Sounds smart, especially no new debt! Repairing and selling material to prepare better is wise. Get a bicycle with a motor for SHTF transport. The small truck is a good idea, especially if you set it up for alternate fuel.
Wood smoke generator, browne gas, or alcohol are some good options.
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Alternate fuel? I never thought of that. what is brown gas?
Browne gas is HHO. You get it by separating water electronically. It can NOT be stored, so it has to be made at point of use. But I have seen trucks runnung off of it. You have to find a fuel YOU can make, if the SHTF!
Then you can continue to fucntion....
:)>Do you have a fuel you can make? Doesn't sound very easy.
I have a new design for a Browne Gas generator, a still for alcohol, and an electric generator that uses magnets for fuel.
This is on top of the solar and wind.
:)>jeez. well everybody gonna come to your place. How hard is it to make a still? lol.
A little copper pipe in a water bath coming out of one of my big pressure cookers. Them all you need is some mash.
People coming to visit is what the ghillie suit is for.
:)>So if people need help you just shoot them? lol. Can you build a little fire under the pressure cooker if you don't have electric? Alcohol would be a huge seller or trade item in a collapse situation.