STAY WARM AND ALIVE - Why You Should NEVER Throw This Away!

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  • Don't throw this away! It can keep you alive and warm in a winter power outage. I'll show you how to make a portable fire to stay warm using the stuff around your house. Learn how to make a small portable emergency fire kit that you can give as gifts. If you're out of fuel for cars, heaters, or generators in a cold weather catastrophe then you have to find a way to stay warm.
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  • @HAXMAN
    @HAXMAN  ปีที่แล้ว +180

    You can order my Mom's book for children here! Thanks everyone! 👉 amzn.to/3ueKEfu

    • @lordmalthus4720
      @lordmalthus4720 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      hey guys one way to always have good tinder is to take a half full vasoline container and heat it until the gel starts to break down a bit. then shove shredded dryer lint in it. that stuff will burn for 4 times longer than paper and will get super hot.

    • @jillhull7358
      @jillhull7358 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wow this is the best survival teaching

    • @truth431
      @truth431 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hello my great prepper friend just popping in on another one of you're great videos here from Canada once again
      simply to offer you a suggestion although I've yet to try this method myself personally but from what I was told about it on another survival channel that as when it come to using
      Isopurple Alcohol for making fires as such as you raised here a very good point being as its difficult to see the flame!!!
      And its been said as the simplest Soulution for that is to simply add a bit of salt in the can ahead as it illuminates the flames so as to be able to greater see it and wiser the point being as will even prevents or safe guards oneself from the dangers of possibly getting burns !!!! try this method and simplly see if it actually does the actual job !?!
      Ok Then please do me a favor along with all you're great channels veiwers and let me and everyone no the overall re-salts/ results lol
      and one more kind tip set aside those potato chips experiment and simple try using CORN CHIPS instead they do work wonders in fact they will in fact surprisingly prove as to burn quite along enough time to get a nice warm and cozy blazing fire started !!!!!
      THANK YOU and Hope you and you're great Family has a very 🎄Merry Christmas 🎁and a🎉 Happy New Year 🥂Cheers !!Truth Out!🍁

    • @danishgirl4781
      @danishgirl4781 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am going to order it🥰

    • @HAXMAN
      @HAXMAN  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@danishgirl4781 Thank you so much! 😃

  • @jaytrent62
    @jaytrent62 ปีที่แล้ว +1450

    This reminds me of USAF survival school, which I did in the winter. A cool item I carried was a ziploc bag full of sugar cubes soaked with lighter fluid. I could stomp a hole in the snow, drop a cube in my metal canteen cup, light it, and huddle over it with my poncho over it like a little tent. Stayed warm in 15F that way.

    • @HAXMAN
      @HAXMAN  ปีที่แล้ว +136

      Very cool! I’ve never heard of that before.

    • @2ballsyourjaws
      @2ballsyourjaws ปีที่แล้ว +115

      Absolutely works wonders too brother I did it too . My papaw said they used tea candles in Germany under their big ass cold weather issue coats

    • @danishgirl4781
      @danishgirl4781 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Wow! Good info also😊

    • @DeeMoback
      @DeeMoback ปีที่แล้ว +107

      @@2ballsyourjaws YUP.....I am 70.....we use wool blanket and tea-lite candle in hunting stands to this day.....stay toasty

    • @chriskourliourod1651
      @chriskourliourod1651 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      This is why I have a beefy candle in my truck.

  • @fredericduane5910
    @fredericduane5910 ปีที่แล้ว +315

    What's even more important here than staying warm is the time a Dad spends with his daughter and the love and admiration she shows in return.

  • @lovebythemoon5230
    @lovebythemoon5230 ปีที่แล้ว +303

    I saw a survivalist and he taught this for body heat if you’re stranded or have to walk in the snow for long distances . Save plastic grocery bags. Take off boot or shoe, put bag on each foot. Want to make sure air is out & snug around foot. Use handles to tie around ankles. Put on boots or shoes then tie a bag in the same fashion around them. Will keep you warm and avoid frost bite. I’m not good at explaining sometimes so…lol you all get the point.

    • @lindasmith9950
      @lindasmith9950 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    • @dsimon33871
      @dsimon33871 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Your creating a layer of warm air and trapping it between the two bags. By being snug all the work that your foot does goes past that first bag and creates a nice warm layer which is held in by the second bag. Makes perfect sense

    • @hoppes9658
      @hoppes9658 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Us kids way back used bread bags. It worked.

    • @doreenchiasson2878
      @doreenchiasson2878 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      As a child, in a family of 8 children we had one pair of boots each; in order to keep our feet dry and warm, we wore bread bags on them inside our boots🤓🇨🇦

    • @ladydhayney3700
      @ladydhayney3700 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@doreenchiasson2878 we had a wooden trunk full of men's/boys galoshes with the metal closures. No girls boots. Some girl at school made fun of me. Some people are just not kind.

  • @3six967
    @3six967 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    A winter life hack from New England-
    I had to spend a winter homeless, in a tent, in Northern New England. What got me through was a box of hand warmers and my sleeping bag. 2-4 warmers a night, just activated and having 1 by my mid section and the other up by my chest. Changing them out for new ones once a night.
    I found those hand warmers a pretty cheap life saver.

    • @hope4ourfallen
      @hope4ourfallen ปีที่แล้ว +27

      The Army hand warmer was peeing in a bottle. Squeeze as much air our as ya could then tighten the cap..Put the bottle in your armpit, or groin area to warm the large arteries❤️
      For the groin one, you are aiming for hip crease when ya pick your knee up.. But the armpit one worked best if ya had to be mobile while warming up👍

    • @drehardin
      @drehardin ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Glad you made it out 💪🏾

    • @plutoslikk1404
      @plutoslikk1404 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Thanks for you guys advise seeing I'm sleeping in my truck temporarily

    • @ahsnap9103
      @ahsnap9103 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@plutoslikk1404 I like the oil lamp and alcohol candles, haven't made one yet but lots of ideas on yt video's

    • @moonxshakti
      @moonxshakti ปีที่แล้ว

      @@plutoslikk1404 if you have access to a microwave at a store, take soda bottles full of water, like two or three and microwave them for about 3 minutes till they are hot but not melty, and use those as hot water bottles to heat up your sleeping bag, put them by your feet and or your core
      You can reuse these without refilling them and just reheat them every night, they will go a long way to making you comfortable

  • @saigyl9149
    @saigyl9149 ปีที่แล้ว +303

    don't forget the most important bit of information. just about everything that burns creates co2, so if you're doing this indoors, always have some sort of ventilation to the outdoors if it's bigger than a candle to protect your life

    • @pawpawstew
      @pawpawstew ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I think you mean CO (Carbon Monoxide).

    • @joeshmoe7967
      @joeshmoe7967 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@pawpawstew ...but, you will also be in trouble if a build up was C02.

    • @timsolomon8352
      @timsolomon8352 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      If you burn the rubbing alcohol by itself without any filler, it does not create CO , it's burns completely clean.

    • @iffykidmn8170
      @iffykidmn8170 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@timsolomon8352 Try to find and use 90% alcohol rather the typical 70% as it burns cleaner.

    • @shawnkelly695
      @shawnkelly695 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Put a hood above the fire and add a pipe to vent outside. I personally rather a chimney to vent smoke outside then leave windows open. Without a chimney even open windows wont stop you from breathing co2 unless a hood over the fire and piped outside. Be sure pipe high enough so not so much back draft and sucks the smoke up not back draft back into the room

  • @Cetok01
    @Cetok01 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I think the best part of this video was his being a Dad, including his daughter and teaching her life lessons and survival tactics along the way. With Mom behind the camera this was a real family affair.

  • @DreidMusicalX
    @DreidMusicalX ปีที่แล้ว +124

    Smearing some Vaseline on a log in a few places near the top and lighting it , then turning the log over after it catches a bit by soaking into the wood also works well. A nice size jar of Vaseline is always kept in my backpack bug out bag.
    A good warning for your kids: Also with alcohol like this you be very careful to not get it on your hands because you cannot see the flame or that you're on fire until you're actually on fire.

    • @houseportraitscalligraphy7474
      @houseportraitscalligraphy7474 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wow.

    • @Superduper666
      @Superduper666 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah, an autistic boy doing a tiktok challenge found this out the hard way. A very important piece of information you brought up.

  • @picklechip5462
    @picklechip5462 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    This is also why you need to be very careful when throwing 9volt batteries in trash without electrical tape wrapped around the end area. I seen on tv years ago where someone’s entire house burnt down because they had some 9 volt batteries in a grocery bag with some other things, hanging on a hook in their garage and after investigating, the fire department explained that is where the fire started and to always take a small piece of electrical tape and put on end when storing or throwing out because it’s a possible way to start a fire.

    • @MissHeird
      @MissHeird ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Great to know this! Thank you.

    • @joyfisher8008
      @joyfisher8008 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thanks! I never knew about 9volts starting fires or using electrical tape before disposal!

    • @downbntout
      @downbntout ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Whoaah!

    • @pagevpetty
      @pagevpetty 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I put them in a little zip lock bag.

    • @dawnanewday9671
      @dawnanewday9671 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      You're supposed to recycle used batteries. Our garbage company collects them with other recycling.

  • @jameslow5536
    @jameslow5536 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    I survived the great Texas Whiteout for just under 2 weeks with out proper power, water, and heat. Do not underestimate the weather.. it does some crazy stuff.

    • @crystalmasters8582
      @crystalmasters8582 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That was wild, very eye opening.

    • @ShannaM1
      @ShannaM1 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sadly, our government has been doing it for years...weather manipulation. Look into Project Popeye & CERN. They create the crisis so they can give the solution, which always means taking our rights.

    • @GenRN
      @GenRN ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same. Still dealing with the damage to my properties.

    • @wcares8062
      @wcares8062 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Grateful I am not totally dependant on the electrical grid. I used lots of these tips. No longer relying on the central heat.

    • @chelshops
      @chelshops ปีที่แล้ว +1

      THEY do some crazy stuff. Our government hates us.

  • @Stran8n
    @Stran8n ปีที่แล้ว +237

    When I was a kid in Scouts, we made sterno burners using tuna cans, corrugated cardboard and paraffin wax. Cut the cardboard in to long, thin strips as wide as the tuna can is tall. Roll the cardboard into tight coils that fit snugly in the can and dip them in melted paraffin. Lightweight, compact, packable heat sources.

    • @David_Rafuse
      @David_Rafuse ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Yep, a tried and tested old technique, known by many as a 'buddy burner.' It's mentioned in Dian Thomas' 'Roughing It Easy' book of camp cookery. A book well worth obtaining for anybody interested in this sort of thing.

    • @cherylsavage3434
      @cherylsavage3434 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      We did that and also used a coffee can as a stove that was heated with the burner

    • @davidcarothers3311
      @davidcarothers3311 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No you didn't!!

    • @kareno7212
      @kareno7212 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@davidcarothers3311 I did the same thing in Scouts. We would take an old coffee can, turn it upside down, use the pointed end of a can opener and open little holes all around the top sides of the can. You could put it over your buddy burner and cook on the top. We cooked hot dogs on them.

    • @ambrosemclaren145
      @ambrosemclaren145 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@kareno7212 Also called a hobo stove.

  • @Boone22
    @Boone22 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Praying EVERYONE IS PREPARED FOR THE STORM COMING THROUGH THIS WEEK, please get food water,extra fuel now. Stay safe everyone!

    • @Timetravel1111
      @Timetravel1111 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you there’s a stray cat 🐈‍⬛ been coming here for months poor thing out in zero now. ❤my husband built a cover over patio table and plug 🔌 in kitty bed 🛌 yet didn’t see prints, I pray outloud and pray to the gods but I see in s eyes the struggle is real. We named him MAGNE- Thors son.

  • @neighbor-j-4737
    @neighbor-j-4737 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I learned three things watching this. You're a good dad, a good husband, and you love your Mom. Also that you use common sense and humor as teaching tools.
    And now your audience is bigger because of those things...

  • @tectardedprepper8954
    @tectardedprepper8954 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    Love the way you get your kids involved in prepping . They are our future caregivers. And I am happy to see them learning the old ways

    • @lukecage3485
      @lukecage3485 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry but there isn't going to be a future. God is judging the US using the POTATUS.

    • @NorthernKitty
      @NorthernKitty ปีที่แล้ว +4

      When I was a kid we simply called that "scouting", i.e. Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. 😋

    • @Boobtube.
      @Boobtube. ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@NorthernKitty in today's world, boy scouts and girl scouts are the same thing.

    • @roxannpennington8418
      @roxannpennington8418 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Boobtube. you have to get your kids to work with you and then they will know more about survival of the way things are going to be in the near future.

    • @john-vw1ry
      @john-vw1ry ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi

  • @annjohnson4776
    @annjohnson4776 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Your daughter will remember these skills for the rest of her life❤️

    • @HAXMAN
      @HAXMAN  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I hope so. 😃

    • @thewiredfox2691
      @thewiredfox2691 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And he will remember it for the rest of his life after she burns the house down! ;-p
      Lock that steel wool up!

    • @iskrastankova7809
      @iskrastankova7809 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@thewiredfox2691 😄😄😄

    • @jum5238
      @jum5238 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Teach her that alcohol burns mostly invisibly. There have been a few drivers in races in the past who have been badly burned in plain view of everyone, and nobody knows what the heck is going on as the person is flailing around.

  • @shelleyw5951
    @shelleyw5951 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    There was a comment on another video I watched, where the poster said that you could make your own stove fuel by using epsom salts in a can and pouring alcohol over it. I'm thinking of trying that experiment to see how it works. Thank you for your awesome emergency tips on staying warm. The cotton balls with the Vaseline Incorporated really seem to burn for quite a long time as well. Really great to see that you incorporated your daughter into this. As a young child who grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan I was always jealous that my brother got to go "work" in the shop with my dad when we were young and being a girl, I had to stay in the house and do dishes. Didn't stop me though later from becoming fairly handy. 😊🔥🙌

  • @Mr.Event501
    @Mr.Event501 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    bushcraftsman here. if you cut out a spot in the cans side u can feed it twigs like a stove . put metal top on it and u can heat up stuff like coffee and all too

    • @katylox1604
      @katylox1604 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Rocket stove😊

  • @virgil3241
    @virgil3241 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    I live in Alberta Canada, hit with alot of -39 with no wind chill. I have in my truck always a tin can and small tea light candles when I travel, as well as winter clothes and some granola bars and bottles water And I have taught my kids as well/ Thankfully I have never had to use this stuff due to car maintenance. But nice to see some new things as well.

    • @IrishAnnie
      @IrishAnnie ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Better to be safe than sorry.

    • @visamedic
      @visamedic ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Just good common sense. I live in Ca Central Valley. Super hot in the summer, mild to below freezing in the winter. But I’m always in the sierras. We’ve already, in October, had 14 degree weather, no snow, at 7400’. In both of my vehicles I have an “extreme cold kit”. Spare heavy jacket, winter warfare pants that can go over my jeans, food, water, blankets etc etc. either vehicle can bug out for a minimum of two weeks. The only limit is fuel for either vehicle.

    • @merrycraker1262
      @merrycraker1262 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      My Dad taught us to always have an old coffee can (the actual metal kind, obviously not the plastic) with candles, matches, aluminum foil (light the candles, tealights or votive or jar candles work best, and place in the can and place the foil partially over the top to conserve the heat and help warm the coffee can) and bottles of water. Since we live in the Northern US we never know when the weather will change suddenly and with this kit plus a blanket or 2 you could survive for a while if you slide off the road. I've added an emergency blanket also.

    • @cherrybell2995
      @cherrybell2995 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Don't forget the emergency blankets and maybe even a first aide kit bandages and neosporin and little scissors and gauze and small and large bandages. Etc. Extra medications aspirin or some painkillers fever reducers. Of course water jugs is most essential to survival. And a small pan heat things like snow into water and coals and some ligter fluid I guess. A good knife and rope. Masking tape blankets food cans like sardines and protien food chill in cans and hand can opener. Things like fishermen use to pack in tool boxes and tools of corse crow bars. Matt's flares lights. All kinds of things people can prep for. Don't forget a pistol is still useful. And like if a wolf or bear decides to attack maybe shot gun warning might run them away from a person stuck in situations.

    • @davidcarothers3311
      @davidcarothers3311 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@merrycraker1262 Remember toilet paper, eyedrops...

  • @granny4751
    @granny4751 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    A slight expansion for the paint can idea. Get a 1 gallon paint can and a 1 quart can. in the bottom of the gallon can add 2-3 inches of sand. Fill the quart can with TP and 91% "isopurple" (lol) alcohol. Place the quart can INSIDE the gallon can on the sand, with lids on. I DON'T live in the south, so this makes a great emergency heater to keep in you car when it is like 20 below zero and you have car trouble! Blessings to you and your lovely family. Thank you

    • @HAXMAN
      @HAXMAN  ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Thanks for the tip! Same to you!

    • @jeffsmith8127
      @jeffsmith8127 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      You can use a metal coffee can or big can from soups,stews,and juices works good and gives longer burn time.

    • @granny4751
      @granny4751 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@jeffsmith8127 I totally agree with you Jeff. I guess the reason for the paint cans is that they seal tightly and prevent evaporation of the alcohol. Blessings to you.

    • @fatillacing4131
      @fatillacing4131 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Why not just leave the alkihol in the bottle until you're ready to light it?

    • @noconsentgiven
      @noconsentgiven ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fatillacing4131 What are you going to pour the fluid into or are you going to light it inside the plastic bottle🤨?

  • @Grandma7T7
    @Grandma7T7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Awesome idea! I also try to instill in elderly that they should put on layers of clothes and socks and warm slippers but do not just get into their pajamas and go to bed!!! It is important to have this discussion. It would be a great service project to go to senior centers and remind them of survival skills! Great for a high schooler who needs a project.

  • @anjabrown7868
    @anjabrown7868 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    My boyfriend who’s served with all branches of military service , Marine, Army , Coastguard & Air Force didn’t know about the battery one I always enjoy watching these videos , especially with everything going the way it is . This country sadly is so crime ridden and divided I worry especially with rents being so high as well as food and living only on disability ppl think everyone that’s homeless ppl assume they are crazy or addicts but most have either lost their residences due to fire , natural disasters etc . Enjoyed this video and keep making them .👍👍👍

    • @Heseesyou
      @Heseesyou ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Perfect example of why I build my house on the rock rather then sinking sand.. because when the storms of life come the holy spirit will guide your path straight through a relationship with Jesus Christ!

    • @pilarq7886
      @pilarq7886 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@Heseesyoutell it !!

    • @campsamaisan
      @campsamaisan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      4 branches of our military service? Highly unlikely. How did he do that?

  • @candyhawkes2319
    @candyhawkes2319 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    We made the alcohol/TP stoves in a tin can like he show at 14:00. We learned to store the alcohol separately in it's original bottle. If you pour it on the TP and put it away to store, the tin can will rust.

    • @judyjackson2260
      @judyjackson2260 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I would just hate to burn tp. I mean in a disaster tp pretty important for its intended purpose. Lol😂

    • @jtc1947
      @jtc1947 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I guess that NO paint cans are stainless steel ?? PLS ADVISE??

  • @matthewpeterson3329
    @matthewpeterson3329 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I have found that corn chips work well. More so with Fritos rather than tortilla chips, which are both made from corn, but the sugars in the corn used for tortilla chips is mostly processed out and they don't have as much oil in them. Fritos have high sugar content, as well as oil, which I believe to be the contributing factors in their flammability. The egg crate trick is great... save your old candles and melt them together to pour over the dryer lint in each of the pockets. They don't work great to start fires, bur they help make a small fire burn hot enough to get larger kindling lit, and they are mostly waterproof. For those of you not familiar with "fat wood", you can buy it or harvest your own from really sappy pine called "pitch pine" Any overly sappy wood will work, and the saturated wood burns awesome. If you do a lot of wood working, save some sawdust and mix it with some melted candle wax in an old ice cube tray. They burn great and are water repellant. Thanks for another great video!

    • @JaredAllegretta
      @JaredAllegretta ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I used to work at a Frito Lay distribution center - Fritos are a straight up fire hazard.

    • @user1.8.2.
      @user1.8.2. ปีที่แล้ว

      Fritos!!! 5 bucks a bag now.
      Cotton & Vaseline sounds good...

    • @judithlocke3094
      @judithlocke3094 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Orange peel will burn also

  • @bryanseeds2222
    @bryanseeds2222 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    1 thing I didn't see that may or may not meet the criteria of household items, but if you unroll a cotton ball (yes they're designed to be unrolled) & fill it with rust on the inside of the unrolled cotton ball, roll it back up & then rub it between 2 small pieces of wood, you're able to start a small fire that way as well & then build it up with small tinder. So if you're stuck/stranded in your car & you have rust somewhere on your vehicle (normally underneath somewhere) & you have something easily flammable like a cotton ball, you can keep yourself warm that way.
    Survival has many ways, and most of them are from thinking outside of the box.

    • @cristymenapace677
      @cristymenapace677 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great tip! I do survival and the didn’t know the rust hack!🙌🔥❤️

  • @duanehamilton496
    @duanehamilton496 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Great video! Don't forget salad/cooking oil. If you saturate a paper towel with cooking oil and put it under quartered, seasoned cordwood, it will start the wood without kindling. Half fill a coffee cup with oil and soak it all up with the paper towel/s. Also, wrap an inch or so of candle ( maybe what is left in the candle holder) wrap with paper towel and twist both ends like a candy. Light one of the twists and it will also get quartered, seasoned cordwood burning.

    • @ukskywatcher9598
      @ukskywatcher9598 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You can twist toilet roll to make a wick too learnt that in prison 🤔👍

    • @visamedic
      @visamedic ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Probably my favorite fire starter is taking soaked paper towels. Whenever I make bacon, and I love bacon, I place 3-4 paper towels in the pan to soak up the oil. I don’t like putting the pan in the sink with all that crud. When everything is cool,I take that out, roll it up, and stick it in a ziplock. THE BEST fire starter. And it smells like bacon 😁👍

  • @RLeeVanCamps
    @RLeeVanCamps ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Great ideas. Best part is a dad showing his daughter how to survive!, you go dad!

  • @TheOriginalFreak
    @TheOriginalFreak ปีที่แล้ว +133

    Egg carton fire starter: Coating the egg carton voids well with melted wax before stuffing the lint/hair/etc. in the voids and then coating them with more melted wax will help ensure that if the carton or the individual pods get wet or moist (everyone's new favorite word!!) there is a better chance the interior of the pods will stay dry and ignitable. Great video!

    • @alomaalber6514
      @alomaalber6514 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      also the inside roll thing when the paper towels are done. little "faux" logs that make good kindling.

    • @kerrynikki
      @kerrynikki ปีที่แล้ว +29

      You can also just tear the individual filled pieces off and then dip them with a pair of tongs into a pot of melted wax...job done in one swoop.....works great with toilet rolls too....Maybe you'll think I'm off the wall, but a great way of processing a death/separation of a loved one....get the kids (and yourself) to write an authentic letter to a deceased/estranged relative/friend, maybe writing how much you'll miss them at Christmas and you'll be thinking of them etc....(a picture will suffice for the younger ones) then roll into a scroll, stuff with lint (maybe from the tumble dryer or dired grass) then dip into the tube into wax quickly and leave to 'set'. Then this can be used to light your fire on Christmas Day/Birthday/Feast Day etc....there is something primordial, ritualistic, ceremonial, cleansing about lighting a fire with intent and love. x. I am an Art Pyschotherapist and have seen first hand the therapeutic benefits of ritual in processing a beareavement or separation. Hope this helps...Greetings from Co. Kerry, Ireland. Blessings to all who read this x

    • @SamFreedom
      @SamFreedom ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@@kerrynikki that's very thoughtful

    • @ppjt6018
      @ppjt6018 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Egg carton and dryer lint make for great fire-starters

  • @AnneMarieBibby1966
    @AnneMarieBibby1966 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The best part of this video is your daughter learning survival techniques.
    I absolutely love this! ❤✌

  • @pattiannepascual
    @pattiannepascual ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Your little girl is so precious and what a joy! she's a little survivalist.And eager one at that. Not scared of fire.What a blessing.

  • @dr.froghopper6711
    @dr.froghopper6711 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Put the quart can inside a 1 gallon can. In the big can, put 1/2” holes around the outside, bottom and top. You now have a stove in which other survival supplies can be stored when you’re not cooking. I keep one in my kayak for kayak camping. There are numerous nifty things you can carry with you in your 1 gallon stove that can save your life. Pack the larger can with flexible bags that are waterproof. Coffee, food, medical supplies etc can all share the big can for traveling and all can be removed when you need the big can and the quart alcohol source for cooking or heat. If you really want to get froggy, buy a steel 5 gallon can. Those are very handy for storing your stove and enough food for you, your family, emergencies, camping trips.

    • @King.DAVid.III2022
      @King.DAVid.III2022 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I put 5 gal metal bucket wood stove inside 55 gal which then use PC fans to draw heat inside tent, cabin, box truck, camper.

    • @valeriehancotte-galan4790
      @valeriehancotte-galan4790 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Make a video for us 😊👍

    • @King.DAVid.III2022
      @King.DAVid.III2022 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@valeriehancotte-galan4790 I sure will gathering pieces for stove now

    • @taxiridefun
      @taxiridefun ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@King.DAVid.III2022 is video almost ready?

    • @King.DAVid.III2022
      @King.DAVid.III2022 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@taxiridefun Good morning not yet but really gonna need one this week end. I sleep outside most every night 😴, but last night was nice in a storage building. I have everything except the 55 gal drum for plenum.. I was hoping to have a welder by now, but I've always built without one. The welder is for reconditioning off-grid batteries makes them like new. Welding with it is a bonus 🤓 but the can can be built in 30 minutes. Any metal box works to catch the heat sheet metal box.

  • @rainbocatz6376
    @rainbocatz6376 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    I have saved dryer lint for decades. It's great to use under kindling to get log fires started, and you can also add used or rancid cooking oil to the lint to keep it burning longer. Rancid cooking oil can also be used in oil lamps, so don't discard it. Also emergency candles can be made using Crisco and a taper cande as a wick in a mason jar or used, empty can. One or more emergency candles can be used to cook on. Just get a metal stand or make a "fire pit" with two stacked bricks each on three sides to place your candles in, then place a wire rack on top or put your cooking pot right in top of the metal stand. Just make sure it's stable.

    • @MisstyG
      @MisstyG ปีที่แล้ว +8

      We have made large, and small generic Crisco candles, for a heater. These also use terra cotta clay planter pots, which the candles heat up.

    • @user-qi3eo9or1p
      @user-qi3eo9or1p ปีที่แล้ว +6

      5p
      note oil smokes
      alcohol burns clean
      and the soaked TP tho extinguished, can then be reused extensively

    • @tajmajal4197
      @tajmajal4197 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yep, dryer lint, been collecting them, too.

    • @christaj1754
      @christaj1754 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I stuff lint into toilet paper rolls and put them in stackable empty cans, like psyllium that our dogs get to prevent anal gland issues & eating poop.

  • @maryrybicki9034
    @maryrybicki9034 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fellow Floridian here thanks for the Girl Scout and Civil Air Patrol refresher I am 66 and have a lot of critical thinking which is essential.

  • @NobodyOwesYouAnythin
    @NobodyOwesYouAnythin ปีที่แล้ว +18

    If you want to build a long lasting, zero smoke alcohol fire, you can make what’s called a Cat Food Can stove. You can cook on it or just keep warm with it. It uses that pink insulation instead of the TP. Save that for what it was intended for. After the first time you use it, it’ll form a hard surface on top of the pink insulation. I’ve made one with the smallest cat food cans, and the next size up sized can. I’ll start making useful Camping videos so people can see what I do out in the field.

  • @robertzeurunkl8401
    @robertzeurunkl8401 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Just be careful and keep in mind that burning anything, especially alcohol, will produce carbon monoxide. *_ALWAYS_* have a CO monitor. In my "shed" (about 12'x10', no windows), burning alcohol like that set my alarm off in only about 5 minutes. Even with a fan circulating air, CO ppm at head level (about 4' from the ground when seated), the alarm reached 165ppm in about 4 minutes, and triggered the alarm at 200 ppm just one and a half minutes later. I was burning denatured alcohol, not isopropyl, but I'm sure it would be the same.

  • @GeckoHiker
    @GeckoHiker ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Growing up in central Florida made me into a forever prepper. We would be without power and the roof torn up enough times that you just kept supplies for every possible disaster. Then there was the backyard fallout shelter. Winter tornadoes meant having cold weather gear and supplies. This mentality has worked well for every place I lived subsequently. Now we are in the Ozarks and losing power is life threatening in the winter if you don't have a woodstove or three. We installed tent sized woodstoves in the family room and largest bedroom to supplement the kitchen and living room wood stoves. The can idea works for vehicle travel if we were to become stranded. Carefully!

  • @ChristieAphrodite
    @ChristieAphrodite ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is awesome you are teaching your daughter this important information. I didn't get to figure it all out till my 40's when I was homeless for the first time in my life. What I can say about the can and alcohol is that it will burn forever in a tuna can, much better than a taller can because of the air flow. After trying all types of cans due to necessity, being my only way to heat myself and cook food for several years, a simple tuna can with 3 indentations on the sides and alcohol is all one needs. It makes like a burner and allows air flow which is one of the main ingredients in fire. :) Depending on how long you need it to burn or what you need it for you can add things like a clay pot and footers, I always did this on a tile to ensure nothing catches fire in case of spills...I could boil water like this in less than 5 minutes and did on a video when I lived in my van. One thing people really need to understand about alcohol fires is that the alcohol burns.........no matter where it is...and you can't blow it out. lol I've had a few fire leery people near me in these days who panicked, then dumped the alcohol over and couldn't figure out why they couldn't blow it out. hahahahahaha too much to write in a comment, but I promise all one needs is a tuna can and alcohol...can heat your tent, van, storage unit, etc. :)

    • @sam12587
      @sam12587 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dunno if you’ll see this question, do you recall the name of your tuna can video?
      I’d like to try it for emergency cooking, better to practice before the power goes out. I have kids and want them as comfortable as possible in an outtage.

  • @steveharris9610
    @steveharris9610 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I think it's fabulous that you had your daughter help u,and actually do some of it herself. Not only could it possibly save her life someday, you are buying special memories that will last a life time!

  • @brokenbravo83
    @brokenbravo83 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Hold the striker in place and pull Ferro rod backwards. Still makes a spark but you don't knock everything over pushing striker forward into bundle

  • @ML-ks2lj
    @ML-ks2lj ปีที่แล้ว +61

    When you strike Ferro rods hold the rod and striker rigid together and actually pull the rod towards yourself with the pressure against the striker with the Striker being held in place by the other hand. Find which hands it's comfortable to do it that way. The sparks are more controlled along with the whole process really. Try it I promise you you'll get a better more concentrated and controlled spark into the area you want them to land.

    • @patriciatinkey2677
      @patriciatinkey2677 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thanks for this tip. My sparks have just been all over the place. Great to know a way to 'herd' them in the right direction! 🙂

  • @bryanburcham1381
    @bryanburcham1381 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love this kind of stuff...showing the next generation how to survive. That young lady was very attentive. Warms my heart knowing that she'd stand a pretty fair chance of survival if, God forbid, it ever came down to it. Keep doing what you're doing brother. Much love and respect. No wise man ever regretted being ready.

  • @dianep1385
    @dianep1385 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Seeiing you two together reminds me of why I miss my dad.🥰 He's long gone now but he's still in my ❤ 💙 💜 Thanks for the great tips!

  • @fr0nk3nst31n
    @fr0nk3nst31n ปีที่แล้ว +46

    One major thing to remember with dryer lint is to avoid any lint that came from stuff that was washed with chlorine bleach. Nothing better than starting a fire and inhaling a bunch of chlorine gas.

  • @jonz01
    @jonz01 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Great advice! We used to make alcohol heaters back when coffee cans were metal and stuff a roll of tp in it. Made a perfect deer stand heater.

  • @udumkopf8217
    @udumkopf8217 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dryer lint is like gold when it comes to starting a fire. Wow so everybody remember to empty the lint trap in your dryer so you don't catch on fire.

  • @tea-chip-cookies
    @tea-chip-cookies ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It's honestly so cute the way your daughter is sitting with you in the end.. It reminds me of when I was younger, I couldn't stop following my father around! Lol.
    Bless you both.🤗

  • @laraoneal7284
    @laraoneal7284 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Love the “no agenda “ kids books by ur mom. God bless her. We certainly need those.

  • @michaelhutson6758
    @michaelhutson6758 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Be advised that while _cotton_ dryer lint is a good firestarter, lint from synthetics like polyester are more likely to just smoke and smolder.

  • @312af
    @312af 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I don't really watch many of these beginner videos (steel wool and such). Your's was well done. I also enjoyed the father / daughter aspect. My family just came apart and it was pleasing to see.
    You are a blessed man.

    • @cindyd003
      @cindyd003 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      May God bless you and your family and send His Holy Spirit to Co.fort and guide you all

  • @mach37
    @mach37 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    It's pretty likely a kitchen has a cast iron skillet or pot that you could use instead of aluminum, or to hold the aluminum to protect whatever surface you start the fire on.

  • @jillhull7358
    @jillhull7358 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    You are the most practical and straight to the point teaching by example ive every seen

  • @jodilea144
    @jodilea144 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It’s so cool to see you involve your daughter! I knew some of these, but this was entertaining, nonetheless. I save up my sawdust and old candle nubs - melt the wax and mix in lots of sawdust - instant fire-starter blocks! 🙂

    • @JakeKlineMusic
      @JakeKlineMusic ปีที่แล้ว

      You cutting trees like me, or doing carpentry? 😃

    • @jodilea144
      @jodilea144 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JakeKlineMusic a little carpentry and handmade decor pieces. 🙂

  • @opheliadeclines
    @opheliadeclines ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Whoa!! Practical and you actually used stuff we might have, no crazy improbable stuff. I knew some of this, but forgot it ages ago. Timely and useful video, thanks!!

  • @iseiyoulaitre
    @iseiyoulaitre ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Its called a woodstove. I have one, a reburner, in the city. Free wood from an arborist every year: 5 chords free a year. Haven't paid much for natural gas for 3 years now and its fun splitting wood.

    • @newenglandman2413
      @newenglandman2413 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Unfortunately, many municipalities in cold climates prohibit the use of wood stoves.

    • @everysingleone8714
      @everysingleone8714 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wish I could install a wood burner in my fireplace but I rent rooms downstairs and the tenants would freeze! 😂

  • @Kuessemir
    @Kuessemir ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Congratulations to your Mom on the children's book, that's awesome!

    • @HAXMAN
      @HAXMAN  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you!

  • @whoogoesthere
    @whoogoesthere ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Life skills. Priceless!

  • @jackychandler8594
    @jackychandler8594 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm 60 and was shown the toilet paper trick 46 yrs ago, but forgot about it. Thanks for reminding me. We used it to keep hands warm while working on motorcycles, and vehicles outside in cold weather. The alcohol is a very clean burning fuel.

  • @unfi6798
    @unfi6798 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Hello Haxman & family.! Found your channel by accident & love it so much. It's simple but very informative. It's great to see the young ones interested & intrigue with survival skills. We are also very interested in that childrens book, will definitely get a couple soon & will donate it to the local pre-school whre we live. By the way you can also cut strips of carton boxes, roll it up & place it in th tin instead of toilet roll. It's a case of " rather have it when you need it than not having it!" Wiping your behind with leaves just don't cut it mate.!! Anyway congrats, you now have a new sub (there's three of us) Stay warm & stay safe. Warm greetings from Australia.

    • @HAXMAN
      @HAXMAN  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much! 👊

  • @333whiteraven
    @333whiteraven ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My favorite firestarter is dryer lint stuffed in a toilet paper tube with a birthday candle in the center. I save all our used up birthday candles, toilet paper tubes and dryer lint! I call it my toilet paper "dynamite firestarter." It's fun and functional! XD

  • @ruby7741
    @ruby7741 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you! Ridiculously GOOD ways to teach US and the kids how to be prepared and I loved the idea of gifting it on to someone. I LOVE the way you Work with your kids and how fun you make it for them and for us. Your a great daddy and it's nice to see this. :) A Michigan Mom.

    • @HAXMAN
      @HAXMAN  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much!

  • @danglesbanglesmoreco6462
    @danglesbanglesmoreco6462 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sweater shavings and shed hair work well too as a fire starter. You can also use old soup cans for containers. When you go camping, you use whatever you can.

  • @sandyca1106
    @sandyca1106 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    A video on how to stay warm inside your home when there is no power or woodstove.
    My one odd suggestion for sleeping is to flip the couch and sleep in the 'V' shape space.
    Most are aware of sleeping in a tent inside the home, but add a second smaller tent inside the larger one.
    I have no idea other than using candles on how to have a safe fire inside a home if you haven't a woodstove or fireplace.

    • @patriciatinkey2677
      @patriciatinkey2677 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your couch idea is brilliant! If there's no tent available, your "couch flip" & any heavy cloth, (&, if possible, plastic), on top, draped over it. That's a Lifesaver! Hope the somebody, somewhere, who will need this this winter, reads & remembers your post! Good Luck, All, & Stay Safe Out There!

    • @patriciatinkey2677
      @patriciatinkey2677 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sometimes marketed as "canned heat" sometimes sold by restaurant suppliers for buffet warmers, those alcohol burning cans work with those (cheap) little folding square camp stoves. They are safe indoors, & will give some heat while warming up a small- medium pot of food or drink. I'm in Florida, we keep ours on hand for hurricane cooking, but they make so much heat that we just wait out the storm, then use them outside. Different locations, different problems! 🙂🍀🙏

    • @Grandma7T7
      @Grandma7T7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Awesome idea! I also try to instill in elderly that they should put on layers of clothes and socks and warm slippers but do not just get into their pajamas and go to bed!!! It is important to have this discussion. It would be a great service project to go to senior centers and remind them of survival skills! Great for a high schooler who needs a project. 🤗

    • @Great_Wall_of_Text
      @Great_Wall_of_Text ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Indoor tents work, and you can make your own.
      Here's a fun story to illustrate the point:
      When I was a kid my family home used gas from our own property, which meant that it was free, but also meant that we were responsible for maintaining every part of the gas well.
      Generally, this was great. Our house was the warmest I've ever lived in most winters. Wood stove? Who needs a wood stove when you have free gas?
      Turns out, we did.
      Sometimes condensation in the well would freeze and block the pipes. This left us without cooking fuel or heat.
      My dad knew this, and he knew how to fix it, but he also had a seriously inconvinient habit of dying whenever I was seven years old.
      True, he only did it once, but that was enough to put a damper on things.
      Among other problems, this meant that whenever it got really cold (we live in Ohio, so "really cold" is -20 degrees American) the heat would go out because mom didn't know how to fix it.
      We'd have to call my twenty somthing brother-in-law to help. He always came quickly, but he wasn't always available, and ince he got there he'd have to hike a couple hundred yards intonwthe woods with tools, and that took some time. That meant some cold days and nights.
      I made blanket forts...for survival.
      Some of my family would bundle up and pull the blankets up to their chin. Noobs.
      Smarter kids would pull their heads under as well.
      I made a forteess of warmth atop my bed, under which I could play with my He Man action figures.
      Sure, it was cold at first, but it got warm pretty quick and I had room to play.
      Turns out the human body is a pretty good heater, especially when you're working up a sweat beating the everliving Hell out of Skeletor.
      I eventually learned how to clear the blockage in the gas pipes myself, and later moved into a home of my own with a wife, two kids, a wood stove, and a couple cords of "emergency" wood out back that we never really need.
      I still like to hang out under blankets. It's where I write most of my youtube comments : )

    • @terryfrisk287
      @terryfrisk287 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very insightful and resourceful.

  • @kentneumann5209
    @kentneumann5209 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Flameless compact portable heat for emergencies that works in single digit tenperatures and is free, is plastic shopping bags like you get at Walmart.
    You can squeeze the air out of them to make the compact and portable.
    When faced with freezing temps, stranded outdoors, pull them bags out and fluff air into them.
    Get as much out of the wind as you can.
    If you have your thinsulate boots and gloves on, and your hands and feet are freezing despite that...
    Remove your boots and gloves and pull a few bags over each foot. Then make a loose fluffed ball of several more bags and stuff those in around and inside of the outer layer you are wearing. Tuck the open ends under your pant legs.
    Repeat process with hands. Your feet will be warm before your done doing your hands.
    You can do the same thing with your entire body if your clothes are loose enough to stuff gobs of loosely balled up bags into.
    I had winter coveralls on when I did it.
    I discovered it out of necessity one winter night in Minnesota. I was homeless, out dumpster diving for money, and realized too late that I was too cold to make it back to base.
    I jumped into a construction dumpster to get out of the wind. There were several kitchen garbage bags stuffed with shopping bags in there. I felt immediately warm on my backside when I plopped down into them.
    I was in real danger of frostbit toes and fingers. My cold boots were making my slightly sweaty feet unbearably cold, so I removed them and plunged my feet into the bags. Ahhh. So instantly warm.
    I nestled down into the (clean) plastic bags and got so warm I fell asleep for a brief nap.
    My hands and feet now warmed, I stuffed my coveralls as described and headed for my base. A long walk ahead, but I got really warm, and pulled out bags as needed to adjust my temp.
    The bags block the wind and trap your own body heat at the same time. Its the best thing for staying warm when you can't legally light a fire.
    Honestly, its warmer than a small fire.

    • @kathleenschaefer7012
      @kathleenschaefer7012 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you!!!

    • @crazychicken4063
      @crazychicken4063 ปีที่แล้ว

      This just gives me more reasons to save those bags. Thanks!

    • @iffykidmn8170
      @iffykidmn8170 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      works great unless your clothes start getting damp from trapped moisture.

    • @kentneumann5209
      @kentneumann5209 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Before trusting your life to it, please everyone, experiment with it at home, in your garage or back yard, under safe conditions.
      Make damn sure you give it a practice run at a time when you don't need it, so you know what to do when you do need it.
      It was an emergency fix to a situation I got myself into that would have otherwise possibly resulted in frost bite on toes and fingers. (But probably not, cuz I would have lit a small fire before I let that happen.) Which I had done in the past prior to that experience.
      I have used the shopping bags warm up since then, with no problems. Only yummy warmth on cold toes.
      The name brand insulation of outdoor gear, Thinsulate, only works so far, before it fails utterly. I suppose its only designed for a certain temperature threshold, and nothing lower.
      Ever accidently rip one of your Thinsulate gloves open? See what's inside? A very thin layer of styrofoam and a very thin, wispy layer of plastic around it.
      That's it.
      Anyway, common sense... Do a practice run. This will also help you figure out how many bags you will need per person.

  • @Mama420Redneck
    @Mama420Redneck 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The knowledge you are passing on is amazing, as well as the daddy daughter time she will remember the rest of her life!!

  • @user-gh8wt2zi2n
    @user-gh8wt2zi2n ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great video, inspiring.
    Instead of a quarter, you could also tape a P-38 can opener to the lid. Takes up about as much space as a quarter, will easily open the paint can, and then you have a way to open your beans.
    I've even opened soda and beer bottles with mine.
    They're also cheap, especially in bulk..

  • @sondrabradley8040
    @sondrabradley8040 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love that the dog is smiling when your reading him the book!

  • @alfredobatista9818
    @alfredobatista9818 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Quick tip: Rayovac batteries are made in the same plant as energizer batteries. Check the back labels. We pay more do to marketing. Hope this helps. Thanks.

  • @peterpiper487
    @peterpiper487 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You are a great teacher to your daughter. I think she will be fine in a grid down situation because of you.

  • @uptone12111
    @uptone12111 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That was great.Thank you! We totally got into this one winter and did all these in the garage one year+ made some clay candle heaters.

  • @alysem135
    @alysem135 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Ordered your moms book! It looks super cute. I’d pay just for all the info you share and you charge nothing for it so this is a win win for me. Always glad to support someone following a dream. I actually have a little one not yet in school but I’d buy it and donate it even if I didn’t ❤️

    • @HAXMAN
      @HAXMAN  ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thank you so much Alyse! That’s so nice of you.

  • @SetchiPaunda
    @SetchiPaunda ปีที่แล้ว +6

    just a little note. if that 9 volt battery was in your trash and has a charge on it. With no tape over the terminals. Not a good scenario. Fire fighter told me one cause of house fires is 9 volt batteries. When they are placed in drawers or wherever with no cap or protection on terminals and they get shorted out.

    • @mrs.manners6344
      @mrs.manners6344 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      💯✅👏🎈🙋Thanks for giving us your time. Excellent sharing.

  • @sheilaa7401
    @sheilaa7401 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Haxman for all your wonderful tips, God bless

  • @jensenjake9575
    @jensenjake9575 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Praise to you sir for getting the little ones a little wisdom and knowledge you know good parents when you see him!!!!👍🏻👍🏿👍👍🏼👍👍🏽

  • @muzzlevelocity4397
    @muzzlevelocity4397 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I knew most of these tips already, but this is still an excellent video tutorial. Well done.

  • @TheAntHill184
    @TheAntHill184 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you for the very nice non evasive doom and gloom video.
    It was very refreshing and family friendly with GREAT unique ideas.

  • @samanthak5831
    @samanthak5831 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you all for these life saving tips. Blessings

  • @campingwiththeadamss8552
    @campingwiththeadamss8552 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome. Glad that you hit on those items. A lot of the young generation or city folk have no clue. Well done and as I always say, " A county boys will survive" !

  • @shawnroberts6931
    @shawnroberts6931 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Teaching ways to make fire are essential. I like that you are sharing the correct skills of using what is available to give your child the knowledge of making fire. Great job!

  • @CATownsend777
    @CATownsend777 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    You might want to try and build the clay pot heater.
    Basically, use a large clay plant pot, a big one, and also have a clay plant water drain pan that normally fits under the pot. Place your heater can in the center of the clay drain pan. Flip the clay pot over and find a way to suspend the clay pot over the fire source leaving a gap of may be two or three inches for air.
    You can use something like bricks that won't burn.
    You must leave a gap to not smother your heat source.
    You could build a brick stand for the pot to sit upside down on.
    The clay pot will heat up and put off alot more heat than that little can.
    Try building a couple on the corners of your patio and see how warm it will get.
    The fire source can even be tiki candles, use two or three under each clay pot.
    I would also suggest, as you were doing your testing, time how long your fire soure will burn. Then figure out how many of your fire sources you will need to last a week or longer.
    When the power goes out, no telling how long it will take to come back on. That February freeze was ridiculous.
    By the way, neat trick with the still wool and the 9volt. I have never seen that before. That I will take away and use, thanks.

    • @iffykidmn8170
      @iffykidmn8170 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How many people throw away 9volt batteries that still have a charge in them?😉

    • @NanaWilson-px9ij
      @NanaWilson-px9ij 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They all still have a change in them.

  • @bubbamell50
    @bubbamell50 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love that you and your wife are sharing this with the world. But love you’re involving your little girl and teaching her survival skills. The kids will love the fact she’s a survivor and the closeness of your family. This is what our kids should be doing and not spending time on their pads and phones.
    I learned a few things from you so thank you.

  • @susantodd7169
    @susantodd7169 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So cool u r teaching your daughter all these survival techniques

  • @5-minute-witness356
    @5-minute-witness356 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What an awesome "fortuitous" trash bag of totally random things !!! I enjoyed this very much - and learned a new way to light a fire, too (though I've been a prepper for a long time). Thank you!!

  • @sabrinac1
    @sabrinac1 ปีที่แล้ว

    What an awesome husband, father and helper to others. I shared this video to Facebook. Very useful. I did not know you could start a fire with steel wool and a 9 volt battery. My 16 year old son did. I also really like the idea of creating ready made cans with the toilet paper in it as gifts. I subscribed to your channel. I bet there are more things I'm bound to learn from you. You sound like you're from Tennessee or North Carolina like my people. I loved that you changed up your accent to sound royal or Scottish. Very nice twist. I do the same thing with my own family. They probably all think I'm silly or strange, but I don't care.
    Merry Christmas to the Haxman family!

  • @LittleCarol
    @LittleCarol ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You are the best Dad any young girl or boy could have, such brilliant ideas. I have leaned so much. Thank you so much for your fantastic ideas. I love the egg box one. I am going to use that one for sure. Love from Grandma in the UK. xxx

  • @terrireed2631
    @terrireed2631 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Great ideas!! Love your little assistant getting knowledge and excited to learn.

  • @brianduffie8200
    @brianduffie8200 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You can use strips of corrugated cardboard and fill your can with it ,drip candle wax on top filling the holes.Leave one piece of your center cardboard taller to be a wick so you can light it.The wax can also be melted in a double boiler and poured on.

  • @atreyuprincipalh4043
    @atreyuprincipalh4043 ปีที่แล้ว

    God bless You and You beautiful family..

  • @jesureemarino7564
    @jesureemarino7564 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for teaching us these things.
    God bless you.

  • @MrStanwillis
    @MrStanwillis ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dryer lint is especially interesting when you have several dogs.

  • @jeanlamourUK
    @jeanlamourUK ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When i took my eldest daughter camping in the mountains next to a local national park in the UK we found red grasshoppers, never seen red ones before this, and one them stayed around for a long time so we called him Hopper :)

  • @DaveDaveydo
    @DaveDaveydo ปีที่แล้ว

    way to be a great father brother; love it. I've been doing those same things for years now with different heat sources and ways to burn.

  • @tinkerboo82
    @tinkerboo82 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you and your daughter,wife for helping remind me of some survival skills I learned from my grandfather as about same age as your little girl. I will definitely be putting in my bug out bag. Thanks again. Godspeed 😊

  • @texasgalsprepping2065
    @texasgalsprepping2065 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Yes! I know all these tricks. But so happy that you are sharing it with everyone. Corn chips are amazing fire starters due to the fat content.

  • @hobojoe6839
    @hobojoe6839 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My furnace just recently went out don't have the greenbacks to fix it so I've been burning lard I can get three nights of heat from one soup can full

  • @edwinathompson5783
    @edwinathompson5783 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks really appreciate you for teaching simple things that all should learn

  • @wagner9050
    @wagner9050 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks 4 Saving Lives!!

  • @lizziesangi1602
    @lizziesangi1602 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is the single most helpful and important instructional video for me - single female in the city. ACES!
    Thank you for the upload ✝️🥰

  • @TheGlobalTravelr
    @TheGlobalTravelr ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I ran across and purchased cases (4 qts per case) of alcohol hand cleaner for $2 per case. My wife questioned why did we need this? I said that there are many applications and not just cleaning hands. Great vid!

  • @vigilante444
    @vigilante444 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for the video and children book 🙏🏼

  • @joe5033
    @joe5033 ปีที่แล้ว

    l'm so glad to have come across your channel, God bless from the UK 🙏

  • @j.l.emerson592
    @j.l.emerson592 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Compliments of the Boy Scouts of America: A Buddy Burner...
    Get a rather short empty food can, cleaned out. A favorite is tuna cans, but I use larger, taller cans. Measure the inside height of the can. Next cut long strips of corrugated cardboard to the same height as the inside height of the can. Roll the cardboard into a cylinder, adding new pieces until it's slightly smaller than the inside diameter of the can. Place the cardboard cylinder into your can. Melt some wax in a double boiler & pour over the cardboard until it's saturated & won't soak up anymore wax. (The wax can be broken crayons, old candle stubs, Gulf Wax/paraffin, etc.) You can add a wick but that's not necessary. Put the can lid on top of the waxy cardboard, (just to protect it from dust & dirt) add a lighter or some strike anywhere matches, toss into an old resealable food container to keep it dry & toss into your car trunk or wherever you think you might need it. You can use it as an emergency food warmer, heater, for light like a candle & you can also use it to start a larger fire. Easy peasy & cheap, reusing items that would probably be tossed in the garbage anyway.

    • @j.l.emerson592
      @j.l.emerson592 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A nice fire starter idea: buy some plain makeup remover pads, the 100% cotton ones. They can be either round or square, it doesn't matter. Melt some wax in a double boiler & dip those pads in the melted wax. You can dip only half the pad in wax or the whole pad. Then place on a rack or a piece of wax paper to dry. When they're dry, pack in a waterproof container. They make fire starting easy, especially the ones that are only half coated in wax. If you dried them on wax paper, just roll them up in the wax paper before storing them.