Stop STOCKPILING!? Are You A Target?

[@missionoutdoorsITM]

Daddy used to go out at night with his carbide light and a single shot 16 gauge and walk for miles to bring home two scrawny rabbits 🐇 for the 11 of us to eat in the stew pot with some carrots 🥕 and potatoes 🥔 from the garden and salt 🧂 chipped off the block! Fish 🐠, squirrels 🐿️, and rabbits 🐇 made up the majority of my diet growing up with hand me down clothes👕 on the line and worn out shoes👟 on my feet and the occasional wild turkey🦃 was a real treat! Watermelons🍉, tomatoes🍅, and corn🌽 along with potatoes 🥔 were also on the menu from the garden fertilized with droppings from the chicken 🐓 yard. The rare trip to a store and a heavenly burger and fries at the Colonel Dixie was a treat indeed after a stop at the Smith's filling station ⛽ for three dollars worth of regular and a can of Bugler rolling tobacco for Papa. It's amazing that these good ole days were to be had only as far back as 1972 cause I am only age 58 today and my my how this little town has grown since then into the sprawling metropolitan city that lies before me now!

[@nmr6988]

First, get your spices now! Dry spices that don't have to be refrigerated. It's going to make eating the same thing day after day after day be easier.

[@user-McGiver]

stockpiling is a short-term solution, and producing and trading is the long-term solution... WE NEED THEM BOTH WAYS!... THERE'S NEVER A ''LIMIT'' TO PREPARENESS...!

[@EdgarClay]

Simple and tasty, white rice, spam diced, corn, peas. A little teriyaki or hot sauce.

[@chrisgibson6960]

I think growing and preserving your own food is important. Stockpiling anything in large quantities can potentially make you a target. I also believe in forming good relationships with your neighbors, you can’t know and do everything by yourself. Just my thoughts. 👍

[@jameszahler9575]

Food production is very fulfilling in comparison to my day job.

[@element14fldave49]

Survival preparedness is all what if. Learn skills, book knowledge. Shorten your food logistics distance map. Stock pile for 1 to 3 years of food and heirloom seeds to supplement what you grow hunt fish or scavenge. Prepare now for a more comfortable future. Improve your health and physical condition and skills now.

[@tennesseelady999]

Call them Hoarders, call them pack rats, call it sensible retention of renewable consumables. My father never threw anything away. He would always turn it into something else. Every nut bolt screw nail was saved in a jar. You could always go back and find something you needed. Growing up, My dad went to the commissary once a month on base and brought the groceries back for a family of eight. Everything was always stored. When the product was done it was done you had to wait till next month. I have that mindset in everything I do in life. have all the things that you would possibly need to exist in a unprepared disaster. My mom made parties when the big hurricanes were coming for all us kids while my dad was out to sea to protect the ship.. NO FEAR, GO NAVY We have been a wasteful society. People won't be waking up, because they haven't got rid of that nasty attitude. They expect everything to be handed to them on a silver platter. I was raised to be ready for anything. So I am. I just like to live my life and enjoy it.😊

[@williamirelan9332]

Long lasting ,fuel do a propane conversion . I don't know where they might be available but batteries use to be sold dry and you filled them with acid after purchase. I have heard they can still be bought but I don't know where. They can be stored for decades dry before filling with acid and are basically new when filled. Emp proof until filled.

[@tundranomad]

Wow, never heard of that

[@markp6062]

I was a bit surprised that you didn't mention drawing the attention of 'Governmental agencies' coming around and 'collecting' from those who seem to have 'more than enough'.

[@chris1638]

That’s very interesting. People learn your history because it oftentimes repeats itself

[@villageoldguy3925]

We have full solar and battery backup so when our little village is dark, we are not. My plan is to ration help for neighbors but exercise discretion. Same for my large gardens. All about risk / reward. Hopefully being low key pays off. Alternate is a plan to defend. Nothing is simple or black and white. I believe it all comes down to good relationships with those around us.

[@lorkainenkingg8497]

Stockpiling - for me, at least - has been an evolving process. I went from having a family of five a decade ago to being on my own today, and what I need to put away has changed drastically in that time. The point is, your plans need to meet your current (and projected) needs under the circumstances as they exist. Don't let your stockpile plans remain static. Review them from time to time and adjust accordingly.

[@ONThree]

Agreed!

[@nmr6988]

Second, horses will be impractical for town or city dwellers. They take a lot of food and care, there are no farriers, and only country dwellers will be able to support a horse. Bicycle tires and anything else will be worn out or stolen, so people had better have a lot of comfortable shoes because we're all going to be walking.

[@bradlafferty]

Well said. Critical thinking about your own situation and values is sound advice. Thanks for not revving up the fear wagon.

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

I think those who have, are always better of than those who don't. And that could make you a target, but to me for sure is no reason not to prepare. Also for sharing. For building a good community, which is key in long term shtf situation I think. Nice vid! Food for though ;-) 👍

[@blueridgerealtor]

Good info!

[@jesse44991]

Jerusalem artichokes / Sun chokes. One plant can produce 200 lb of tubers, and you can leave it in the ground and harvest when needed. They're a crazy miracle crop that have saved many of folk throughout history.

[@ONThree]

Very interesting. I’ll check them out!

[@larryh3267]

Balance across board if you can

[@barnaclebill1615]

I think stockpiling is good, just as long as u have a formidable defense plan, to protect it. “If u don’t have a plan… you’re already a part of someone else’s”. Nice video Jason! 😁👍👍🇺🇸

[@user-McGiver]

Dear Jason, there's an old Greek saying that goes '' Doubt contains seeds of knowledge '' so stop asking questions because we ask questions that we already have an answer... and you do... we all do! [btw solar and wind can keep an e-vehicle going... a set of good batteries will go for a decade... and that's enough time]

[@jeffechols5302]

Great video see ya on the next one

[@danielhurst8863]

If people are going to notice that you are well fed from stockpiled food, they are going to notice you are growing food. So, if you have the space, you should stockpile enough food to get you through a planting season, and stockpile that which you will actually eat. Too many people buy food they won't tolerate and that is a bad idea. There is no problem stock piling a year of fuel either.

[@markw.3743]

We are human and humans will always covet what others have!

[@sallycarlson3873]

Stockpiling with proper inventory control is the way to go. It helps stabilize your budget as well as prepare you for the future. Just decide your short and long term goals and start working on that decision !!!

[@ONThree]

That’s right!

[@bradreid8199]

Stock pile a year or two of supplies in many multiple small locations so the loss of any one location won't be a total loss of your work.

[@MichaelR58]

Good video thanks for sharing YAH bless !

[@mikebaugh4966]

Do the best we can with what we got

[@TressaZimmerman]

I think some folks forget about shelf life and how long things will actually be good

[@jimmydigriz362]

if something is worth having, there will always be someone who wants to take it from you, but I don't think that's a valid reason for not having it.

[@Huntoutdoors1]

If you are on the yous toobs or net or talking about stockpiling or prepping you have automatically made your home and self/family a target when or more likely if things go all the way south WROL .Just saying .Think about my statement it will become more of a focus in your mind.

[@jeremiahr7585]

There’s a spider on his hat!!!!!

[@marvinbrock960]

Humans are quite adaptable, and do so very quickly. It’s true we aren’t the same as 75!years ago but I think we’ll get back to that very quickly if necessary.. the more ‘failures’ we have covered by Stock piled tools and goods, the more cushion we will have. A situation where We only have enough to do X thing one time or fail is a risky proposition at best, especially if we don’t DO that thing on a regular basis. Insurance is never a bad thing. Having enough fuel to cover one season with a tiller, enough fuel for weeks to months of generator power to keep meat cold until you perfect long term sustainability, enough seeds to fail once or twice… those are HUGE failure points that save unimaginable amounts of manhours in time and labor! People in general have no idea how long it takes to do ANYTHING without utilities or power tools.. imagine trying to hail a rick of wood even 1 mile without some sort of powered conveyance… hauling 5 gallons of water 1 mile by foot power then have to use that same wood to boil it… yeah, people don’t a clue of the big picture.

[@kenmccrady1228]

JASON, did you put out a video on how you were able to run your truck off of vegetable oil??

[@ONThree]

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[@nayeftabbah7603]

You should have enough food to survive the first shock and not to have to fight for the rations when they come and that you can wait to the end of the line when the crowd are less

[@Flynn6978]

Why should we limit our choices to horses & bikes or green energy choices? We have oil under our feet!

[@denisestarr2314]

7 years offgrid . Solar works . You charge your phone battery. Your truck has huge batteries. I would love to see you manually start that diesel. Use all resources moderately. Learn to live minimalist,

[@MM7782]

If the SHTF ... breathing will constitute a reason to become a target. Possessions only expedite it.

[@reneewood3171]

When it hits the fan disasters yes apocalypse if the almighty had not shortened its days nobody would survive

[@williamirelan9332]

P.S. if you have something someone wants ; you are a target now. Why would that change during shtf.

[@shenlonggohan]

America IS a different people. Replacement is real.

[@mannyfragoza9652]

I'm not sure about your notion that today's batteries would have to be replaced? Most Lithium batteries today will prob outlive most of us. and yes stocking piling victuals will make you a target for sure. IMO The best thing to do in an all-out SHTF is to wait until the flotsam and jetsam die off, which may be a few weeks before you start going outside.

[@williamirelan9332]

You have to charge lithium batteries if the problem is an emp unless the generator and battery and bms is in a Faraday cage they will no longer work.

[@mannyfragoza9652]

@@williamirelan9332 The battery will still work w/o a BMS but we don't know 100% if an EMP will destroy a BMS

[@IvanNedostal]

@@williamirelan9332 As addition to solar, of course. Solar does not make sense when you waste resources, but wasting resources does not make sense either.

[@robertdelamare4129]

Let’s stop bull shiting people and creating conflict confusion

[@chris1638]

I’m confused about this comment

[@pajamabloodfart]

​@@chris1638I'm not confused about your confusion regarding the confusion in the original post. I'm confused.