Doomsday Castle

[Matt In Oklahoma]

You guys wont be near as sure once he starts launching cats n porcupines at ya
Bhahhahaha

[Tackleberry]

This show is painful for me, as practical prepper, to watch. Beyond the big windows, which I think one of his 3 former wives made him put them in for "lighting and scenic views",




why in the heck would you waste your time building a catapult?!?!?!? The drawbridge was constructed half-assed. They can barely open and close it without it buckling. I am surprised it did not fall on his son when he tried to ram it with a riding lawn mower. To top it off, the guy wants to build a moat on ground he doesn't have because the castle sits on top of a hill. There is no room for a moat.

I look at all of the money and effort this guy has wasted and I shake my head. He could have built something less dramatic and more useful than what he has now.

[All Talk]

Tackleberry, that photo says it all. The windows are so big you would be hard pressed to take cover behind the tiny kneewalls below them. It's not just the size of the windos in the wall, it's the lack of wall around the windows!

And you are right about that drawbridge. A few questions, like "why?" How about a couple of just-as heavy in-swinging doors on imbedded posts. Maybe you could actually keep them from buckling, and close them without a five-minute workout on the come-along.

[Benn Gleck]

I'm convinced this show is out the to make preppers look stupid.

We used to call ourselves "survivalists" back in the eighties until mainsteam media painted anyone associated with that name a nutjob.

They are doing the same with "prepper".

I'm going to start calling myself a normalist, because its normal to want to be ready for anything life throws at you. ;)

[M35A2Driver]

they wont last long. they lack a lot of skills needed and have to few in numbers.

[protus]

I'm convinced this show is out the to make preppers look stupid.

We used to call ourselves "survivalists" back in the eighties until mainsteam media painted anyone associated with that name a nutjob.

They are doing the same with "prepper".

I'm going to start calling myself a normalist, because its normal to want to be ready for anything life throws at you. ;)

least the girls arent 250lbs.
keeps the basement dwellers glued to the tv.....

camo clad men- check
girls with tank tops and tight pants- check
reality tv drama- check
2.8 million viewers because of said tank tops- producers very happy.

[610Alpha]

least the girls arent 250lbs.
keeps the basement dwellers glued to the tv.....

camo clad men- check
girls with tank tops and tight pants- check
reality tv drama- check
2.8 million viewers because of said tank tops- producers very happy.

The only reasons it has lasted this long.

Drawbridge could have used a couple of cross braces, in fact you see them on large wooden barn doors to prevent the droop issue we all saw.

He would have been better off building an ICF house.

[justanothergunnut]

Castle=stupid
Drawbridge=stupid
Catapult=REALLY stupid

seriously though, did we expect anything different?? The only things I saw that made any sense was when Scott schooled them on building the water system and when the girls tried to construct a zip line to take supplies down the hill. Constructing a working cable system to bring wood up the hill and a sled system to haul supplies down it should have been on the priority list. He is gonna need wood to heat that pig of a castle what is he gonna do have his idiot son carry up the hill one arm load at a time. Work smart not hard, calories are a commodity why spend them needlessly??

[Matt In Oklahoma]

I'd need the zip line cause if Grand ever builds me a catapult there won't be nothing left on the top of the hill cause i will have launched it all LOL

Black rifles do not make me have bad thoughts. Catapults, wood chippers and large heavy knives do :)

[protus]

speaking of ebrs. i laughed at the " these are typical rifles youd find in the mountains..." as the son fiddle fingered the over tapco'd ar15.

[Tackleberry]

All Talk, excellent suggestion on the doors. That would allow them to either use a large beam to bar the doors from the inside or design a multi-barred locking mechanism kinda like a vault door.

[All Talk]

My thought exactly -- Katie bar the door.

[Grand58742]

I'd need the zip line cause if Grand ever builds me a catapult there won't be nothing left on the top of the hill cause i will have launched it all LOL

Black rifles do not make me have bad thoughts. Catapults, wood chippers and large heavy knives do :)

I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't use my name and wood chippers in the same conversation...bad subject and all.

[Grand58742]

One thing I happened to notice about that drawbridge that I'm not sure if it was covered in the show (not watching it, but saw the pictures)

Did they make it fire proof? Thinking sneaky Matt with his ninja arsenal could whip up some sort of flaming arrow and burn that baby down.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't use my name and wood chippers in the same conversation...bad subject and all.

bahahhaa well excuuuuuse me there OWA Grand Soprano



hehehehe probably find my charging handle JB welded shut later or something along them lines