Glen's Surplus Is A Great Store For Survival Gear

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Glen's Surplus located in Shelby, Ohio (just outside of Ontario) is a cult favorite amongst people in the surrounding counties. It was started by Glen Arms who began selling lawn care parts and supplies in the late 70s, and had so much success with his first store located in Shiloh that he moved it to the current Shelby location in 1988.

Now it's common referred to as the 'Army Surplus' store, because of it's large room that features canteens, uniforms, dummie grenades, back packs, boots, heavy duty blankets, and many other common essentials in the U.S. army.

This makes it a great place to get props for a home movie, but even better - if you are a survivalist in this area, then this is the place you need to check out. One room is solid with camping supplies, such as cots, sleeping bags, canteens, water containers, portable stoves, wool and other things that could be of great assistance during a major crisis like a food shortage!

There are also other rooms that are filled with useful items like rope, fabric, gloves, industrial items, straps, chains, machetes, chainsaws, janitorial accessories and so on.

I started visiting this store when I was just a kind and have been awestruck ever since. When I was there not too long ago they even had a Gilly suit! Many of the items will be a perfect match for hunters, but there is something for everyone one. There is even a huge section that is arts and crafts, Halloween decorations, Christmas items, wallpaper, tape -- all sorts of stuff.

But they also have a very complete automotive department where you can get pretty much anything you would ever need. On top of that there is pretty much any tool you could ever dream of owning. You'll also notice when you pull up to the old, non-assuming looking warehouse that there are many ARMY vehicles parked out front. Yes, these are all for sale.

They could certainly come in handy during the event of a zombie apocalypse, and not to mention the Military grade generators which if you can shell out the big bucks for, could be a life saver in a real survival scenario.