Making a simple & inexpensive survival cache using PVC pipe

[dagmastr]

A marlin .22lr "papoose"  or Henry survival rifle would fit nice. Maybe 2-300 rounds also.

[survivaleveryday]

Nice video Plan on GPS not working in a SHTF or WORL

[THETRUECRASHMONKEY]

This is a Great Video,I set a couple out already and They have 2 guns and about 200 rounds and 2 Box's of MRE's a 2 Man Tent and 2 Solar Sleeping Bags and a Tent and I know they won't be found but by Me or the very Few People I told.

Thanks for Sharin the Idea and Video with us.

[shooby106]

marshal law...sorry officer i must have misplaced my firearms

[ronsrats]

I have found a few caches made that way and everyone was wet inside

[mikegigabyte]

why not use pvc glue? and a good primer

its made to melt the 2 together for a watertight seal

not sure if the silicone would last depending on the weather where its buried

[JustinKennith]

I cant think of one practical scenario where anything like this would be useful. What scenario will be so catastrophic that you have to rely on things you've burried, but in the same scenario your phone company still provides you service and digging up a gun and a few cans of tuna is going to fix it.. ??

[dudester679]

@JustinKennith - If you cant think of a scenario I think you need to just return to your condo turn on Brian Williams and relax. Cause the government has everything under control...no need to worry. Myself, I believe in personal responsibility. Id rather have a hand gun and a few cans of tuna than retreat to the Superdome with the 30 pack of Keystone I looted from Walmart.

[thespaniard47]

@dudester679 Hoho! boom! nice response

[a2m4m60]

@JustinKennith Haha well if you plan on the police chasing you then it would be real useful!!

[TheRebelEye]

I live in a urban area so I'm taking this and finding a highway bridge and bury it as close to the cement bridge as I can.

[pd2210]

Good job bro

[Phantasmos]

GPS - with Satellites down or monitored by big brother?

What happned to simple land nav?

Boy Scouts anyone?

Other wise, good video.

[M2BC2001]

@Phantasmos I agree with satellites going down. Monitored by big brother? You give them too much credit. Just go to geocache.com and look in your area how many caches are out there. BB dosn't have enough man power to search them all or even some of them. JMHO

[Phantasmos]

@M2BC2001 - So True. Its just some of the citizens I don't trust. Some think I am senile for open/conceal carry . . . yet, it works.

I prefer night nav... no compass.

[rlmarin1968]

@Phantasmos: I hear what you're saying...I was thinking the same thing until I thought about a couple things. If you bury your cache in a remote area...nothing guarantees that the area won't be changed due to fires, flooding, man-made changes...etc. If any of those things happens, any landmarks you used to navigate to your cache be be gone along with your cache location.

I would have to choose a location where landmarks can't easily be altered (i.e. near boulders rather than trees)

[Original50]

Non-GPS idea. First, never hide anything at or near any recognisable feature (tree, crossroads, stone-formation, hedgeline or pathway etc). Hide or bury stuff 'out in the open' or within large terrain-features and located with reference to two distant points-of-reference at right-angles to each other from the cache point. Just remember the rough area to start looking and the two features. In rock-gig crowds I also use this method to re-find my girlfriend after a beer-run... :O)

[iluvmym4]

Couldn't the wrong person find your tube with a metal detector? If it's a large tube you'd have to bury it really deep with complete discrete-no prying eye's & let's not forget us gun owner's are being black listed it wouldn't be hard to find us. Read our messages on the Internet knock on our doors find your stash in the yard-toss you in jail! Would this really ever work?

[buddybleau]

Make a great coffin if you can find one big enough.

[arkons1961]

If you really want a water proof container, use 2 end caps and saw one end off to open it up. Keep a spare and you can reuse it afterwards.

[DouglasLee777]

Don't rely on GPS. If solar flare knocks out grid for years, which is what is looking very likely now with solar cycle, the GPS satellites will be down! Use map / permanent land mark.

[bravofighter]

liberty's right. Don't put a GPS waypoint. Even your state police have a program to download all your data from every sort of handheld device. I would come up with an easily understood system that only you would remember or understand, but that would come readily to mind. I have a friend in the midwest who buries his caches 6 ft behind the speedlimit signs on his bugout route.

[libertyORrevolution]

Do NOT put a waypoint on your GPS. If the BATFE ever goes collecting they will certainly check all devices like that while you're on the curb in zip-tie handcuffs.

[blueroseyt]

something to think about, bury it sideways, not up and down. sideways is much easier to get out of the ground. attach some kind of cheep tool to open it. use stainless or copper wire.if you use a rubber cap with a screw clamp. you can open it with a penny that you wire to it .if it rains/floods a lot where yo bury it.stake it down with some wire before you bury it so it don't float away, also rubber test plugs with a wing nut in the center work well for the ends+ easy to get off.great vid!

[westtexasprepper]

Great Video!! Like the top you used, it is a lower profile. Does not have the square nut sticking up.

[pappyhighlife]

The old Bazooka tube I use to paint them green and store them in the National Forests near Charlotte NC. Mostly Uwharrie. I used to cut cardboard circles to make different sized chambers. I would use hunters reflectors which are invisible at night to locate the tube which I buried below the frost level. Believe I lost 1 or 2 over the years. Ha hah. Thanks for sharing a great video. I may just revisit the ole' Bazooka. :)

[thundafcker]

lol i made these about 3 yrs ago and u use the exact parts and size i have been using for along time

[WildyJohn]

very cool idea, it makes me want to buy some PVC

[rewardboy1]

thanks for the vid i love anything to do with survial.

[robangelakids]

I think PVC is one of the great inventions. Great video. I have one question; why did you choose silicone over pvc cement? Is there any research that shows silicone will last last as long as the chemical bond created by the PVC cement? Will be susbscribing as soon as this comment is posted.

[westtexasprepper]

@robangelakids the pvc cement is a better option. PVC cement and primer not only create a chemical bond, but also a physical bond by partly "melting" a thin outer layer that has been primed and glued. I also use a PVC putty to seal the threads. it is water proof, creates a solid seal on the outer layer , but can be reopened and re-sealed a few times without having to be reapplied. I have 15 caches buried in Texas, New Mexico, & Colorado that have been in the ground for close to 20 years now.

[hallard069]

Great point. I put copies of important documents/photographs/little cash into one in case house is destroyed via fire/tornado and put it within easy access. I have several of these, had one I couldn't find (used a bucket) I was spot on the location, but I buried it deeper then I thought.

[MongoWongo777]

Thanks for the vid. Makes a lot of sense to have one of those. Maybe 3 for 24 hours each, giving you a 72 hour cache.