuances animals gone. I have places to shoot and hunt and fish. wife isn't opposed to moving when the last of the kids is out of school. we might go a bit farther north but it will be in WI
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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