Emergency kits

Trying to give wife idea on want kind of stuff to look for to get me for Christmas. What does everyone else have as emergency kits in your truck? I was think stuff for camping and road side problem stuff too. Thanks for the ideas ahead of time.

 

Good quality jumper cables, not the 8 or 10 gauge cheapies most places sell. Tire pump (electric if you are lazy). 3/8 drive socket set, combination wrench set, screwdrivers, Mexican speed wrenches (also known as crescent wrenches), T-type lug wrench, ground cloth...

 

The options are endless!!!!

 

I think: basic socket set screw drivers and cheap multi-tool, jumper cables, quality flash light and extra long life batteries, flares, blanket, bottled water, granola bars etc...(MRE), small fire extinguisher, extra set of clothes/socks, phone charger, tire plug set (and a cheap electric compressor optional), a lug wrench that fits (I find the star wrenches work well and you can help others out in a pinch), duct tape, electrical tape, bailing wire. You could go on and on but I think you could overcome a lot of shitty situations with just that.

 

I have a backpack with emergency stuff in my truck, good first aid kit, folding knife, blanket rolled up, socket and breaker bar for my lugs, flashlight, seat belt cutter, but that's I the glove box. You get he idea.

 

There was a thread similar to this not too long ago. I will have to look around for it when I get time. It was kind of geared toward winter items though.

 

hand crank flashlight, and a regular flashlight, jumper cables, tow rope, knife (multitool preferably), first aid kit, blanket, tie downs, small foldup shovel, ...

 

toilet paper
tool set
flares
tow strap/snatch strap
toilet paper
flashlight
knife
multi-tool
toilet paper
air compressor
tire deflator
tire patch
toilet paper

 

One time I got my Jeep stuck in a canyon close to my house (10 or 15 miles) in BFE NV in the rain late at night. My phone had no service and I couldn't find my normal flashlight, but I found my hand crank flashlight and my poncho, so I started walking out of the canyon. This was of course before phones had flashlights. I could barely see where I was going and I had to keep stopping to wind up the stupid POS flashlight, finally got some service, and called someone to come pull me out.

Lesson learned? I hate those flashlights.

 

In the same canyon I got the shits real bad in my buddies truck. I always have TP in mine, or at least paper towels or tissues. I ended up using the insulation out of his ford ranger. The purple stuff.




Good call on the TP.

 

I keep a craftsmen socket set, a small bunch of 550 cord, a military vehical first aid kit, with gauze/bandaids/iodine tabs/alchole wipes/tweezers/quick clot.... and a foldable e-tool shovel, some red glow sticks, flashlight, cheap fleece blanket, and a roll of paper towels

 

and OP was never seen again

 

went camping once without it

was not fun

2 rolls, always in the truck. period.
never know when you'll need it, not only for taking a dump

hell, I duct taped a roll together to make a cushion once