HOW TO BE PREPARED - Practical Preparedness / Survival Tips For The Prepared Individual. 

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“You know, like nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills. Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills.”

Been subbed for about 3 or 4 years. It's great seeing how your life has progressed. Hope you and your family the best!

I’m happy to see how you’ve grown Mike, and I love your willingness to witness, especially in this day and age. There are more christians out there than you realize. Good luck!

Truck gear & truck edc. I’m a firm believer in this!! I had an ‘85 F150 Ext Cab truck it had dual 20 ga fuel tanks, 6’ bed, 5.0 V8. I lived the first half of my life growing up in Tampa, FL, that truck even though it was 2wd went every where I needed it to go, pulled a 20’ flatbed trailer hauling logs stack 3’ high from front to back off road through mud and sand. Then I moved to TN and every time I left the pavement in the mountains there was always an incline of some degree, the dew didn’t burn off till late in the afternoon so the grass would always be wet. So if I left the pavement or gravel roads my 2wd truck would just start spinning on the wet ground and on an incline would start sliding down grade and I would constantly get stuck no traction. We’re talking back in ‘96-‘97 they didn’t have traction boards then. So lesson learned!!! IMO, a truck/suv is NOT a truck/suv w/o 4wd…! That said today, I won’t buy a truck/suv that isn’t 4wd. And if you own a truck/suv you GOT TO have “recovery gear” period. If you drive trials and spend ANY amount of time off road you need a winch, traction boards, & recovery gear (snatch straps, tree straps, blocks, shackles, soft shackles, shovel, etc)! But I’m also extremely SERIOUS about having my “Truck EDC” as well. 99% of the time if you go anywhere you are driving. Yes I have my EDC I carry on body everywhere and I carry also. But you drive most of the time you leave the house so the “Truck EDC” is the next obvious extension of that EDC. You carry a spare tire, jumper cables or I prefer a jump pack, a quart of oil, maybe transmission fluid, brake fluid, extra ga of antifreeze or just a ga of water incase you need to add water to the radiator, tools incase of breakdowns. So why not always have a blanket, gloves, change of clothes, drinking water. I carry so I normally have atleast 2 spare mags on person. But I also have 3 spare mags for my carry in my truck that stay in my truck, I have spare AR mags so when I have my AR with me (I don’t always take the AR w me) I have spares in the truck always. I have EDC on person. I have Truck EDC in each vehicle (I only drive Trucks/SUVs) that extend my EDC when I’m away from home. Then I have my “Go Bag” which goes everywhere with me. My “Go Bag” is multi purpose and packed for 72 hrs.

Definitely would love to start seeing some homesteading type videos. How to catch water, how to store water, how to setup and utilize solar and battery, growing food, maintaining livestock, all of that.

Financial preparedness is often neglected and butts heads with all the cool gear of survival preparedness lol. Do your best to save a bit of money. There's a balance to be struck somewhere. Love the vids, Mike.

please do a video on the future plans for self sustainability at ur new place and the garage/barn build u want to build and garden stuff

Always encouraging seeing you live out preparedness while also facilitating a family life and YT. Keep at it!

Good stuff Mike! Thanks for adding "Your Soul" in the preparedness info. This life is much shorter than we can imagine! See you in the next!

Always like hearing what your take is on being prepared for what ever might come to pass.

Love these videos and the gear videos and the weekenderlander vids I guess I just love this channel lol great to see your family growing Mike! I will keep you and your family in my prayers.

I love that you’re talking about this! I think one thing that I haven’t heard much about but is an incredibly important part of prepping is this: make sure you own your things. Get out of debt as quickly as possible. Sure, the grid could go down and ownership could be a matter of possession, but if this inflation rate continues how it is and you have debt you can’t pay, banks aren’t just going to stop repossessing cars and foreclosing on houses on account of the economy. Sometimes I think people are so focused on the “exciting” scenarios that they forget about the mundane. Personally, if something crazy does happen, I’d prefer to ride it out in my home than a tent in the middle of the woods. My kids and husband would be much more comfortable here.

Stoked! I think I like where this is going!

another great video big fan of these kinds of videos Mike appreciate it. first video i saw of yours was about your video on your Tacoma like 4 years ago ended up getting one for myself too among many other pieces of gear you've reviewed. your channel has grown a ton since then can honestly say your channel is my favorite keep it up brother God bless

Thanks so much for all the good content!

Wearing my Vertx LLOD flannel today, love it, just ordered a 2nd one. I enjoy the homesteading content, but also you just rambling Mike!

Hey mike. Great vid! Thanks for posting! Would love a list of the books you have in your library on this subject. That’s such a great point - you can always learn after the fact if needed. A great way to future proof is to have a collection.

Nice video summary, man. Homestead is for sure a big one and a lifelong journey of learning. Been working on that journey of raising our own food here lately, a few cows, layers, annually raising meatbirds in the spring. Training/Skillz - get on your local volunteer fire department, invest the time in getting your BLS EMT and keep your textbooks! Not only will you gain some vital knowledge, you will build excellent relationships for your tribe. Setup on propane, water well, pond, just installed a wood stove in the house last fall. I need to spend some time on backup electricity, have a generator but that's not a great long term solution.

Good vid and content....I like how you mix your content up....good variety....Thanks for sharing.!

God bless you bro. Wish I stumbled on your channel sooner. I wasn't into the idea of prepping, living further from the city, be more self sustaining until God lead my wife and I through a bunch of things during the coco-demic in 2020. Got our first fire arms, stored many food and water, survival supplies, natural remedies with plants, praying to have a home higher into the mountains, etc. Will be learning up through your vids. Respect for sharing your faith in Christ. All this means nothing if our eternal destination is doomed.

Loved this ❤

By far the best RU-vid channel I’ve come across in a long time. Cheers to you and prosperity. -NY🗽

Thanks for the vid!

Enjoy anything you post sir. I'm not in a good spot to do really any of that lol but I would really like to start and I like being able to take notes.

I love old school LLOD content like preparedness, EDC, etc

Well done Mike!!

Good video! Keep at it!

I’d love to see some more breakdown videos on prep and gear associated with prepping. Such as what is your selection of gear if shit hits the fan, are you going full camo or keeping it to delta stretch and t shirts? Boots, pants, shirts and other first line gear, then moving to second a little similar to a garland style video but less Gucci gear. Thanks for all the videos throughout the years!

Thank you for saying words on checking yourself spiritually.

Always try to make my tacoma prepped, little by little. Nice content

6:18 nunchuck skills, karate skills… a couple gangs wanted me to join cuz I’m pretty good with a bow staff. Joking aside, it feels really good every time you check a box on your preparedness list, and you don’t have to live like a doomsday prepper to have your own supplies and equipment worked into your life.

Please make more videos like this!

“Skills to pay the bills” my new slogan 😎 another great video brother 🙌🏻

I'm in Washington state, so I'm with you on being sad on June 22nd. I love the long days.

Thanks for mentioning situational awareness Mike. “Always mind your surroundings.” If you are opening a box or happen to be in a riot. 😉👍🏻

Mike I’ll agree with a multi tool even though I don’t currently have one in my edc. I had one of the original leathermans when they first came out back in like 1992ish. I carried and used it everyday as a lineclearance tree trimmer and climber. There were instances up in a tree I would use the saw blade in it to make smaller cuts rather than use the much larger handsaw on my side that I had to pull out of the sheath use and resheath. It had a wood handle a 20”ish blade was kinda heavy to use for smaller like 1/2” 1” cuts. But I used the knife blade all the time and the screwdriver wand can opener and the needle nose pliers of course. That all said, I prefer a good pocket knife for knife things. I’m not knocking the multi tool knife blades but if I need to use a sharp blade to cut I am using my Kershaw pocket knife. I’ve used Kershaw for over 20 years now, they use quality steel that holds a good edge for a long time. Even when not razor sharp they hood an edge that cuts. And they don’t break the bank like some of the other quality brands out there.

I love my lems. Got the Chelsea pull on for around the homestead tasks. Getting a lace up pair for “harder” tasks soon!

Just got my LLOD flannel in the mail yesterday. Very nice flannel!

would love to see a video on your wife's edc and if she has a get home bag and hear her perspective. Great video as always. I've learned a lot from your videos.

2020 was really eye opening sad that many just don't see or chose to ignore what's happening around them. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Need more tips from Atreyu on how to defend against bears.

Nice video.

Ramble on Mike, we love it brother…

Love it! ;)

No worries already got the soul apoc playlist

I love the preparedness content, however I would like more gun content as well. I have 3 of your holsters and my edc is pretty dialed in, but gun content is how I first discovered LLOD. That's have some please! Lol!!

Bro, you need to get that general class license pick up a yeasu ft891 and throw a wire antenna up in a tree for long distance. And look into nvis antenna for localized. Vhf and uhf will be very limited in the mountains

Thanks for another great video! Can I ask what your build is and what size your Flint & Tinder waxed jacket is? I’m looking to get one so would be greatly appreciated! Please keep the great content coming.

Would you Do videos on expanding on each category you talked about! Also more vids on weekend adventures! 🙂

I have EDC on person. I have Truck EDC in each vehicle (I only drive Trucks/SUVs) that extend my EDC when I’m away from home. Then I have my “Go Bag” which goes everywhere with me. My “Go Bag” is multi purpose and packed for 72 hrs. I don’t have a “Get Home Bag”, if I intend to get home I have what I need in my “Go Bag”. I don’t have a “Bugout Bag”, I don’t intend to ever “Bugout” if I can ever avoid it, period! Now I understand I could be forced out of my house, for which I have a plan and a destination. But I intend to then take as much with me in my trucks as I can possibly load, ONLY if I ever have to abandon my vehicle do I ever plan to use “a bag”, & if that happens you be screwed no matter how much you “prepare” for it anyways! The day I have to “Bugout” and then am forced to abandon my vehicle down the road somewhere, decide what i need to strip down to bare minimum and put in a bag to survive for an unknown amount of time possibly indefinitely, well at that moment you are screwed no matter how well you plan or prepare for it!!! On this note let’s be honest. I could survive with the clothes on my back and 1 change of clothes. Then priority 1 is water so something to gather/hold water. Minimum 1qt/1ltr container preferably metal single wall so I can boil water. A filtration system, & purification tablets. I carry a pocket knife but also need a good fixed blade then. Fire, several ways to make fire. I can use a bow to start a fire but the energy that costs who really wants to, be realistic last resort. Security, you’ve been forced to “Bugout” leave most of your supplies, now you’re on foot (all this sucks ass already) but you need to protect yourself and what very little you have left (you WILL be a target now)! You now need to travel unseen if possible so if you can safely travel at night that’s when you travel and rest during the day. I carry so I’m sacrificing some comforts for more ammo in my bag at this point (in a Bugout scenario I also have my carbine). Yes ammo is extra weight that could be used for food etc, but what good is all the supplies you can carry if you can’t protect yourself and said supplies. Ideally you also need lightweight high protein snacks. You might be able to snare, trap, fish, hunt small game along the way, scavenge food and supplies. You can’t count on this, but it’s absolutely possible. Your bag should NOT exceed 20% of your body weight! You have to carry your bag no one else is going to! And if you are part of a group EVERY body should have their OWN bag, even the kids, & yes even the dog. If the dog is with you the dog should carry it OWN gear, I’m not carrying my dogs food and water bowl he can. You can argue the pros and cons of a dog all day long. The military uses them in spec ops, so real world real life a trained dog can be a real resource! It doesn’t have to be an “operator/police K9” it just needs to have good training. Listen & obey commands, not a yappy always barking dog. Preferably a breed that makes most people stop and think as soon as they see it.

Amen brother

Peak refuel sponsor? Sweet!!

Hey Mike, maybe a topic for the future, but a question for you: What are your thoughts on preparedness in a modern city with regards to civil unrest/lawlessness, and specifically theft? I've noticed my EDC and preparedness take has changed a lot over the last few years as smash and grabs have more or less become ubiquitous anywhere, small or large towns. I don't want my expensive gear to get stolen out of the truck, so I keep a much lighter load whenever I go into town, but it feels like adding/removing and tailoring for every single situation, which is time consuming and stressful to imagine every situation that can happen. Like you talk about in this video, skills are knowledge, which don't actually take weight. Being skilled and resourceful really changes the amount of 'things' you take, especially if you're thinking about theft when you're away from your vehicle and downtown.

What’s coming we better get prepped!!!!

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What color jacket did you go with? Looks great!

Hello mike. This comment may be somewhat unrelated to your video which is awesome by the way. I have been a fan of your channel for a couple of years now. Is it so informative as it is entertaining. About your tacoma and tundra and probably the 80 series you have done some massive tyre size upgrades and I'd like to know what gear ratios you run on those trucks. Coz obviously those tyres are too big to run on factory ring and pinion. You can make a video on that sometime

I have two dogs. An English bulldog and a mutt. I’ve already told my wife that if shtf I’m going to have to ditch her and the bulldog. The mutt and I are plenty capable along for awhile

Top 3 most important preparedness tools… 1) Physical Fitness 2) Situational Awareness 3) Mental toughness/ Mental reps that include the “what would you do in situation X”

You should do a property tour

Hey haven’t tuned in to watch the house build- You probably got the bases covered for defendable space against wildfire? Our family went through an evacuation & close call- a lot of great gear and preps could have been incinerated - but could have cared less at the time when it was real.

Can you recommend a small power source that has a solar and perhaps a power crank option? I have kids in college in the texas hill country that expects another wet cold winter and the power grid is unreliable. Thinking of something they can toss in a small closet but pull out if needed.

great video. The spiritual IS the most important;-)

Would love to hear about how you plan/invest financially for this.

It's always important to keep your spiritual luggage ready, we never know when will get the call

26:15 I've been there too man. For the longest time I just got away from God, and I thought hey well I'm a good person so I we don't need God to be good people but then in 2017 I saw the way things were going and how people were acting and it became clear that people do need God in order to be good. I also came to the realization that I am a good person because of God .. Somewhere down the line all of our ancestors here were Christians and so they passed down the teachings through the generations. That's why we believe what we believe in terms of morals and such.

@lastlineofdefense, what is the main power sorce of your house, is it on the grid or is it fully solar?

Wow 😳

What do you recommend on the ham radio. I see theirs single and duel PTT. Which one should I get?

10 TB hard drive holds at least 5000 movies. Takes up less space than dvds. I mean if you have the power then why not?

Are you going to Expo East?

Don't forget your pasta's and your seasoning

Grab an EMP shield for your rigs 🤟

What size is that jacket though

More Spirit and less stuff thanks!

Made it to like # 666...dun dun dun....nah jk. Solid video as always @lastlineofdefense . As always, look forward to your vids!!!

I’m all for preparedness but I’m not killing my own diner LoL.

Hey, Mike hit me up I’m a broke Overlander stranded in Oregon but I’ve got a huge DVD collection of both my DVDs and stuff that my mother collected be very very happy to sell it to you.

First comment!

Prep or be prepped😀

it's more cost effective to freeze dry your own food than to buy premade ones

Jesus, water, food, shelter, defense, power, medical, knowledge.

when SHTF im just driving to Mike's place personally! hes too nice to shoot me.. right.. right??

Talk gear to me

Thanks. Show some gadgets and stuff! Lol. No seriously good info.

lfg !

Preps for years, dies within a month

I went to your holster website, you're not making any money there. 🥴

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The difficult thing is being able to bug out knowing they (government) can still find you. I worry about joe biden pulling the trigger by turning the government on the people. Im curious how to prepare for that situation. Alot of what you say is valuble and practical. I know my thinking is worst case scenerio.

Jesus Christ is Lord. The son of man.

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I read the title and immediately thought it was another Glover collab 🥲