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AFAIK it is about money and quality. If you have a tree that you are taking down anyway, and a chainsaw, then you could get wood for the cost of this thing and your time; most likely it wouldn't be the crap they make houses with these days either. IMHO part of prepping is decreasing reliance on modern society.
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[–] robot7247 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Trying to envision any scenario where I will need to make boards vs. reclaiming them from already built structures.
[–] 16778383? ago
The difference is if you are in a bad enough situation to be stuck in a city/town. If you have your shit together a mill is way better than looting
[–] peacegnome [S] ago
AFAIK it is about money and quality. If you have a tree that you are taking down anyway, and a chainsaw, then you could get wood for the cost of this thing and your time; most likely it wouldn't be the crap they make houses with these days either. IMHO part of prepping is decreasing reliance on modern society.