In a survival situation, it not only is all hands on deck, it must also be “every opportunity taken, every object a resource.”
This is because, in most dire survival scenarios, a lot of people will be vying for a limited number of resources, at least until the situation stabilizes.
One resource that is often overlooked is abandoned vehicles.
Now, you must make sure your situation is truly dire – there are no civil authorities available and it is truly “every man for himself” or you will merely be committing theft that will be prosecuted once the dust clears.
If you are in that situation, however, abandoned vehicles offer multiple survival resources.
To see what abandoned vehicles have to offer, check out the next page.
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This is very true. Les Stroud in Survivorman does a great job of breaking down vehicles and using everything he can.
Unfortunately most modern vehicles have an anti-siphon screen preventing the use of a hose and forces you to puncture the tank from below to retrieve the gas in the tank.
Daniel Pilkerton
Mac Fields Hannah Hanns Carpenter
Right !
use a long siphon hose 6 to 8 foot that way you got more room to work and no gargling with gas .
Anyone know why gas don’t last long anymore
Too many reasons to list. Ethanol gas starts to go bad in 3 months. Ethanol free gas, about a year. It always has. Didn’t just start. It’s why we always run the lawnmower dry when its time to put it up for the year.
Modern vehicles are designed to make syphoning gas almost impossible. It prevents spillage if the vehicle overturns.
This says to siphon the gas out by suction but that$#%&!@*s dangerous, you could swallow some, inhale the fumes, etc. It is both easier and better to use 2 hoses. stick both into the tank then stuff something around the hoses. stick one of the hoses into the canister you are putting the gas in and blow into the other one. once the gas starts to come out you can stop blowing and just hold your hand over the end of it. once the gas stops coming out blow more air into the tank untill it starts again. repeat until it’s empty.
Yep easier to puncture it and use a used oil catch basin to capture the fuel a lot of cats now have plastic tanks
people won’t waste time siphoning gas. They will punch a hole in the gas tank, place a receptacle underneath the car and collect what they can.
Most cars would be abandoned because they ran out of fuel……