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Letter Re: Vehicle Maintenance is an Important Part of Preparedness
Mr. Rawles,
As i am very new to your blog,(although it is now a morning ritual), I haven't
had time to read all of the back posts.
I was wondering if you had ever done one on vehicle readiness. One of my concerns
over TEOTWAWKI is
that my loved ones will go to their vehicle to get back to our retreat, and have
it disabled in some way, dead battery, flat tire, et cetera.
As I am an automotive technician(with some engineering background) by trade,
I have some advantages that others may not have.
Our vehicles are always serviced at the "severe" intervals in he books,
and I mean serviced as in the factory recommended flushes, belts, and so forth.
Some
of
it is very expensive, but well worth it IMO.
We have taken the precautions of have all small leaks fixed,
storing extra tires (think about [the danger and difficulty of] having to stop
and
change
a
faulty
tire
on
the
run back to the retreat,
whew!), we purchased a manual tire changer from harbor freight that is fairly
robust, and have a few cans of ether for seating the beads. Extra batteries are
a must, set on trickle chargers and rotated in stock (we have six vehicles including
our scout motorcycles). Extra oil and filters also, if people think fuel is
going to be hard to come by, oil will be just as bad. I think, plus you can burn
the
used oil in a pinch. Sorry for rambling. I just haven't met too many people with
your insight into the world situation. Thank you for your time in reading this,
maybe it will be of some use to someone.
Peace to you and yours, - NiK on the Mississippi.
