Tools you may need!

HRDWRK · Mar 13, 2020

When people think of prepping they often only think of food!

Hand tools are some of the best prep if the power goes out!

An old bit and brace.!
Pry bars.
Sledge hammer, one large and one small
Miter box and saw
Tree saws.

Some of the best tools I have found is from auctions!
Good tools that have been well used, most are cheap because the newer generation are not interested in working with the hands.

What tools to you have for when those power tools won't work.

Bertfish · Mar 13, 2020

Tunneling bar. I've done so much stuff with one of those.

Me and my father in law are the kings of brutal hand tools. Sledge hammers crow bars anything.

Doco Overboard · Mar 13, 2020

You can do a lot of things very quickly with a sharp chisel.
Like cut a gain on a wood utility pole or remove some wood to avoid swapping out too short a bolt.

brownspotz · Mar 13, 2020

A pistol, because I'll take your tools and food from you

Doco Overboard · Mar 13, 2020

brownspotz said:
A pistol, because I'll take your tools and food from you

I bet you couldn't could pull a greasy string from a sick cats ass even with your pistol.

4g64loser · Mar 13, 2020

hand tools are good. handguns are better!

If stuff really does grind down, I plan to spend the inevitable period of stupidity catching up on range time, reloading (yes, mechanical tools), and reading.

HRDWRK · Mar 13, 2020

brownspotz said:
A pistol, because I'll take your tools and food from you

Be careful to not write a check your ass can not cash!

4g64loser said:
hand tools are good. handguns are better!

If stuff really does grind down, I plan to spend the inevitable period of stupidity catching up on range time, reloading (yes, mechanical tools), and reading.

Burning up your stores of ammo to practice, will not be what I want to do..

Reading is always a must! If you have real books and not electronics!

Which would be a whole new thread.. Of what books to have on hand.. Wshtf

outrider58 · Mar 13, 2020

Doco Overboard said:
I bet you couldn't could pull a greasy string from a sick cats ass even with your pistol.

...nor a sock from a Dachshund's arse...

4g64loser said:
hand tools are good. handguns are better!

If stuff really does grind down, I plan to spend the inevitable period of stupidity catching up on range time, reloading (yes, mechanical tools), and reading.

HRDWRK said:
...Burning up your stores of ammo to practice, will not be what I want to do..

We learned this a few years ago. Now we have piles of .22

GunBum · Mar 13, 2020

I have tons of old hand tools handed down from the last 4 generations to me. Until I learned how to sharpen plane blades, chisels, and hand saws.... well, before that, they were single use items. Use of old tools involves more than making them do things. You need to be able to maintain them too.

randomuser · Mar 13, 2020

Doco Overboard said:
I bet you couldn't could pull a greasy string from a sick cats ass even with your pistol.

You gotta shoot the cat first.

Alphabrew · Mar 14, 2020

What’s a good place to get a fire department Halligan Bar? I’ve always wanted one and it looks pretty useful.

systemmaster · Mar 14, 2020

http://https://www.thefirestore.com/store/category.aspx/categoryId/935/Halligans-Pry-Tools/#/orderby/9

Also, Amazon periodically has then in stock. I've seen a Estwing version on there.

Aside from breaching, also works great at breaking up pallets.

Blacksmith101 · Mar 14, 2020

systemmaster said:
http://https://www.thefirestore.com/store/category.aspx/categoryId/935/Halligans-Pry-Tools/#/orderby/9

Also, Amazon periodically has then in stock. I've seen a Estwing version on there.

Aside from breaching, also works great at breaking up pallets.

My favored breaching tool.

Pick up a block and tackle along with rope and a snatch block so you can lift and move heavy things. Learn the correct way to reeve a block:
https://www.samselsupply.com/HTReeveManila.html

Alphabrew · Mar 15, 2020

systemmaster said:
http://https://www.thefirestore.com/store/category.aspx/categoryId/935/Halligans-Pry-Tools/#/orderby/9

Also, Amazon periodically has then in stock. I've seen a Estwing version on there.

Aside from breaching, also works great at breaking up pallets.

The Estwing Rexit looks awesome! A wall is only a wall if it doesn’t have a hole in it!

Gordon · Mar 15, 2020

I have a good and well used collection of hand tools.

Blacksmith101 · Mar 15, 2020

Good books on hand tools:

WORKING WITH HAND TOOLS: Essential Techniques for Woodworking
https://www.hamiltonbook.com/working-with-hand-tools-essential-techniques-for-woodworking-paperbound

METALWORKING: Old-Fashioned Tools, Materials, and Processes for the Handyman
https://www.hamiltonbook.com/metalw...als-and-processes-for-the-handyman-paperbound

4g64loser · Mar 15, 2020

I didn't say that I'd burn up my whole supply. The simple fact is that I work a lot and if for some bravo sierra reason we have an enforced "no work" period I plan to hit the range.

As for electronic reading, I prefer paper. Tried a family member's reading tablet (kindle i think) for about half an hour. No thanks.

HRDWRK · Mar 15, 2020

4g64loser said:
I didn't say that I'd burn up my whole supply. The simple fact is that I work a lot and if for some bravo sierra reason we have an enforced "no work" period I plan to hit the range.

As for electronic reading, I prefer paper. Tried a family member's reading tablet (kindle i think) for about half an hour. No thanks.

Blacksmith101 · Mar 15, 2020

4g64loser said:
I didn't say that I'd burn up my whole supply. The simple fact is that I work a lot and if for some bravo sierra reason we have an enforced "no work" period I plan to hit the range.

As for electronic reading, I prefer paper. Tried a family member's reading tablet (kindle i think) for about half an hour. No thanks.

Those links are for ordering printed on paper books. Electronic books are to likely to disappear in a real SHTF emergency.

This company HamiltonBook.com LLC is a good source for discount books and has a single flat rate $4.00 charge for shipping no matter how many books you order.
https://www.hamiltonbook.com/

Alea Jacta Est · Mar 16, 2020

Blacksmith101 said:
Those links are for ordering printed on paper books. Electronic books are to likely to disappear in a real SHTF emergency.

This company HamiltonBook.com LLC is a good source for discount books and has a single flat rate $4.00 charge for shipping no matter how many books you order.
https://www.hamiltonbook.com/

Libraries...personal collections of books are gonna come back in style.

While I’d hate to use a vintage MaxBrand for arsewipe, the third time I read one, well...

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