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joelcolorado
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:55 am    Post subject: Re: I Buys Me a Shed for a Cabin---PICTURES! Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote

I had to take survival training and it came in handy with times of two weeks without supply. Its very difficult to live off of any land. The jungles were the easiest but we could not fire our weapons so had to catch monkeys and small rodents with snares due to noise restrictions. There is plenty to eat there if you know what to eat.

Here in the states, I had a hard time doing it in the areas we trained in. One thing about it, ppl will be REALLY thin if this goes down. I challenge anyone contemplating this to try it for a week.

I too am a hunter but the deer and other wildlife will soon disappear if this happens as EVERYONE will be out killing them. DUH...thats what happned in the 30's. My grandfather trapped possums and got $1 for the hide and $1 for the meat.

I have eaten possum and coon and beaver and they aint bad. But there is a limited supply and keeping the meat for any length of time is the challenge.

Go out there to your spot, take a knife and .22 and try if for a week or two. Its fun but scary too.

As for the water tank. everyone used to have one out here in kansas. They strained the water thru a cloth. Dad said yes it tasted funny but you were used to it. As for bugs and droppings, YUP, part of the deal. But we are talking survivial here. I have drank lots worse.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:46 pm    Post subject: Re: I Buys Me a Shed for a Cabin---PICTURES! Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote

Heineken wrote:

Your water tank is interesting, PeakOiler. How much does it cost, including delivery? How do you keep the water in it from going bad? (For drinking purposes, I mean.) Do you add a little chlorine? Or do you treat or boil or filter water you remove from the tank, if you want to drink it? I assume the tank is filled with runoff from a roof. Doesn't that add particulates to the water (bits of leaves, twigs, bugs, etc.), which then proceed to rot? Maybe there's a filter at the intake, but when water is rushing in from a rainfall, a fine filter wouldn't have time to handle the load. How do you remove sediment that accumulates at the bottom of the tank? Can it be turned on its side and the inside washed out with a hose? (How heavy is it, when empty?)

Please teach us more about the water tank.


Some of the answers to your questions can be found in the Rainwater Collection Thread Page 5.

When the tank is empty, one healthy adult can tip it over and roll it.

I'll finish answering your questions in an update to that thread later this weekend.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:09 pm    Post subject: Re: I Buys Me a Shed for a Cabin---PICTURES! Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote

Thanks PO. I think I will have to get one of those.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:49 pm    Post subject: Re: I Buys Me a Shed for a Cabin---PICTURES! Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote

Heineken wrote:
Thanks PO. I think I will have to get one of those.


You're welcome, Heineken.
I finished answering your Q's in the rainwater collection thread.
Even if you don't plumb a tank to your shed, you can always use one at your house.
Watch out! Rainwater collection can be addicting! Smile
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:02 am    Post subject: Re: I Buys Me a Shed for a Cabin---PICTURES! Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote

ROFL! Big Tex , cool silverdeer theme, esp last line!
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:20 pm    Post subject: Re: I Buys Me a Shed for a Cabin---PICTURES! Add User to Ignore List Reply with quote

Heineken, you're living the dream!!! I'm so envious!!! Very Happy
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