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You can also scrape plastic shavings/curls off the Bic lighter and they are a good fire starter.

After seeing your video, I will be switching my shelter from a modified A-frame tarp to the Plow Point tarp. Easy set-up with a ridgeline, bipod created with trekking poles or a single pole. Thanks!

Nice and it does work with rectangular tarps too. Always carry stakes too have fun stay safe.

I enjoyed your video. At 60, with military related back injuries, it's not easy/fun to crawl in/out of a shelter on hands & knees. The "plough point" is my primary choice of a shelter as I can more or less "step in & get down". Directly to the south in Louisiana we have serpents as well, so I'm looking at light weight cots to get me off the ground. Hammocks aren't comfortable for my back. Nothing wrong with reminding folks of basic safety and survival as you did. What I'd love to see is someone manufacture a "plough point" tent, in various sizes/adjustable points, with a "bathtub" floor, zip insect netting and door. Good luck with your channel. Subscribed.

Wow, pretty dam cool 😊

Ty for this, extremely helpful!

Thank you for this video. That Bic-and-lip-balm rig is pretty nifty. I need to make a few. Subscribed. Whenever I go into the woods, I take a comprehensive fire kit. The key component is a 30-minute road flare. This is because, when and if I _need_ a fire, I may be in a tough situation. Hypothermia can sneak up on us. In mere minutes, one's hands can become stiff and insensitive---manual dexterity and fine motor skills are out the window. Shivering soon ensues. The use of small items becomes all but impossible. The road flare can be lit by almost anyone under almost any conditions. Once the flare is lit, one has five minutes to thaw one's fingers, ten minutes to gather kindling and firewood, and fifteen minutes to get the fire lit. That is more than I can say for almost any other method of making fire.

Great video! Just a tip, take a flat file and touch up the 90° on the spine of your knife and it will make those scrapings a lot easier. Also when you stike your rod, plant your hand and pull your rid back to you. It makes it a lot easier to aim your sparks and you dont risk accidentally hitting your tender with your hand or knife. Are you using a mora? They are great knives.

I carry those Coghlan orange aluminum tent stakes, they're light and thin enough they dont take up much space, I dont feel like making any either unless I absolutely have to.

WHY not just carry one lb of net hammock, guys?it's softball sized if it's made of 2" monofilament netting. Mine is made of a 50x10 ft gillnet. I folded it 3x, so it's 10x 6 ft. The layers give it strength. I chose this size and material so that it can feed me, if need be. and so I can wrap it around myself, holding lots of dry debris around me as insulation. Then you put a tarp over a ridgeline, over the hammock and stake down its bottom edges. With 4 more lbs of gear, I can sleep ok at 25F, in the wind, in just cammies, with no eat source. and that gear is camo, handles bugs, can be worn as clothing, is not effected by its getting wet, and is all useful in hot weather. I should say that I also have 1.5 lbs of balaclava, 3 pairs of sock liners, unlaced shoes, tyvek booties, gloves, shemagh, a heavy duty drum liner, and a 3x6 ft hunk of clearI PEVA shower curtain and some Gorilla tape. then I can convert my bag inside of a bag set up into a hammock inside of a Kochanski supershelter, using a Siberian fire lay. Then I can sleep ok at 0F or a bit colder. If I add the UCO lanten and some hot rocks or water bottles, I an sleep ok at -10F, and I can shiver my way thru a night at -20F and use the greenhouse effect of the rising sun to be 20F degrees warmer at 11 am than it was at dawn, to sleep ok until 5-6 pm. If hostiles are the reason that you an't have a fire, you should be doing your moving at night, and brisk movement is worth nearly 20F degrees. I can add 20F degrees to my sleep/shelter set up with layers of dry debris and I have a discrete way of drying out damp debris. So I dont have to carry a groundsheet, a tarp, a poncho, a sleeping bag, a sleeping bag, or wear heavy clothing. This saves me 8-15 lbs, depending upon what you'd need to handle the same conditions

Nice. What part of arkansas you from? Stay safe subbed 😂😊

What about using half of the tarp for a floor..

fully half video of intro then more disappointment

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excellent and practical 👍

Stole this idea from army vets😊

I personally got one of those cheap translucent Bic cases with a flip up lid from Aliexpress and have the majority of the tape around that. Around the chapstick just enough to hold the paracord in place. That way, the lighter stays waterproof and I don't have to throw away the whole setup when one of the two things is spent.

Replace the cordage (paracord ?) With jute cord about 8mm diameter....you then have a long burning wick to save the has/fuel in your lighter.....Good video 😊😊

Nice

That was sweet. One day I’ll try that.

Did you catch a rabbit?

Bic lighter almost useless if you have windy conditions

Great video. I like the way you teach, without your ego getting in the way, like a lot of content creators.

You can take the bottom off the empty lighter, and it with the Vaseline and cotton balls as well.

Thank you for a helpful presentation. It is easy togo gear crazy and skip over important basics, like fire. We began a regular family practice session with our young troops. Collecting limbs around our subdivision, processing the wood and building different fire lays. Our sessions often end with a BBQ over the small hollow block fire pit we constructed at the front of our carport. We like the positive attitude our young ones have developed in that they decided to NOT be victims but survivors in emergency situations. While all of them possess some level of skills, we believe it is important to review and practice. We are thinking your videos will be of benefit and there will be some great tips along the way. Watching from my secret retirement base in the Republic of the PhilippineIslands. Next up, hit the like and subscribe buttons.

May as well put a loop or two in the rope and make the rope something like a sisal rope twine. fuel/wax treat it then you also have the fire extension like a sailors lighter. and put cotton balls in the top of the chap stick.

Man that's awesome, if it was a spot used more often, I would even strap a pole to the backside of those trees for a back rest. Dig it brotha, gonna have to give this a go, god bless from ole Carolina.

Cool video. I don't have much in the way of fat wood here, but I do have a lot of birch bark.

Up north we call fatlighter as fatwood. I have seen people use a shirt or small canvas when they process the cedar, to save even the smallest pieces. Keep up the good video work.

Great job. I am from LR!

That’s a great idea.

THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice! New sub here. Thx for sharing.

Innovative; resourceful; & practical use of EDC items! Thanks. 'Hope you had a blessed Christmas!

Hi Tyler. Thank you so much for that presentation - some really great advice. Good luck with the channel and stay safe over there. ATB from the UK, I'v subbed. Nigel

Useful tips! I especially liked the gorilla tape. Subscribed and looking forward to more vids. Regards from the River Valley and Woo pig!

hi

What part of the state are you in?

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Great idea ,well done

Excelente consejos. Me acabo de suscribir. Saludos desde Venezuela!

useful survival tips!

it always catches me off guard when you say you have the same weather as me, guess cuz you live in Arkansas lol

Good stuff 😎

Thx i have been needing information on this but i cant seem to find it!!!