11 Cheap Tractor Supply Items That Veterans Stockpile Before A Winter Blackout

My books are on sale now 📖 Do or Die, and the set of three. Grab them here: https://doughaskett.com In the February 2021 freeze, more than 4.5 million Texans lost power, some for as long as 4 days, below freezing for over 6. When the grid goes in the Hill Country, the fireplace is the heat, and the US Fire Administration says ashes belong in a tightly covered metal can at least 10 feet from the house. Doug paid $30 for his ash can at the farm store, $20 for a bow saw after the February 2023 ice brought a live oak limb across his drive, and $40 for two pairs of ice cleats. Two things on the Tractor Supply shelf he leaves right where they sit. Subscribe to the channel: @doughaskett In this video, we talk about 11 cheap Tractor Supply items for a winter blackout, including the galvanized ash can with a lid and the 10-foot rule, 1 lb propane bottles for a camp stove that stays outside, the brooder heat lamp he won't hang in a pump house, the creosote sweeping log against a $200 chimney sweep, a $20 bow saw against a $230 chainsaw, slip-on ice cleats, leather welding gloves with a printed heat rating, fatwood in the bag instead of the box, hand warmers at about a dime an hour, play sand against ice melt on a gravel drive, and the insulated chore boots worth waiting for under $80. 🔔 Subscribe so the next list reaches you before the first hard freeze does. 💬 Comment where you're watching from and how many feet your ash can sits from the wall. 📢 Send this to the person you know who heats with a fireplace, on Facebook, Reddit or the family group chat. You're the reason this channel exists. Chapters: 00:00 Opening 00:53 The fire that starts the morning after 06:15 The lamp I leave on the shelf 08:21 The log that won't clean your chimney 10:24 The limb across your drive 14:54 The gloves from the welding aisle 16:45 The first fire on a cold night 18:27 Heat for the trip at two 21:06 The boots I'm still waiting on 22:31 Ten feet from the wall Sources: NOAA Climate Prediction Center, ENSO Diagnostic Discussion https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio, February 2021 winter storm summary https://www.weather.gov/media/ewx/wxevents/ewx-20210218.pdf US Fire Administration, Discard Ashes Safely https://www.usfa.fema.gov/gallery/pictographs/pictograph43.html CDC, Stay Safe During and After a Winter Storm https://www.cdc.gov/winter-weather/safety/stay-safe-during-after-a-winter-storm-safety.html Chimney Safety Institute of America, Creosote Sweeping Log statement https://web.csia.org/news/newsarticledisplay.aspx?ArticleID=22 KUT, Why the 2023 ice storm caused so many outages https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2023-02-03/why-did-this-ice-storm-cause-so-many-power-outages-in-austin DISCLAIMER: Educational content from one man's experience. Prices and methods are real and researched, and prices vary by store, region and season. Nothing here is instruction in first aid, firearms, self-defence, hunting, or any gas or electrical repair; take the class and call the licensed man. Nothing here replaces an order, a warning or an alert from your county or the National Weather Service. When they say leave, leave. #DougHaskett #TractorSupply #WinterBlackout #PowerOutage #TexasFreeze #IceStorm #Fireplace #AshCan #ChimneySweep #CampStove #CarbonMonoxide #BowSaw #IceCleats #Fatwood #HandWarmers #HillCountry #Texas #Prepping #Prepper #EmergencyPreparedness #BudgetPrepping