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Top 10 Hobo Hacks for Ultimate Survival: Urban & Wilderness Tips
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Things are not dried in any particular direction what is your fascination with misusing prepositions
Things are not wrung in any particular direction
Things are not stirred in any particular direction
Things are not stirred in any particular direction
Things are not warmed in any particular direction
Things are not washed in any particular direction
Bubble wrap makes good insulation and form fitting. Layered on the ground and cardboard on top of that help stop the cold. Layer over your tent. Coroplast signs are thrown away all the time, they help insulate the ground, tents and have a high melt point and non toxic and food safe.
Tomato sauce cans are not lined.
Before rinsing the clothes, you can use that left over water as you beat your clothes, it helps break up stains.
My mom used to talk about, that even as poor as my grandparents were and with 6 kids, (my grandpa was a miner and then a carpenter) sometimes the hobos would get off the train and my grandma would make them something to eat, in exchange for them chopping firewood. That was in the 1940s-50s. Cool channel!
Very cool trick to use a spoon to open a tin can. Thks.
maybe make a video on how to get your hobo name?
That last one seems less a hack and more basic personal hygiene.
Got dirty at the 10:20 mark, for sure
They not use plastic bags in Canada. Are we only country that needs to buy bags to bring groceries home?
These are not hobo skill. They are cave man skills. Hobos carry can openers.
Reminds me of the old Charlie Chaplain bit. He walks up to a lunch counter and asks, "How much for a cup of tomato soup?" 5 cents, replies the server. "How much is a cup of hot water?" Hot water is free. "I'll have a cup of hot water." The server pours a cup of hot water. Charlie then picks up the catsup bottle on the counter and pours it into the cup.
Truckers use news papers to wipe their outside windows off in the winter time.
A lot of these hobo hacks are very useful for cross country bicyclists, specially those who use trailers and can carry a slightly bigger amount of camping gear. I made a bike trailer out of a hand truck in the late 1970s that worked great.
Back in my younger days I used to work as a night auditor in National Park hotels. There was usually about a month of so in between winter and summer seasons so I would just ride my bicycle around the country during that time. I traveled pretty light, a knife and spoon, two changes of clothes, a plastic tube tent that I used as a ground sheet and an 6'x10' tarp to make a lean-to with.
Attached to the corners of the tarp were four 20' long pieces of parachute cord. (I also had two 50' long pieces if I needed them.) I would tie the cords to trees, higher on one end and lower on the other. If there were no trees, I would lock my bike to something like a fence post, and tie the tarp to my bike. If there was anything I could weight the lower end down with, rocks, tree limbs, etc., I would use it to make the tarp into a wind screen. If not, it would just (sort of) help keep you dry if it rained. If it was raining pretty hard and there was a moderately high wind, I would just roll up in it.
That worked well enough for me, as I did not want to carry a tent. Sometimes I could tie one end down with just one cord, then use the other one to go from the ground up the center and tie up in a tree, making a typical A frame style tent. (No doors, of course.) I git seriously wet a number of times, so I highly recommend one of those "Space Blankets." Now days you can find large tarps that are plastic on the "top" and that space blanket material on the "bottom." Effectively "Insulated Tarps." Very handy…
Using soap land water isn't exactly a hack
I have a plastic tub that I place pants, socks and T shirt with Gain and I stop on them while I shower so I don’t use a lot of water or electricity. I rinse when I’m rinsing my hair. I’m 82 and on a fixed income. My cloths are very clean this way. :c)
༆That Segway to trains… I thought you were going to mention it's basically like a railroad spike and that hobos used to use them to jam the runner for the Boxcar door to prevent it from slamming shut ༆
Thank You …
Don't forget a few of the small ground black pepper sachets to spice up the hobo soup a tad.
My grandma used to put newspaper over her like a blanket when sitting in her chair to keep warm while watching Tv.
I have a very small 2nd hand squeezy dropper bottle of white vinegar which has multi use, including "foot rub" followed by talcum powder on feet. Really is very multi purpose including condiment.
Wow……I was a Girl Scout and a Girl Scout Leader but never learned this trick. Only thing is, I think it might be hard for a woman, especially my age…I am 77…to use this hack. You are doing a great job…thank you for these great videos. I love them.
Excellent hack for the raincoat,just rehabbing a older raincoat for work and seam tape was coming off, now it will get the tape treatment. Also for the soup a pizza restaurant will give Parmesean cheese and red pepper flakes to spice up soup
The fid is also called a Marlin spike iirc. Never heard the term fid, thanks for that.
Open a can with a butterknife. like a can opener.
Real hobos don't use cheese graders though, they buy the already grated liquid soap.
I watch a lot of your videos. Not because I'm worried about much of anything going sideways in my life be cause it generally will once I get too comfortable with life. I do it because I learned a long time ago from folks much older and wiser than me in my youth to keep my brain like a knife sharp. I've been through rough patches that have developed into real-life or death decisions. Over the years, however, never one that I could recall just headed out for a hiking or camping trip because I plan for one, so I guess I'll not be in one. In short, thanks for the content. Have a wonderful day.