What prepping task is your most hated?
Posted by Goddess_kush@reddit | preppers | View on Reddit | 22 comments
Not having power and needing to do laundry is probably the thing that I dislike the most I'll build things I'll dispatch animals garden but doing laundry honestly for me is the most hated job. I have made DIY buckets with plungers and other things I've seen online but just the task of washing laundry for me is annoying
4r4nd0mninj4@reddit
Working on automatic transmissions.
nanneryeeter@reddit
I exercise and stay in shape but I don't necessarily enjoy it.
Narfinator29@reddit
Dumping out and refilling the 7 gallon water jugs
gadget850@reddit
LOL. 6 months in a desert doing laundry in a bucket with a washboard and I'm an expert.
Which reminds me that I need to get that post set to get my laundry line back up.
purpleflask@reddit
What post? 👀
gadget850@reddit
I am moving a fence and my solar clothes dryer was attached to one post.
Traditional-Leader54@reddit
Chopping firewood. (Lot of hardwood in my area) I’m just not built for it.
BallsOutKrunked@reddit
Get a splitter?
Traditional-Leader54@reddit
They are too expensive and there won’t always be gas available to power it. The 40v one are even more expensive than the gas ones.
Many-Health-1673@reddit
You could always use wood gas if you didnt have gasoline.
BallsOutKrunked@reddit
Fair enough. Just saying that between now and then, and for a few years with stabilized gas, you can run a splitter.
DirectorBiggs@reddit
It's my happy place. I love chopping wood.
Sropte@reddit
Same I love hunting for logs to cut
Successful-Street380@reddit
Explaining to people why it’s important to prep
DirectorBiggs@reddit
I dislike buying gasoline.
There’s nothing in my tasks or preps that I hate at all.
Traditional-Leader54@reddit
I hate having to rotate my gasoline. Pouring from the gas cans into the cars tank is a pain.
firdaddy@reddit
https://www.northerntool.com/products/strongway-gas-can-battery-powered-fuel-transfer-pump-3-2-gpm-4-25ft-hose-5955172 Makes fueling a breeze.
Traditional-Leader54@reddit
Thanks. I’ve been thinking about getting something like this. Would help my wife out too. She has trouble lifting the cans to fill the lawn mower.
mopharm417@reddit
I dislike doing laundry with electricity.
SebWilms2002@reddit
Pulling all the dead bandits off the glue traps in my front yard.
less_butter@reddit
I'm not a huge fan of vehicle and engine maintenance. I do almost all of the work that needs to be done on my truck including maintenance, basic repair, diagnosing stuff, replacing random sensors, etc. I can clean and rebuild a carburetor and I've done it for lawnmowers, pressure washers, motorcycles, all kinds of stuff. I've brought many 2-cycle and 4-cycle gas engines back from the dead just by cleaning them up and replacing a few parts.
I just really hate doing it. It's always so incredibly frustrating, especially trying to reach parts deep within my truck or rebuilding small parts. I'm not very dexterous, I have bad hand-eye coordination, my hands shake. I'm just not well suited physically or mentally for mechanic work.
But I do it because I want to be good at it and I like to learn new things. I also don't mind saving money, although I do tend to waste a lot of time by fucking things up over and over.
I won't touch my wife's SUV though. I was going to change the oil on it one day, bought the oil and filter, then watched a YouTube video on how to do it. Then I said "nope, take it to the shop". I forget the exact details but it involves crawling under it and undoing a ton of bolts and screws to remove a few different panels to get to the oil filter and there's some special tool required to remove it. Even with the tool it would take me over an hour, where I can do my truck in 10 minutes with no tools.
TheSensiblePrepper@reddit
The only "House Hold General Task" I hate is mopping. I would rather wash windows or clean a dirty bathroom. I just hate mopping. We all have one or two tasks we just don't like. Lol