16 SHTF Barter Items to Stockpile

SHTF Plan ^ | 3/15/12 | Tyler of Debt Reckoning

[Kartographer]

16 Things to Stockpile with High Barter Value

Cigarettes.

Soap.

Bullets.

Alcohol.

MREs.

Silver Coins.

Detergent.

Water bottles.

Matches and lighters.

Sugar.

Toilet paper.

Water Filters/Purifiers.

Bleach.

Batteries.

Candles.

[familyop]

Agreed that chest freezers and refrigerators are more efficient.

[Neidermeyer]

Question , can you make lye from charcoal ash or do you have to stick with wood ash?

[papertyger]

IIRC, this person was in an urban environment where sniping would be quite easy. I'm in a rural environment, only trees around us. I would think this would negate to some degree the danger of snipers. What do you think? Anyone?

I would think the only thing your location would negate is the "reason" a sniper would be there.

On the plus side, if you own the entirety of your AO, along with sufficient buffer, you could use dogs and or booby traps to give you a heads up on encroachments.

[papertyger]

And poodles—lots of poodles.

Are you INSANE?

In a true SHTF or WROL scenario, a man's entire value to his community, his wealth, his fitness to lead others will be determined by his stock of poodles, and his ability to deploy them in an emergency situation.

As the Roman General Tabascous wrote: Ic sum ergo poodle bow wow.....

[Kartographer]

Wood ash is my understanding.

[familyop]

Heh. Well said! I was referring to essential urban livestock, though. [Little humor there, but you did it better.]

[SwankyC]

I’m fairly sure he started that. Go ahead and delete my account. This board is full of disgusting people.

[esquirette]

How can you make bleach?

[dervish]

I thank you for the great job you are doing.

[CPT Clay]

You are right especial antibiotics. They will be GOLD.

What is shelf life of antibiotics, and are we able to stockpile them?

Is there a field expedient way to produce them?