The cord wood idea is a great option to go with
$1000 to build a bugout house
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I think I would get the camper, and begin building a better shelter using methods 3/4. You will have an immediate usable, portable shelter, and will not be in a rush to complete the more permanent shelter. After the final shelter is complete, you can sell the camper or keep is as a mobile bug out shelter.
Thats not a bad idea, or the one with a VW bus/van. I like the mobility of both.
I am pretty handy in a garage and have plans for using a slave engine to power battery banks, but there is nothing that says the engine has to be stationary. Hooking up a 2-battery system in a van/bus with an inverter to run lights or small electronics is easy, and only a step or two off from using it to charge a battery bank. Fuel is the only thing! Im going to start looking at that as an option too, a diesel van that can be outfitted as a temp dwelling and has external hookups for power/fuel. Any siggestions on makes/models to look at? Im thinking an early 90's cherokee, I think they made those in diesel.
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I think saving more money, and buying the shipping container. It will be alot more safer than any of the other options.....................
I'm digging into the side of the hill and reinforcing. The shipping container dropped in would be a good idea too. Just need to rent a back-hoe for the day to excavate and then back fill. Ya know, maybe J.R.R. Tolkein was onto something when the described the dwellings of those Hobbits.
Just a little advice.....if you plan on dropping a shipping container in the ground, you will want to reinforce the sides (not to mention the top if you put any amount of earth on it). I have seen this done and the sides of the containers crushed in about 6 inches when you back filled around the container......also, they need insulated big time if above ground......throw up a 2x4 frame and use spray foam.......cover with almost anything (if you want). I have seen first hand a bunker made out of four shipping contains (two above ground and two under ground).......it's a very nice set-up......except the walls compressing on the two that were buried.
Still like the cord wood, three foot walls...............gotta remember the $100 budget. That is assuming the land you have access to is yours? owner might get P Oed if not!
