Just got the generator back from a maintenance tune up. Slapped the Tri-fuel kit back on it. Had the gas line on the low pressure side extended so I can feed it from the local utility as long as that lasts.
After that I’ve got 2 100 lb cylinders of propane filled and ready to go. The 8kw unit I’ve got will run the entire house including the high efficiency central air system.
I’ve got a smaller 3000 watt Coleman I can haul around in the family truckster to power the local propane dealers pump, but I suspect he’s got one. If he does that little thing will be great trade bait.
3 60 gallon rain barrels catch the roof run off here. Got 8 or 10 pounds of Pool Shock to make bleach for sanitizing it, along with some other uses I dreamed up for the stuff. Won’t go into those here.
Shovels, picks, mattocks, mauls, axes, hatchets, machetes, and a chain saw for hand work. Got some pre-sized and cut sheets of 3/4 plywood pre drilled with screw holes to make the place look all boarded up and “nothing here” like. More persuasive means of getting ferals to move on are always close at hand.
Been working with a few like minded folk on the NPP, too. Nothing too obvious, of course. Is it perfect? Nope. Are there softer targets close by? Yep. Gonna suck to be them one day.
Hope all is well.
L
You done good Marine !!!
Power inverter on every truck ?
Cordwood for the wood stove ?
Solar yard lights that can be brought inside at night ?
Pressure Cooker with a copper coil to distill steam condensate from suspect h20 ?
Bicycles with key tools an common spares ?
Mk 1 Mod O barking alarm system , small, less feed per bark ?
Bed tanks on the trucks and OEM fuel tanks replaced for higher capacity ?
Bug Sprayers (new) converted with water saver shower heads for hygiene ?
Hand powered clothes wringer, wash tubs, clothes lines for laundry ?
Long wire directional AM & shortwave antenna aka stealth clothes line ?
Old microwave metal ammo cans, wrap in aluminum foil aka wif emp proof spares, relays, radios etc, protected against low emp only....?
Furniture, book shelves etc rearranged in points of entry to form kill channels ?
Paradigm screw in “duck bill” choke with #4 buck on yer 12 gauge ?
Black bedsheets and contractor bags with staple gun for light discipline ?
Medicinal Alcohol ...twofer, drink and pain management ?
Door jams reinforced, security bars ?
Real wine cellar with lambrusco an tocai (red / white) 365 bottles basic ?
Multi-purpose soaps such as Dr Bonners for clothes or body ?
Spare Shoes, clothing for kids as they grow ?
Hand and power tools with hardware and materials to fabricate or restore ?
Burn barrels and can crushers for waste disposal ?
............just some other stuff to ponder........:o)