Washing Clothes and Shelling Peas when SHTF 

I couldn't help but laugh when those peas went flying! Lol. I love this lady, wish she was still posting. Her personality just beams!

Best Prepper video ever. All the men are only interested in guns or knives. But the real question is how do you wash clothes without electricity? And the set up is so practical, the wheel barrow can be used on non washing days.

That was HILARIOUS shelling peas! Thanks for sharing.

Great video. I would line the cart with an old sheet to catch the peas and it would be easier to get them up when you were done. Just gather the corners and cart them inside for canning.

I just love the part where you get tickled over the peas flying everywhere, and using a wringer to do it. Southern women are the best !!

Oh geez.... she cooks, cans, gardens...and does laundry too ! You never cease to amaze me !

imstillworkin, thank you very much for shaing. You just helped me x-out three items on the top of my needed supplies list. A pea sheller, a clothes wringer and a clothes washing tub. God bless you and yours !

This is brilliant! Thank you for showing us this !

Great video! I was thinking about getting one of those mop buckets, but this is so much better. Thanks for the links.

they go fine as far as I know. my uncle had a big one that was built into his washing machine from the 1950s. it was mounted above the agitator so the water would go back into the machine, and it could swing out the way.

I've heard of people using these for shelling snow crab, lobster and crawfish, it seems to do a good job.

Hey there ISW, I loved the video, and I just had to have one, so I ordered it online. I remember what it was like to wash clothes in the bathtub by hand, not easy! so this will be one more thing I have in my treasure trove. Thanks PrepperDino

Thanks for the link and the video. I have wanted one of these wringers, but they are sooo expensive. Hopefully I can get one through this company. I do have a galvanized double wash tub that I found at an antique store. I use it to wash dog blankets and dog towels and anything I don't want to wash in my machine. This wringer will be a great addition!

Now that is a great idea! Of course though, you always have great ideas. You truly have the mind of an engineer! Very smart.

Using the garden cart is absolutely brilliant!

Super idea!Always love you way of thinking,lol! That's the least back-breaking idea I've seen so far.

I love to hear you get tickled at what you are doing. Great personality and definitely a practical and hard working gal. Thanks for showing us these products. Jesus bless.

This is great! The pea sheller is awesome. Now all you need is a couple 5yr olds to load the pods up along the wringer so you can shell 10 at a time. Nice video and great idea too. Thanks for sharing.

You made that job seem so easy and fun was nice to hear laughing in the vd which seems to be a rare thing today. We are all so overwhelmed with the what if's...Thanks for sharing.

You know Women, you remind me of my mother when it comes to being a Jill of all trades, I Just Love It! Thank you for sharing your wonderful videos and can't wait for the next ones to come out. TC

Thank you for this video. I just received my Kleen-Rite ringer about an hour ago! It shipped fast from NV to CA and shipping was $14.16¢ and it was ordered 2days ago.

It's video's like this that keep me going, I love them. We all need to laugh a lot more, and let the kids get embarrassed, it's our life! LOL I can make a fool out of myself as quick as a wink, and it's fun. Getting back our youth, and not sweating the small stuff, is a good thing.

TY sweetie! I just couldn't find the link the first time. Yep, I have an old wringer washer that's electric & I'm looking for this with the hand crank. Your whole setup is really smart - thanx for sharing.

Thank you so much for sharing the link for the wringer. I was able to buy it from your supplier for a much better price, even with the shipping. I appreciate it!

That cart is huge, if you can take the wheels off and plug up any holes and add a trolling motor you can use it to go bass fishing.... plus, you can use the trolling motor later on to agitate the clothes when washing them. lol the pea sheller wringer looked like it could make a good press for making dough flat for making noodles....see what you started. we had an electric wringer machine when i was a kid, I still have the skinny fingers to prove it your setup looks handy if the power goes out

Thanks so much for the link. I love the pea sheller idea too. Thanks so much for sharing.

Hey! You could also use it to roll out doughs. Make home-made pasta. Roll out flat bread or make tortillas. Hahahaha! Seriously that is a terrific video. I've been meaning to try washing clothes in my big industrial mop bucket my dad gave me. Thanks for the encouragement!

Great sense of humor! Reminds me of my late wife. Keep laughing at life.

I hate doing laundry now, can't imagine how I'd loathe it in a SHTF situation..lol. But, to this point I have only purchased a commercial mop bucket (the kind with the lever press on it) because of the dual purpose idea. But, I guess I wasn't thinking large enough. Yuk. Great idea and funny video too. :)

What a GREAT video! You made me laugh so hard. This morning I as I was sitting in front of about 55 lbs of unshelled purple hulls, I started looking at Amazon for a sheller. All the reviews I looked at were not good for the Mr. Sheller or the Jr. one. I didn't want to "shell" out 45 bucks for something that may or may not make me happy, so started looking at RU-vid for an alternative and came across your video. I have wanted a wringer washer for a long time, when I saw what you were doing with the wringer I just had to check out your vid. It was time well spent. I will be putting my 45.00 + towards a new wringer instead a unknow deal. Thank you so much! Have a blessed day.

I have a big outside table that I thought of attaching it to. This is great. I am saving up for a washer, but in the mean time. And I really need a backup system for SHTF. I cracked up when ya started shelling the peas. I never would have thought of that. I told my daughter that is ingenuity at it's best.;-) Thanks for sharing!

When you started laughing, I was almost on the floor laughing too, and it looks like we were all thinking the same thing, I was thinking you could make apple juice with that thing, and it made me laugh more. LOVED the video! Thank you!

thank you for this video I had to laugh right along with you.. you are just the sweetest thing. I enjoy your videos so much.

About the wobbliness, I think if you put a section of board under the clamp it would stabilize it. Something at least as wide as the wringer, and as deep as the cart would be best. I'm guessing about maybe a 2' piece of 2x8? It looks like it'd fit right under the curled lip of the cart edge.

Oh I loved this! I think this video is my favorite that I watched in a while! And if you do the garden work , then doing the laundry will clean the cart so you can use it to make pies , shell peas! Lol ! Thank you for this one I really enjoyed the fun you had ! Keep thinking for the rest of us!

To wring thicker items try loosening the top nut to move the rollers slightly further apart.

I love your sense of humor! I am so with you on the duel purpose stuff because as long as I have the modern convenience's I'm going to use them and just don't have the money to buy stuff for just in case. I have been wanting the wagon for my garden stuff and this idea would be excellent. I was stationed in Korea and HAD to use a washboard and wring by hand, it was not cool in my 20's so I'm positive it would not be in my 50's now :))

You crack me up the way you get tickled at yourself during the videos. Love your sense of humor and your ideas. Only don't get your hand caught in that thing. I get my hand in my Aunt's once. It had a safety mechanism that popped the top up if something too big went through, well it popped up for my hand....lol

The peas convinced me. lol I have the same cart so I could use it catch flying beans and peas. I'm lucky because I have a house from the 20's with very large double laundry sinks, one has a sections that works like a washing board but I was wondering how I would be able to wring towels or large sheets. That wringer seem perfect.

hey, long time no videos. we miss your making and sharing stuff.

I will be using a mop bucket that has a "wringer" thingy attachment on it, like you see custodians use :)

You are such a clever, clever girl! I love the dual purpose aspect of this! I'm going to have to totally steal this idea. : ) I am thinking a deep wheelbarrow might work as well as the cart (if one already has that). I wish my mind worked like yours.

What a hoot! You are so smart! I wish I could come to your house and play with all your toys. That looks like fun!

Awesome, as usual! Thanks for all of your ingenious ideas!

You're having way to much fun shelling peas! LOL!! I already do all my laundry by hand in the bathtub with a plunger washer. I didn't think I'd like doing it but it gets my clothes so much cleaner doing them by hand. Only problem is I don't have a wringer and you're right...it does do a number on your hands. I guess you get used to it after awhile but as cheap as that wringer is, I'll be getting one sooner rather than later!

You are very inspiring and your video is fun to watch. You gave me a great laugh.

I have a wood frame hand crank wringer hanging on the wall. I do have a couple of multiple tub maytag machine with a power ringer that would operate with a generator. One machine is the one I use to wash the tar off black walnuts. There should be a tensioner adjustment on the rollers. big nut on the top center usually. sounds like it is set too tight.

you always come up with good ideas!You're an inventor! Thank you.

I LOVE your humor! Thank you for the information!!!

Very nice solution, and I'm sure you'll come up with some attachments for it as crafty as you are..

How about placing a 2X4 under those brackets, then tightening it against the cart? I bet that would make a world of difference in the stability of the wringer. Looks like a good deal to me. I remember wringing clothes out in my Aunt's old wringer washer. We'd drag it out of the garage into the back yard. Fill it with water, wash everything, wring it all out, then release the plug and fill it with clean water for the rinse. We also ran them through twice on the rinse. Great memories.

You're a genius! I love this for washing and bleaching my towels outside! Also, needed that laugh today! Thank you for sharing!

I bet it could make pasta too. That ringer works good, money well spent. Home depot has a plastic mop bucket with ringer ive used and like you said 2-3 towls your hands are shot so anything helps. Im going to try and hook up a exercise bike to a non-working GE 4.1 cu ft belt drive washing machine i have.

Thanks for this wonderfully fun video!!

wow you are a genius ! and you had lots of great ideas to use with it as well but the best was not laughing alone when you where chucking the peas lol thank you for sharing :)

Your laughter was contagious! The bad thing is that it whines as loud of my girls when they have to do math.

if you hold onto something long enough it will come back into style. tie dye clothes and bell bottom jeans are a great exampleof that. before too long ago it was just considered dusty dirty junk in a basement. recently it has become valuable again. I have an old lard press that works pretty good too. I was always going to figure out how to use it to press grapes but it evades me on that p[urpose.

I love it, I didn't know cloths wringers were so much, I probably shouldn't of passed them up at yard sales. I won't next time. LoL

Thanks I bought the peas and had never seen them before.

GURLLL, you're thinking when the rest of us are sleepin', LOL! IN the 60ties I washed all of our laundry AND diapers for 2 babies on one of those washboards, and ya know, it is one of my satisfying memories. (Just glad I was young, lol!).

Have you ever heard of a ringing pole? Basically it's a steel pole in the ground. When you are done washing... wrap your things around the pole and twist. Not as easy on you as a wringer... but does help save your hands. I've also seen this done with a ring mounted on the wall (very well mounted) putt the things though the ring, gather together and twist.

I was belly laughing, but I think you are a genius!! I always learn from and enjoy your videos but this one had me laughing out loud! TFS

That looks like SOOO Much fun!!! Makes looking at the mundane daily activities of life to be potential fun to do now.Good way to get kids involved in things in a SHTF situation even for the kid at heart ;) Thanks for sharing!

BTW, for those interested, I found the hand wringer was less expensive through the manufacturer.

That did look like fun. Watch out for flying peas!

I really enjoyed your demo on washing clothes. I am interested in the wringer. Could you send me the link so I could get one too? Thanks so much!

Great idea. The washing and rinsing would work better if you used a toilet plunger, a clean one of course, and just push up and down to get dirt out when washing and get soap out when rinsing. Sloshing back and forth would be very tiring and not very effective. The wringer is really nice. Put a 1x3x12" piece of wood under the thumb screws and it should stiffen things up pretty good. Thanks for the idea.

Have you ever thought about using a pasta machine as a pea sheller? Amazing

Love this. I checked out price $275.00 now!

Lord have mercy you've made my day with this one and cracked me up as well!!

Hey, you can make your own lasagna noodles with that, too! :-)

also...you can get one of those big paint buckets from home depot...the 5 gallon kind and put a hole in the to the size of the plunger stick, then slide the stick through and there ya go...a washer. I have used this many of time when camping. It's also good for storage of toiletry items for emergency's.

I think that if you put a small length of plywood on the outside then clamp it back on you might make it more stable

I bet you could rig up a windshield wiper motor to that thing without much problem, run it on 12 volts. A rotisserie motor would probably work if you wanted to run on household power. Both those motor options can/will run slow enough as to not tear anything (or you) up.

I'M THINKING PASTA OR TORTILLA WITH THAT RINGER WHAT THE HEY YOU NEVER KNOW, GREAT VIDEO GOD BLESS

Wringers work better if you fold towels and such in forths or thirds. So when they go through they are equil in size. Trust me, I know. LOL When I got married 55 years ago I got my grandmother's wringer washer and used it for 3-4 years.

Why in the heck is that ringer so noisy? I wouldn't have thought a hand cranked wringer would be so darn expensive! I love the video, thanks!

LOVED this video. I love it when you get tickled. I think you had a great time shelling those peas with that wringer. Who would have thought of that? Love your dual purpose philosophy. =Lisa

Man those peas were flying out of them pods hahahaha! Great idea.

very nice video and the peas sheller oh whow ! lol

very slick... i like the cart too!

Always been my favorite,my grandmother used to make them and as a young girl we would sit out side under a tree and shell them . I planted a few last year.Love your video's

I haven't tried running any clothes through the wringer that have buttons or zippers but I assume they would go trough fine. The rubber rollers (covers) are soft enough that they should have plenty of give to allow for that.

You are one amazing person! I love all the uses for the wringer, especially as your pea sheller :) Here's probably a kooky question but, when washing clothes by hand, the wash water with soap can go in the garden? I never knew that, thanks for all you do, I really mean it :)

LOL. looks like so much fun. The price has increased though. I will certainly purchase this product.

The other videos I've seen for the same wringer are not as noisy by a long way, so I wonder if there's an adjustment you can do to yours to make things a bit more pleasant for yourself during the process...I may buy one of these but I'm in the UK...can you believe there appears to be no-one in the UK making these....drag...thanks for the video, all the best.

Well, I did it! I first got the gorilla cart, and I just got the Wringer!!! Whooo Raaaa! I'm not thrilled about using it, but sure am glad I finally got it. Now all I need is some peas to shell! lol I'm doing my seed list too, so they are next on the list. Any suggestions on which ones I should try first. New to any bean other than green beans or store type dry beans, so any suggestion would help. Love ya, Sheila

How the heck did you think of the pea thing? LOL I love dual purpose items and this hits the mark! I have metal rods in my back so I couldnt push this cart back and forth but I could use a stick to agitate. My husband would say I dont need no stick to agitate. LOL Good video, lets us all know some options.

You think like me! I love your vids! always out of the box

You are a funny lady! Got mine about a week ago. I don't have a cart but maybe end of season will be on sale. I always learn alot from you and appreciate you tremendously. Do you have a well? How will you get water in SHTF situation. Do you have alot of land? We only have 1 and 1/4 acre. No well. Darn... Thanks Bev

that does look like a lot of fun.

Love your demo,

how about an apple peeler for "wringing" out the water in clothes - one end "still" one end going in a circle!!! I have looked at these wringers too and you are right they are HIGH love the video - great thinking

Great vid very practical and now I want a ringer...maybe for christmas lol God Bless

I'm not missing out on any fun.... I'm getting one!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂👍🏼

BRILLIANT! I don't have a washer right now. I may give this a try. Where did you get your ringer again?

Can I borrow this? Been shelling mine by hand for a while today and this video came to mind...lol..I need one:(

Love it as a pea sheller! Thanks for the video. Maybe if you oil the wringer it wouldn't be so noisy? Also, can't find the information on where you bought the wringer.

I was cracking up. Thank you definitely some great ideas there.

Thank you for a wonderful useful idea.