monkeylizard

Devil's spawn baby is just another day at the office for that dude.

  This. If you'll build your supplies as a variety over time instead of one bulk item at a time, you'll be better able to rotate your stock and you'll be better prepared if you need to use it before you're done totally stocking up. You could go buy 1,000 pounds of beans and nothing else. Or you could buy 100 lbs of rice, 50 lbs of beans, 5 cases of water, some spices, rope, bandages, 2 boxes of ammo, etc*. Do a variety purchase each month (or as money permits) until your stores are filled. The stuff you put in first can be cycled out, used, and replaced first. You don't want 1,000 lbs of beans going bad all at once. The exception is if you can get a fantastic bulk deal on an item with a long shelf life.   The manual I linked to earlier has some pages that talk about that and give some guidelines/checklists for building up with a variety.       *Just an example, not meant to be a buying guide.

Not too bad at all. TSC's list price is about $40 for a 5 gal. can.

I'll use them in my Glock so they can't be seen by airport scanners.

I value a basic 91/30 between $90 and $130. Rarer years or manufacturers command a higher price, but that's for collector purposes, not for basic SHTF needs.   http://www.copesdistributing.com/russian-mosin-nagant-189130-round-receiver-rifle-with-440rd-ammo-p-7698.html This is a pretty good package deal. The spam cans of ammo now are running about $80-$90 + shipping, so that makes the rifle $110-$120 and only $10 to ship both items. Shipping on a single spam can is usually around $15-$30 from most places.

Here's a good guide from some LDS members. It's not an "official" LDS publication. This is the updated 2012 edition that took it from around 200 pages to over 500 pages. It starts with some of the LDS religious texts and church history that helps frame their preparedness teachings, but the preparedness meat starts on page 23. It's free to redistribute, so no worries about pirating it. You can get a printed copy from Amazon if you want it.   http://www.armageddononline.org/PDF/Misc%20Books/ldsprep-v8.pdf   http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008536NOQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B008536NOQ&linkCode=as2&tag=modesurvblog-20     For a budget center fire rifle, I second a Mosin Nagant 1891/30 with as many 440 round cans of 7.62x54R as you want to stock up on is about as cheap as it gets. They're built like Russian battle rifles...well...because they're Russian battle rifles. They're bolt action with minimal moving parts so not much risk of something going bad with them. They're cheap enough to buy more than one.

  FYI - TWRA counts turkey as "big game" so you have to add that on to your basic hunting & fishing license to get those.

  I thought you were going to suggest stocking up them. Heck, I can barely keep one maintained BEFORE the end of the world.

  Yep. In most cases that's a good plan. However, if I were in W Virginia right now in the contaminated zone, I don't know how much I'd trust that I was able to get my supply valve shut off before that stuff made its way into my water heater.   Also don't forget about your toilet tanks. I don't know that I'd drink it straight up (rust and floating rubber bits from old bolts/seals, etc.), but it's clean'ish water that can be used for other things.

  It's just McKay. No 's. Like Kroger.   [/pedant]   I liked the movie a lot. I love the Texas theater posting above. :up:

  FIFY!

  FIFY!   Buy that gun.

+1 to mike_f and Lumber_Jack.   Vandy has poured a lot of money into the football program under Franklin, including a new $31 million indoor practice facility. He's not leaving for the money. He's leaving for the prestige of running a big name program.   http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000277135/article/vanderbilt-unveils-31-million-indoor-athletic-facility

You can make your own from a Coke can.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Neef33lXCk

Hop in your time machine to January 2013 and double your money!   Nice looking AR. I'm so glad budget builds are possible again.

  That's one reason I want to convert to tri-fuel.

Wants Dennis Rodman to sing to him at his next birthday.

Participated in a Harlem Shake video on youtube dressed as RuPaul

  Ah...that's why I didn't recognize him. He was on your countertop and not in your wallet.       I have a JetBoil Zip and love it.

AFAIK, no. One downside to a conversion is that both natural gas and propane burn hotter than gasoline. That will take its toll on the generator's internal parts, specifically the exhaust valves. It's hard to know exactly how that translates in terms of hours of life lost to using non-gasoline fuels. The genny may also produce less output when running on those fuels, though how much less depends greatly on the genny itself and weather conditions. Still, I'll take a slight drop in output to have a steady supply of fuel that doesn't need to be cycled out.   I'm far from an expert on these things. Those are just some things I've picked up from internet forums on the topic.

  I found this thread about a year ago. It's not for a rebuild, but for converting a Honda eu6500is over to tri-fuel. Lots of good information in it including a video on how to remove the carb.   http://www.powerequipmentforum.com/forum/9-generator-forum/553-honda-eu6500is-tri-fuel-conversion.html   If I do end up doing a rebuild, I'll try to remember to make a video of it or at least take lots of photos for a step-by-step guide.

I'm leanining towards getting a whole new carb assembly and then have it converted to handle tri-fuel by CMD. Then I don't plan on ever putting gasoline in it ever ever ever again. Nothing but natural gas or propane.   I don't really feel that my skills are up to the task of rebuilding and drilling my existing carb. If any Nashville area TGOers have mad machining/small engine skills that would like to take on the challenge with me, I'm sure I could get some ammo or something rounded up for you. Since my current carb is kinda screwed up anyway, I can't send it to CMD for the conversion by them.

  This, or run a totally separate system. I've considered running a line from an outside wall box with a twist lock to an interior closet with a 4-gang box mounted up with 4 duplex outlets. Then run extension cords through the house to run the things I need to run. Totally separate from the real electrical system. Cheaper 'cuz I can do that myself, but less convenient with the extension cords. It also doesn't allow me to power my HVAC air handlers (gas heat) for winter outages. My genny could handle those, but not the compressors for summer AC.   Word of warning for Hondas....ALWAYS follow the manual for storing them. I didn't one time and the carb is gummed up. Now I get to experience the joy of rebuilding it.

I saw smaller versions of that 30 years ago at some Grand Canyon gift shops labeled as "Old Indian Weather Rock". It was funny then. It's still funny now.

wow that's ugly....   Out of curiosity, does anyone know for sure what the "/30" means in 1891/30? I thought it was the year of a redesign (1930) from the original 1891 model. The description of this absurd stock on eBay says it stands for .30 caliber.