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**The Reaper** · 04-02-2007, 21:04

I would not bet my life on anything made by Harbor Freight.

You may be able to get a good deal on a used enclosed trailer by watching the classifieds.

If you are going to be building a shelter, you first will need a place to live while you work, then you will need a lot of lumber, or the tools to make it, like saws, a portable mill, axes, adzes, drills, braces and bits, a come-along, a Hi-Lift Jack, a welding vehicle alternator with cables, a handcart or heavy duty wheelbarrow, etc. Only after that will you need to tools to assemble it. Tar paper or roofing felt would be good to have, as would plastic sheeting, tarps, some sheets of galvanized metal roofing, a roll of sheet metal, a few rolls of insulation, a caulking gun and plenty of caulk and liquid nails, a window or two, several bags of cement and sand, pieces of rebar, some fencing or chicken wire, some five gallon buckets, a washtub, some cast iron cookware, a Yukon or pot-bellied wood stove, hinges, a lockset, plenty of spikes, nails, screws, cordage, wire, chain, strapping, JB Weld, 100 mph tape, epoxy, etc., a deep cycle battery or two, and a bicycle. If room allowed, a set of blacksmithing tools (hammers, tongs, etc.), an anvil, and some stock metal could come in handy.

If you are anticipate being there a year or more, some seeds and gardening/farming tools would be a great idea.

TR

04-02-2007, 21:04	#410
The Reaper Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Free Pineland Posts: 24,824	I would not bet my life on anything made by Harbor Freight. You may be able to get a good deal on a used enclosed trailer by watching the classifieds. If you are going to be building a shelter, you first will need a place to live while you work, then you will need a lot of lumber, or the tools to make it, like saws, a portable mill, axes, adzes, drills, braces and bits, a come-along, a Hi-Lift Jack, a welding vehicle alternator with cables, a handcart or heavy duty wheelbarrow, etc. Only after that will you need to tools to assemble it. Tar paper or roofing felt would be good to have, as would plastic sheeting, tarps, some sheets of galvanized metal roofing, a roll of sheet metal, a few rolls of insulation, a caulking gun and plenty of caulk and liquid nails, a window or two, several bags of cement and sand, pieces of rebar, some fencing or chicken wire, some five gallon buckets, a washtub, some cast iron cookware, a Yukon or pot-bellied wood stove, hinges, a lockset, plenty of spikes, nails, screws, cordage, wire, chain, strapping, JB Weld, 100 mph tape, epoxy, etc., a deep cycle battery or two, and a bicycle. If room allowed, a set of blacksmithing tools (hammers, tongs, etc.), an anvil, and some stock metal could come in handy. If you are anticipate being there a year or more, some seeds and gardening/farming tools would be a great idea. TR __________________ "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910 De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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