Posted: 6/25/2010 4:49:14 AM EDT
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Like most the economy has reduced my families income by about 40% over the last couple of years and I still feel fortunant. But, buying all the preping stuff is getting harder. Does anyone have ideas or experience economical ways to store granis and such?
Instead of buying buckets, which can get expensive if you need to buy a lot to catch up on you storage because you have been lax (===> SELF), I have thought about using the smaller Mylar bags with O2 absorbers and putting them in large plastic tubs. Heavier yes, but I keep a couple of hand carts around for this kind os sftuff. And, when you open a bag you expose a smaller amount of you grain/rice/beens. |
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You can get 5 gallon pails from a lot of restaurants. I used to live near a deli that would have 20+ pickle buckets in their trash every week. Most restaurants get bulk items like pickles, lard, butter, hard boiled eggs, etc in big pails. Talk to the kitchen manager (during non-busy hours!!) and they'll probably let you have them. Or just scope out the trash area. They usually don't come with lids, but buying just the lids is a lot cheaper than buying lids+buckets. |
| When I was a kid my father bought 800 pounds of wheat from an LDS friend. There was no mylar that we knew of back then (1975). Dad bought a few extra metal trash cans and lined them with 2 plastic garbage sacks. He left enough room at the top of the plastic bags so that he could tie the top of the bags. He then duct taped the metal lids on the trash cans. The trash cans were stored in a part of the barn. We made flour out of that wheat for 15 years. It was not our only source, but a supplement. It was really a treat for us to grind the wheat and have home made bread right out of the oven. OK, back to the point. The wheat was still edible after 30 years. Us kids were gone and it was more trouble than worth for dad to grind. He finally fed the last of it to the wild turkeys that roam the area. |
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When I was a kid my father bought 800 pounds of wheat from an LDS friend. There was no mylar that we knew of back then (1975). Dad bought a few extra metal trash cans and lined them with 2 plastic garbage sacks. He left enough room at the top of the plastic bags so that he could tie the top of the bags. He then duct taped the metal lids on the trash cans. The trash cans were stored in a part of the barn. We made flour out of that wheat for 15 years. It was not our only source, but a supplement. It was really a treat for us to grind the wheat and have home made bread right out of the oven. OK, back to the point. The wheat was still edible after 30 years. Us kids were gone and it was more trouble than worth for dad to grind. He finally fed the last of it to the wild turkeys that roam the area. The plastic used to produce trash bags these days has (supposedly... I don't have a source handy) been treated with chemicals to deter bugs and other nasties... not recommended for food storage. |
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When I was a kid my father bought 800 pounds of wheat from an LDS friend. There was no mylar that we knew of back then (1975). Dad bought a few extra metal trash cans and lined them with 2 plastic garbage sacks. He left enough room at the top of the plastic bags so that he could tie the top of the bags. He then duct taped the metal lids on the trash cans. The trash cans were stored in a part of the barn. We made flour out of that wheat for 15 years. It was not our only source, but a supplement. It was really a treat for us to grind the wheat and have home made bread right out of the oven. OK, back to the point. The wheat was still edible after 30 years. Us kids were gone and it was more trouble than worth for dad to grind. He finally fed the last of it to the wild turkeys that roam the area. The plastic used to produce trash bags these days has (supposedly... I don't have a source handy) been treated with chemicals to deter bugs and other nasties... not recommended for food storage. Noted, thank you. |
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A good old 55 gal. Food-grade barrel will hold 450-500lbs of wheat. You can get them cheap, if you look in the right places... Amos1909 kinda sucks if you have to pack up and run throught. It would be great as storage at a remote BOL however. I live in an area where I may have to pack what I can into the PU and go. all my stuff is in 5gal buckets with mylar bags and O2 absorbers. They way me and the wife and carry two at a time up from the basement to the truck, if needed. J- |
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Quoted: Quoted: A good old 55 gal. Food-grade barrel will hold 450-500lbs of wheat. You can get them cheap, if you look in the right places... Amos1909 kinda sucks if you have to pack up and run throught. It would be great as storage at a remote BOL however. I live in an area where I may have to pack what I can into the PU and go. all my stuff is in 5gal buckets with mylar bags and O2 absorbers. They way me and the wife and carry two at a time up from the basement to the truck, if needed. J- I have 25 barrels of wheat on my BOL. I do have 2 tucked away in my basement with 10-12 five gallon buckets. I beleive 55 gal drums are the only way to go for long term storage..... Amos1909 |
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Quoted: Like most the economy has reduced my families income by about 40% over the last couple of years and I still feel fortunant. But, buying all the preping stuff is getting harder. Does anyone have ideas or experience economical ways to store granis and such? Instead of buying buckets, which can get expensive if you need to buy a lot to catch up on you storage because you have been lax (===> SELF), I have thought about using the smaller Mylar bags with O2 absorbers and putting them in large plastic tubs. Heavier yes, but I keep a couple of hand carts around for this kind os sftuff. And, when you open a bag you expose a smaller amount of you grain/rice/beens. buckets can be had on avg for under 3$ with lids and even free fromsome places. Totes run 5$ and more per each, I pack food in both, because, well i had more mylars and food than i had buckets the last two times ive packed food , so i dumped the extra bags into a large rubber maid totes. |
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kinda sucks if you have to pack up and run throught. It would be great as storage at a remote BOL however. I live in an area where I may have to pack what I can into the PU and go. all my stuff is in 5gal buckets with mylar bags and O2 absorbers. They way me and the wife and carry two at a time up from the basement to the truck, if needed. Where are you going to go? That's where your bulk grains should be. If you have to go on the fly and have no place to go, are you going to pack the grinder, fuel to bake it, pots pans, cooking gear to support the basics, or are you going to grab the easy to use stuff? I was looking at the same situation the other day, what if i needed to get? Do I take the wheat and grains, or the canned/easy stuff. There is so much room you have, realistically the grains are long term "in place" storage. If you need to bug out and your going to take all your long term food, youre probably doing it wrong YMMV |
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kinda sucks if you have to pack up and run throught. It would be great as storage at a remote BOL however. I live in an area where I may have to pack what I can into the PU and go. all my stuff is in 5gal buckets with mylar bags and O2 absorbers. They way me and the wife and carry two at a time up from the basement to the truck, if needed. Where are you going to go? That's where your bulk grains should be. If you have to go on the fly and have no place to go, are you going to pack the grinder, fuel to bake it, pots pans, cooking gear to support the basics, or are you going to grab the easy to use stuff? I was looking at the same situation the other day, what if i needed to get? Do I take the wheat and grains, or the canned/easy stuff. There is so much room you have, realistically the grains are long term "in place" storage. If you need to bug out and your going to take all your long term food, youre probably doing it wrong YMMV First choice it is to stay home, but if I have to run, I have the choice of about 7 different BOL's (some of which are owned by me or family or others in my "group", some are just vacant land, some have structures, etc) with travel times of between 15minutes to 7 hours via truck. It is not fesiable to store a complete set of everything at each of these. I know however how long it will take me to get all my stuff from my basement and packed in the back of my truck and on the road and I mean EVERYTHING from my LTS's to my BOB, to all my ammo and my guns that I am taking to water, to bedding/clothing etc and me and the wife have done timed drills on this. Its just the nature of the beast of where I live and where I may have to bug out to. I unfourtuantley do not have the luxury of living in a spot that I will 100% beable to stay at after TEOTWAWKI. Just the way it is for us. Lastly if I have to Bug Out the likelihood of it ever getting better enough to return is about non-existent, so yeah everything I need is going with me. I have been doing this (prepping) quite a bit longer that the recent "craze" of prepping, so I have every confidence in both myself and those I have chosen to surround myself with. J- |
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Like most the economy has reduced my families income by about 40% over the last couple of years and I still feel fortunant. But, buying all the preping stuff is getting harder. Does anyone have ideas or experience economical ways to store granis and such? Instead of buying buckets, which can get expensive if you need to buy a lot to catch up on you storage because you have been lax (===> SELF), I have thought about using the smaller Mylar bags with O2 absorbers and putting them in large plastic tubs. Heavier yes, but I keep a couple of hand carts around for this kind os sftuff. And, when you open a bag you expose a smaller amount of you grain/rice/beens. If you can't get them locally for free shoot me an IM and I will get you a pick up load from my local grocery, complete with lids. |