Prepper tools

Vanity (hey, it's not a blog!) | 9/29/2012 | Outofsalt

[outofsalt]

1. Cutting tools;
Knives, hatchets axes, and saws. Several assorted with sharpening capabilities.
2. Cooking and eating tools;
Pots, pans utensils and storage, and at least two types of stove. (ie, rocket and solar)
3. Digging tools;
Spades, shovels, pick and digging bar, hoes
4. Carrying tools;
Buckets and jugs, baskets,bikes and carts.
5. Sanitation tools;
Sponges, steel wool, toothbrushes, brooms & mops, laundry tumbler.
6. Defensive tools;
Guns and ammo (of course) but also binoculars, a compass, several printed maps, walkie talkies.
7. Building tools;
Hammers, hand drills, fasteners (nails, screws, and glues), drivers such as wrenches and screwdrivers and a pry-bar.
8. Fishing & trapping;
A good assortment of poles, lines, lures, traps and cages. Hunting as well as rearing (ie chickens, rabbits) tools.
9. Clothing tools;
Supplies for mending sewing fabrics.
10. Lighting tools;
Candles, lanterns, matches, LED's with batteries, chargers and inverters.
Please ADD or EXPAND on these ideas?

[outofsalt]

What have I missed?

[GeronL]

Freeper don’t have a problem with blogs if they post articles in their entirety.
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Good list for basic survival

[driftdiver]

James Rawles has a list of lists on his Survivalblog site.

http://www.survivalblog.com/listoflists.xls

He goes into more detail but I’ve found it useful.

[outofsalt]

Many bark at vanities...
Hey, I need a dog!
I love hand tools. My multitool is always close. I’m looking for ideas.

[mountainlion]

Digging tools should include a backhoe for the shoot and shovel bunch.

[outofsalt]

Rope and wire are on his list! Duh!
I’m thinking essential tools for this tread..?
Hand pumps just dawned on me!

[driftdiver]

Your list is a great start.

[Any Fate But Submission]

In a real TEOTWAWKI you must survive three things: 1. The event if immediately hazardous, 2. The anarchy, looting murdering starving raping etc. 3. The long term where you must grow your own food.

1 & 2 can be accomplished with a fully serviced (air, water, sewer, heat, stored food and fuel) basement below a fireproof house or a shelter. In any case it must not be discoverable by starving gangs out to take whatever they can find. This could be from 3 mo to a year.

3 is where you need the tools. Read how people lived 100 years ago without electricity. They made their own tools. They were wizards at making things work, it is what made this country great. Plan now for the land you need to grow what you need. Add the soil amendments now so the soil is right when you need it. Plant, harvest and then save seeds from NON-HYBRID plants. If you wait until TEOTWAWKI to do all of this you and your family will not make it.

Good luck.

[driftdiver]

Something else I would add is the materials to maintain the tools. Lubricants, cleaning materials, sharpeners for the edged tools.

[outofsalt]

Thank you.
I need to back up my power tools with good old style tried and true. An old hand mower might be good to find.

[Kartographer]

Knowledge tools? Books, Small computers like Ipad, Galaxy Tab or a Nexus filled with DIY books and videos and of course a means to charged them.

[Kartographer]

Preppers’ PING!!

[outofsalt]

Lubricants! Sharpeners were obvious, lubricants I’d missed.

[SgtHooper]

Since you are just getting started, you might have a relatively short timeline in which to get prepared. You need to prioritize your purchases based on the immediacy of your needs. First, and perhaps equals, are food and armament. Without these, you are toast anyway. Think of your existence in blocks of days or weeks. Within days you’ll need water. Within weeks you need food and armaments, as the zombies may not get to you until a week or so after the event, depending on where you live. The medical, communications, come next. So you can make this priortized list according to where you live and your budget. If in a city, the zombies may be at your door in 2-3 days; if in the country, it may be weeks. If in the country, your water needs may already be met by a well, so your existence for 3 days is covered and perhaps your need for guns, as well, since the zombies will ravage the cities first. And so on.

[Chickensoup]

1 & 2 can be accomplished with a fully serviced (air, water, sewer, heat, stored food and fuel) basement below a fireproof house or a shelter. In any case it must not be discoverable by starving gangs out to take whatever they can find. This could be from 3 mo to a year.

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How will any shelter not be discoverable. There are drones and eyes in the skies. There is no place to hide.

[Chickensoup]

bttt

[JRandomFreeper]

An old hand mower might be good to find.

To hell with that. If the city wasn't a jerk about it, mine wouldn't get mowed now. If it's SHTF time, I'd consider goats to keep the grass down.

/johnny

[Stonewall Jackson]

With your fishing gear, I'd recommend a trotline. You can set it in the morning, check it at noon, and then again in the evening. Make sure it is firmly secured and it can provide you with a steady supply of catfish and turtles.

Just be careful using it in anything other than a TEOTWAWKI situation, as trotlines are illegal in many states.

[outofsalt]

Thanks Sgt but I’m not a newby. I’ve done the primary needs and wanted to consider self sustainance by rounding out with some non power tools.

Any newbies please start at the begining! Water, food shelter. Knowledge is something you always need to add.