Growing up very poor, you learn to improvise and adapt. My Father did as well.
We had the best merry go round in our yard. It was the rear axel of a 53 Plymouth, buried with the one end sticking out of the ground. A 16 ft Plank bolted to the rim and that thing would fly.
Prepping is more about sustainability than stockpiling.
The walk in and freezer is so we don’t lose the meat if a cow goes down. This way we can dress and hang them even in the hottest weather. The butcher shops are usually busy and can’t squeeze in or deal with injured animals.
It hurts to throw over 1,000 lbs of meat on the compost pile.
The entire unit was less than $2,000 at auction and is in excellent condition, including compressors.
We have Amish neighbors that run their refrigeration compressors on diesel engines. If there is a way to adapt and overcome an obstacle, it will be done. It’s more fun than work.
Heck, even my Dewalt shop saw runs on air. Adapt and overcome.
A 45 tray sheet pan cart from the bakery makes the best dehydrator. With a little modification it is also an egg incubator.
I look at things based upon potential, not a pile of scrap.
Merry go round - that’s fancy.
I had a sack swing tied to a tree limb, and a broomstick horse after the broom end was worn out. There was hole drilled in one end and a rope through that for the reins.
like the raised garden beds my husband made...48' by 44" by 24" high....11 of them....out of free pallets...he'll make more next year...