9 Cheap Items at Army Surplus Every Serious Prepper Needs to Stockpile Now

My books are on sale now 📖 The Prepper's Field Manual, and all three as the collection. Grab them here: https://dalebrooks.com In the first week of October 2026, the National Weather Service in Duluth put a Freeze Warning on the northern woods of Minnesota. Real military surplus is offered back to the military and other agencies before it's sold, so a store can't reorder a lot once it's gone, and on the day Dale priced these, the leather glove shells, a wool watch cap, an unissued folding shovel and a case of MREs were out of stock at one store or another. The Army's own cold weather manual says a lost glove below zero can mean a permanent injury, and the weather service's wind chill chart puts bare skin in trouble in as little as 5 minutes. Out where Dale lives, the ambulance is 40 minutes away on a good day. Subscribe to the channel: @preppedamerica In this video, we talk about 9 cheap army surplus items for a northern winter, including the folding shovel that clears a truck's tailpipe in a drift, the wool blanket for the truck and the warm room, wool glove inserts at about $5 a pair, the wool watch cap and the "GI" cap with no wool on its listing, the waterproof clothing bag posted from $2.35 to $26.99 the same week, why the Army says its plastic canteen freezes first, the steel canteen cup for boiling snow, why MREs came off Dale's count, and the white vapor barrier boot he put back. 🔔 Subscribe so the next count reaches you before the next cold snap does. 💬 Comment where you're watching from and how many dry pairs of gloves your house has per person. 📢 Send this to somebody who drives a county road in winter, on Facebook, Reddit or the family group chat. You're the reason this channel exists. Chapters: 00:00 Opening 00:56 The shovel that clears your tailpipe 04:26 A blanket for the truck and the room 07:31 Hands that still work below zero 10:41 A wool cap, if it's wool 15:55 The canteen that freezes first 18:28 The steel cup for boiling snow 20:54 The meals I took off the count 23:17 The boot I put back 25:49 Read the label, then count Sources: National Weather Service Duluth, Freeze Warning and Frost Advisories, October 2, 2026 https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=DLH&issuedby=DLH&product=NPW&format=txt&version=1&glossary=0 National Weather Service, Wind Chill Chart https://www.weather.gov/media/safety/windchillchart3.pdf National Weather Service, Winter Storm Safety: Before https://www.weather.gov/safety/winter-before U.S. Army TC 21-3, Soldier's Handbook for Individual Operations and Survival in Cold-Weather Areas https://www.csun.edu/sites/default/files/field_download/page/Cold%20Weather%20Survival.pdf Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Winter Storm Preparedness https://dps.mn.gov/news/be-prepared-incoming-historic-winter-storm-hits-minnesota Ready.gov, Build a Kit https://www.ready.gov/kit American Red Cross, Winter Storm Safety https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/winter-storm.html DISCLAIMER: Educational content from one household getting ready. Prices and methods are real and researched, and prices vary by store, region and season. Nothing here replaces an order, a warning or an alert from your county, the National Weather Service or your fire agency. When they say leave, leave. #DaleBrooks #PreppedAmerica #Prepping #Prepper #ArmySurplus #MilitarySurplus #WinterPrep #ColdWeather #WoolBlanket #WinterCarKit #Minnesota #NorthWoods #EmergencyPreparedness #BudgetPrepping #CheapPreps #WindChill #FreezeWarning #HomePreparedness #WinterKit