Author: Damian Brindle

  • How to Make a Flip-Flop Winch

    How to Make a Flip-Flop Winch

    Never know when you might need to make one of these to move something heavy out of the way or to pull a vehicle out of the ditch. That said, I sure am glad they invented the come-a-long power puller because this would take forever, lol…

  • Family Survival Training: A Step by Step Guide

    Family Survival Training: A Step by Step Guide

    For many people, family is their number one priority. As parents, we go to work in order to provide food and shelter for our children, we try and provide the best education, and give them what we lacked during our own childhood. However, many people forget to teach their children how to respond to an…

  • How to Find and Dig a Shallow Well From Start to Finish

    How to Find and Dig a Shallow Well From Start to Finish

    I’ve never tried to dig a well myself nor have I ever tried dowsing rods, but this guy apparently swears by them. The first several minutes of the video is him finding the best place to dig, while the rest is him digging the well and installing the piping and pump. It’s a pretty neat…

  • Survival Shotguns: How to Choose the Right One for You

    Survival Shotguns: How to Choose the Right One for You

    The shotgun is one of the most valuable survival firearm one can own instead of a rifle or pistol. It possesses a great force of firepower compared to shots fired from a pistol. Therefore, owning the right to say that “no one really wants to be hit by one” when it is draw out. The…

  • The Ultimate Guide to Hiking and Backpacking Foods

    The Ultimate Guide to Hiking and Backpacking Foods

    Protein bars can only sustain you for so long before you begin to crave variety. While the uninformed can get by on 48-hour trips into the wilderness, there are a lot of advantages to making yourself comfortable during prolonged outings. That means mixing up your diet, understanding how to pack nutritious food that won’t weigh…

  • Speed Composting With Chickens

    Speed Composting With Chickens

    If you have chickens (or want to raise them) consider using them to work through your compost pile for you. You can skip to about the 1:00 mark to get to the heart of the video if you like, with the bulk of the idea over by about the 7:30 mark…

  • Survival Water From Your Hot Water Heater

    Survival Water From Your Hot Water Heater

    In the video I posted the other day about 7 steps for emergency water preparation, I don’t recall it saying anything about how to get water out of the water heater. The following post covers that crucial knowledge in detail… Probably the first thing any of us will notice in a post-disaster scenario is the…

  • 7 Steps for Emergency Water Preparation

    7 Steps for Emergency Water Preparation

    If you don’t yet have your emergency water preparations in order, STOP NOW and get it together! Because if you don’t have your water squared away, not much else is going to matter when disaster strikes. Here’s what you need to know…

  • How to Build an Underground Bunker

    How to Build an Underground Bunker

    An underground bunker could be your best asset in many different survival scenarios. It gives you a place to wait out whatever chaos might be going on above-ground and helps ensure you and your family stay safe — even comfortable — no matter what’s happening in the world. Many survivalists dream of having an underground…