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Post by grumble on May 23, 2016 16:49:21 GMT 10
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Post by grumble on May 20, 2016 18:18:08 GMT 10
Welcome grumble You're on that other site as well? So are a lot of us!!! Much nicer here Thank you GM I am but not very much there isn't very much on there that interests me these days
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Post by grumble on May 20, 2016 14:38:49 GMT 10
Personally I think they can make a suitable relocatable short term dwelling if fitted out right My brother used one for quite some time it was mounted on a trailer that he towed behind his grader Ehen he wanted to set up a new base camp he just parked up the trailer and set out a few things and he was done in about 15 minutes
Best thing was his trailer had water storage and fuel storage and its own diesel generator with a hot water coil on the exhaust system so even though he was out in the middle of nowhere he still had hot water for showers and washing
Everything inside the container was based around a ships galley so maximum usage of space but it still had a shower toilet kitchen and bedroom/lounge room
I have also seen them used as a cyclone shelter
The way it was set out as pretty basic it was mounted on top of a concrete slab then besser block walls built around it with space to place a water tank on a stand on one side between the container and the besser blocks then lose loam carefully placed against the walls making nice sloped earth banks on three sides of it a simple roof of that clear plastic roofing iron stuff was then used to give it weather protection
Inside the container it was pretty basic the walls had been painted white and sealed the floor redone in ply and sealed a whirly bird extractor fan with tubing to give some ventilation Down at the rear near the ventilation there was the a sleeping area with 6 bunk beds that were mounted to the wall and could fold up to make more space then at the front there was a small comms section with a desk and storage facilities for food water and medical supplies
When set up like this I think they are very usefull but to build a house from I think I would pass and have nice brick or block home
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Post by grumble on May 20, 2016 14:12:44 GMT 10
Ok so this post with the video was enough to get me to sign up
So many of his points I solidly agree with Far to often I find " preppers" will focus so strongly on either one thing or things they have absolutely no control over that things they could control and deal with don't get looked at
Like planning for an EMP attack and ignoring the mini disasters that happen everyday to everyday people all around the world
I personally know of a girl who was into prepping and conspiracies and well lets just say the real world gave her a taste of reality when coming home from work she got a flat tire on her car and had no idea how to change it so she left it on the side of the road till the morning planning to get someone to change it
well it was stolen and burnt out and the insurance company refused to pay out on it because it was left on the side of the road so here she is paying thousands of dollars on preps but refused to pay for RACT for breakdowns as she didn't see the need for it
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