If you are like most folks that own an automobile and drive it regularly for work, play or the innumerable other tasks that make up modern life chances are you rarely give your tires much thought unless they’re going to cost you: cost you money, when it is time to replace a worn out set, …
For those of us who have a personally owned vehicle, it likely factors heavily into our plans. It will serve as a linchpin during bug out and evacuation efforts as well as a mobile resupply point and erstwhile shelter while underway. Although common consumer vehicles will work well enough for our purposes, they are not …
The hatchet, the smaller cousin to the full size felling ax, is probably the most important tool that any prepper can have for outdoor adventures, coming in second only to a good bushcrafting knife. Like all edged tools, hatchets will wear down with use, losing chopping efficiency and forcing you to use more effort and …
Illinois is a state that has long been known for corruption, increasingly draconian anti-gun ownership laws and Byzantine legal proceedings that put everyday folks through the wringer. None of that has changed, but it might surprise you to know that Illinois does, nominally, have self-defense laws on the books that permit citizens to protect themselves …
Gardening is an enjoyable pastime that millions of people partake in, but for preppers, gardening is more than just an enterprise to help you while away spare time and weekends for bragging rights when you produce a few pieces of pristine fruit or veggies. For millennia, large and small scale gardening has been integral to …
Missouri’s laws concerning pepper and other defensive sprays are pretty much wide open for citizens. There is no restriction on the type, quantity or formula of defensive sprays and they may be bought and sold freely. In fact, one of the very few laws they even have on the books concerning the subject is in …
A big part of being prepared is being ready, genuinely ready, to react to trouble, whatever form it might take. You could be facing a personal crisis, a natural disaster or a man-made catastrophe with little to no time to plan, much less gather needed equipment. For that reason, when trouble strikes and you need …
All of our food preps are basically fuel preps, but instead of fuel for a generator or our vehicles our food serves as fuel, calories, for our bodies. Just like all of our other devices that require a certain amount of fuel to function, it is worth considering how many calories our bodies need for …
Oregon is a curious case of eccentric or odd self-defense laws. On the one hand, the state has no explicitly stated, clarified or otherwise codified by case law provision that is commonly termed the stand-your-ground law. On the other hand, Oregon is possessed of generally sturdy and reliable self-defense laws that are clearly stated. Unfortunately, …
When the time comes to hit the road and get out of dodge, most of us will depend on our vehicle to ferry us through the chaos to a safe destination. The vehicle we choose for the task, our bug-out vehicle, might be a daily driver or a purpose-built survival machine that can tackle anything …
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