Okay guys. I did a quick search and found no entries regarding survival preps in relation to scrapping.
Are any of you preppers?
I keep copper and brass as my least valuable precious metal. I have sizable (for me) cans of copper fittings and densely packed items (probably 100# or so) and brass 300#'s or so. The dense buckets just get stowed for a big run up in prices. I consider these a SHTF put away for troublr.
My scrapping basically funds my SHTF preps. It is not the only income stream, but is is one of the legs on the stool. Scrap, garage sales, Craigslist and E-Bay are what I use to prepare for my future.
I will also hang onto lead as a SHTF prepping item. I don't have a ton, but if I get lead, I hang on to it. I figure lead is a very important component in one of the most precious metals you can get; copper jacketed lead.
I also consider my garage sale shopping as a scrapping pursuit. I buy brass and copper items for < scrap value and drop them into the appropriate pile. I buy LP gas and have 200#+ as I consider fuel an important preparation for hurricanes and power outages. I buy old furniture and refinish, old routers and reprogram, old items and relist and sell.
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