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Having power tools at your home or bug out location is a great way to perform repairs when the time calls.
But what would you do if the power went out and you had no way of recharging your batteries, thus no way of repairing things after SHTF?
I had given this a lot of thought when I was preparing to move into my house out in the country. I took a look over my granddad’s tools and was dumbfounded because the answer lies with 60 year old or so tools!
These good ol’ non-power tools worked then, and will again if it ever hits the fan.
Take a look at the tools you most likely would need to repair damage to your house and look out for them at garage sales or on craigslist.
10 Hand Powered Tools You Need for Survival
Bonus: Root Cellar That Can Be Used as a Bunker
Do you remember the old root cellars our great-grandparents used to have? In fact, they probably built it themselves, right in their back yard.
If you want to learn how to build a backyard bunker like your grandparents had, without breaking the bank, then you need Easy Cellar.
Easy Cellar will show you:
- How to choose the ideal site
- Cost-effective building methods
- How to protect your bunker from nuclear blast and fallout
- How to conceal your bunker
- Affordable basic life support options
Easy Cellar will also reveal how a veteran, with only $421, built a small nuclear bunker in his backyard.
Also included:
- America's Natural Nuclear Bunkers: Find the Closest One to Your Home
- 56 Items to Stockpile in Your Easy Cellar