Posted: 8/6/2008 7:45:19 AM EDT
I live 20 miles north of Dallas and am prepping for the most likely SHTF here,bad weather,loss of utilities, etc. I am shooting for 30 days of preps. Here's my "Prep Pantry" so far. Drinking water is handled. However,water for toilets,washing etc is a tougher problem. I live only a mile from a very large lake,so I'm trying to figure the best way to get water from the lake back to my house. I have a pickup but can't decide what to load the water in for transport and store it in once I get back to the house? I'm retired so buying an expensive 500 gallon storage tank is out of the question. Any suggestions??? |
Work backwards from the math - how much weight could you lift onto the truck and/or back into the house? That'll tell you the size container(s) you should consider (1gal=8lbs) unless you just semi-permanently mount a large tank in the bed and pump the water in and out (downside to that is that it would be pretty obvious what you had in there  ). Once you know the size container, you can figure out the easiest way to fill and transport them.
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