Alright, so today we are talking about Hesco barriers. H-E-S-C-O barriers. These things are frickin’ awesome. These are like sandbags on steroids. Basically, what they allow you to do is erect makeshift fortifications and you can build just walls, you can build frickin’ castles if you want to. The U.S. military uses these quite frequently. Now, they’re very hard to come by, so you have to go all the way to China to get them. I didn’t think much of the quality. I figured I was going to be getting some really skimpy quality, but this is a really heavy-duty wire mesh, heavy gauge.

So these Hesco barriers were much bigger than I originally anticipated. These things are going to stop, never mind bullets like sandbags. We’ve done our sandbag testing on the channel before. We show you that a sandbag can pretty much stop any caliber around. These things are going to be able to stop artillery. And to me, that’s just cool. These are six feet high by eight feet wide, but you can get them built to custom spec. If you want more information about where I got these from, ask me in the comments section below, but I have no affiliation with this company whatsoever.

Let me show you what it looks like on the inside. So, as you can see, this is going to take a lot of dirt to fill, but I am thoroughly impressed with the quality. I guess we’re going to find out how it works, so let’s go and set it up, and then we’re going to try to blow it up with tannerite. The Russians and the Chinese and the North Koreans and the Iranians are en route, according to my contacts, so we got to set up artillery barriers. We’re going over and above. We need more power! The Chinese are coming, so I ordered shit from China.

Eventually, what I want to do is I’m actually going to use these around the property, and I’m going to use them as sound barriers so I can build a gun range. But, right now, all we’re doing is we’re doing a little tannerite test. You can’t own handgun, but you can own explosive tannerite. So, first thing, let’s load her up. We got to get these escrow barriers on this quad, ASAP. Let’s get one more on there. Thank you, sir. These things are heavy, so just be prepared. That almost killed the communist’s toys. It helps if you have somebody to help you out, and you don’t have a bunch of slacking, Bolshevik sons of bitches in the back end there.

All right, so this is what we got. I’m going to try to do this myself. I mean, all those hours in the gym. You know what? I think I’m going to put gloves on, though, because I already cut myself. Look at that. An SHTF. This could be a death sentence. Now, the thing about these is they don’t have a bottom. I don’t know if China just ripped me off or what, but like this. And maybe we’ll pull it over here a bit. So, when you order these from China, you can select the gauge or the wire.

So, I probably didn’t have to go this overkill, but you know how we do around here. So, these are seven-foot HESCO barriers. As you can see, I’m six-foot five. So, you can order them shorter if you want. So, I think six feet tall is going to be more than sufficient to protect us against an artillery round, but I guess we’ll find out. My life is in your hands. I haven’t made my will yet, so… Tilt. Okay, so we filled up the HESCO barrier. It took about, I don’t know, ten loads on the tractor, maybe a little bit more.

I’d say we got about seven or eight cubic yards in here. There’s no way a bullet’s getting through anything here. With only a few inches of sand, you can pretty much stop almost any caliber bullet. Normally, what the military does, though, is they do two rows of these, and then they actually put another one on top. Now, originally, I wanted to do that, but by the looks of things, I don’t think my tractor is going to be tall enough. So, this will stop any kind of caliber round, used all over the world by the U.S.

military. We’re using it for SHDF preparedness because you just never know. A very sturdy platform. It looks unstable, but that bulge is… What should I say about that bulge that you don’t know already? These are very strong cages, and all the load is distributed all around, so I’m not concerned about that at all. Very heavy gauge wire. I don’t know what the actual gauge is, but it’s about 2.5 millimeters thick, so it’s pretty thick. Should we get the old Winchester? Yeah, I’m lying. First up, 22 caliber versus the ESCO barrier. What do you have to say for yourself? You say that you like my mama? Time to prove you wrong, ma’am.

Rock and roll. That’s it? Oh, you got a jam. Oh, break that pot. Oh, what if you were in a war? What would you do? Come on! That actually put a big hole in it. This is what the 22 did, so I’m actually quite surprised by that. All right, so up next, we got a heavier hitter because this guy’s weapon just didn’t cut it. We got .223 in full metal jacket out of this Tavor. Let’s see what happens. What? There we go. It’s not doing a lot. It’s not doing that much, hey? Personal favorite.

This is a Colt .45 Henry lever action. This is the shot that’s going to save the world and prevent World War III, baby. Let’s do it! Damn, that’s got bite. So I’ve conscripted a friend of mine from Duck Dynasty to help us out today. He’s going to be firing 12-gauge triple B 3-inch. Let it rip! All right, you ready? Hang on, hang on. Whoo! You want to lead into that one? Whoo! Nice. SHTF pro tip. If you’re going to use signs in SHTF to keep people on your property, make sure you shoot them up a lot first.

Looks far more raw, gritty, and hardcore. This is triple B. This is slug, rifle slug. What do you think? Would you enter someone’s property if you’ve seen that? So now we’re going to, I guess, put some tannerite in front of it and see what happens. So what tannerite is, it consists of an oxidizer, which is ammonium nitrate, and an aluminum powder catalyst. And if you put enough kinetic energy onto it, then it’s going to go boom. Whoo! Guys, I think I spotted something. Take a look at this. Can you see it? Canadian moose.

Do you see that? It’s a real moose. Have you been drinking lately? Don’t tell your mom. I had a perfectly placed shot. I think we got him. Let’s go check it out. Look at this beauty. Look at that rack. Isn’t that gorgeous? Where’s the rest of them? Last shot, wait. I got to go Batman style. No rope. Without the rope. Whoo! Ha ha ha. First kill of the year, baby. Tastes like chemicals. Baxter, go get it. Okay, so the Hesco barrier obviously survived the tannerite explosion. I still think it was kind of weak, to be honest.

I was expecting a bit more. I think gravel is a better medium for a Hesco barrier because were this made of sand, I have a feeling that all the sand would pour out. But because it’s more coarse and there’s variable size stones, it holds it in there together tighter. So people take this stuff for granted. Gravel. You go down a gravel road and you just think to yourself, ah, there’s an abundance of this stuff everywhere. But when you have a homestead, this is like gold out here. Ask any homesteader. It’s one of those commodities that you underestimate and the more you can get of it, the better.

So if you can get a good deal on it, just get it because you never know when you’re going to need it. Sand is still a better bullet stopper because it’s a finer powder, it’s more compacted and when you shoot at this, it will actually penetrate deeper than if you were to shoot a sandbag. But with a sandbag, it closes in behind it as well. But you also have to deal with the leaks of the sandbag. So eventually, if you shoot a sandbag enough, it’s going to run dry. With this though, I mean, you’d have to shoot this thing a lot.

I mean, we barely made it a few inches into what is a 6-foot diameter escrow barrier. So, you know, I mean, forget about it. SHTF protection if you want to go overkill, all American prepper style. This is the way to go. All right, guys. So we need to blow this up. So we got to come back with some bigger explosives because I’m quite frankly, I’m not satisfied with the demonstration here today. I want to see what it’s going to take to destroy these escrow barriers. And that means pulling them down, getting the bolt cutters out.

We got to get through these because we want to loot and pillage on the other side. See you on the flip side, my friends. If you want more information about these, links in the comments section below. Thanks for watching Canadian Prep Row. [tr:trw].

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