We have the following in all our vehicles: -Sleeping bag -Blanket -Battery Jumpstart Kit -Jumper Cables -First Aid Kit -Small fire extinguisher -Emergency tire chains (put in during the winter months) -Breaker bar and sockets (my suv only, not the girls) -LED Road Flares 3 per vehicle -Seatbelt cutter/window breaker -Tow Strap -Tire repair kit (my suv only) -Small electrical tire pump and fix flat can(we also have the DeWalt air pump, but normally kept in the garage till needed) -Tire down straps (truck only) -Small Dewallt tool bag with various hand tools for minor repairs (my suv only) -Ice scrapper (put in during winter months) -Extra jacket/coat (my suv has a coat and insulated bibs)
Great video! Here is what I would add: -Reflective vest (yellow/orange) -work gloves -emergency blanket -an old towel (can use it to lie on ground or clean up your hands a bit before getting back in your truck -trailer connections (7/4 way wire adapter) -spare pin for trailer drawbar I keep very similar items stashed under the rear seat of my truck
I keep some road flares in the cabin in case I break down. That way flares are instantly accessible. I’d also recommend old school flares not electronic ones. People tend to avoid driving over the burning stick on fire. 😂
+1 for the fire extinguisher and the road flares. Get the 30 minute ones. Also a wool blanket, a Mylar emergency blanket and some hand warmers. In a medical emergency many times you need to keep the victim warm. And I carry a poncho made from the Mylar space material. It does double duty - rain and warmth. I often come across downed trees, so I have a kickass folding bow saw (Agawa Boreal 24). It’s faster than an axe and more compact than a chain saw. However if there are severe storms, sometimes I’ll load up my chain saw. A 28” axe is not a bad idea. There might be times where you need quick access through a car door or a house door and a motivated man and an axe can accomplish a. Lot. And I always have a sharp knife and a window breaker near. Paramedic scissors are extremely useful for lots of things. So are big, heavy contractor grade trash bags. I have a lot of battery powered flashlights and such, so I carry spare lithium batteries. They have a 20 year shelf life, don’t leak and work in the cold. Like you I have watched a dozen similar videos. The one take away from your video is I need a larger crescent wrench. I too have the same Walmart tool kit, it has been useful but like you said, I need some bigger tools too. Thanks for the effort brother. And you are spot on with the keep good tires on your vehicle advice.
Super thorough & very well thought out Kit!! ✅✅. I always carry Flares because you could light a bucket of water on fire with them if you had too… or weld with them… 😂😂. You re so ahead of the game Brock. “Have it and not need it”. instead of…. “Need it and not have it”. 👍👍
- Tarp: tape up busted windows, laying in muck on the ground - Rain Gear - Headlamp : hands free use of light instead of your teeth - (opt) Knee pads: I’m more motivated to do deal with tire problems etc, when my knees aren’t digging into asphalt or concrete.
The way you kept pulling things out of that small tote was almost like watching 50 clowns pile out of the clown car. You should have set up a camera angle that would have let you pull out a step ladder, a chain saw with a gas can and a cooler!! Anyway the only thing I would add is a fire extinguisher
Good job , I think you should put some reflective tape on your cones , a candle , lighter/ matches , you never know , 550 cord thousand of uses , a knit hat and a blanket. Cars get cold when waiting for a tow truck sometimes. I carry some water , paper towels, extra balls for trailer . I lost my wheel bearing on my truck while towing my livestock trailer, we had to tow my trailer with the flatbed, my ball would not work thank God he had an extra ball that was not in the receiver cus we had to put on his bumper. I already had to wait 6 hr cuz of stupid AAA people would respond and then when they found out I had a trailer they would cancel . These are my thoughts /3 cents . Great job 🤪
One thing I'd say for sure is to get one of those portable jump starters. Project farm did a review and comparison on them a few years ago and I got one for every vehicle. Very handy and charges up via usb cable. Small foot print and impressive. A guy I know used mine on a 2003 6.0L Chevy that sat all winter (Wisc) with dead battery and was parked in a spot not accessible by another vehicle to jump it via cables. So he used the Audew 2000A jump starter and it fired right up! They're about $80 at most and way cheaper than a service call to jump you if no one is around to use cables too.
The only problem with a bottle jack I’ve encountered it sometimes it’s too large to fit under smaller cars, learned this the hard way when helping my friend where we needed to use his scissor jack to get his car up a few inches to fit mine under
Car kits can really be divided into 3 major categories. Self recovery/repair, Other Vehicle Rec/Rep, and Survival. Yours does a fair job of bridging all three as long as you have room to store it. Well done.
Looks pretty good Brock. I have a toolbox on the truck, so I have a little more room to work with. Did your little toolbox have a hammer or rubber mallet in it? Maybe some cribbage or wood scraps to set the bottle jack on - might be handy depending on the surface you are working on. Since I tow a tandem axle gooseneck horse trailer I also have a tandem wheel ramp, which has been worth it's weight in gold as far as I'm concerned. Nothing puckers up the old backside like having to change a trailer tire on a busy 4 lane highway or interstate. I have a 4 way tire tool as well, but I also carry a battery powered impact wrench (and charger) with the same size sockets as the 4 way tool. Again, along a busy highway speed is of the essence! My last flat on my 14,000 lbs horse trailer took less than 10 minutes to change. Pulled the good tire up on the ramp, zipped the nuts off, threw the spare on, zipped the nuts back on and boom. On our way. I picked up a 129 piece Kobalt hard case tool kit on clearance at Lowes - it was 50% off! I'm surprised how often I use that thing! It has an extensive number of sockets - both metric and standard among other wrenches and such. I also have a set of 3 rechargeable magnetic puck shaped strobe lights for at night. Great idea for a video - thanks for sharing 🤠 EDIT: I almost forgot... I also have a spring loaded center punch. I kept one of those in my bunker gear when I was still on the line as a firefighter... just one little punch in the corner of a car window and the whole thing shatters. Except the front windshield - those are laminated to prevent shattering in an accident. Pretty unlikely to need it... but when you do it does the job.
Extinguisher, space blanket and ratchet straps are things I have in my kit. Plus snow chains in the winter. I’ve stopped a couple of fires from people parking on brush. And the space blanket usually winds up being used as a tarp in the snow.
Vice Grip pliers, needle nose pliers and a long reach flexible pickup tool (the kind with the 3 or 4 thin metal "fingers" that come out when you push the other end down with your thumb, to pick up small items that fell into a place you can't fit your hand and arm). Great setup though, every vehicle should have that Dewalt Inflator, they are super handy (they make your tire pressure gauge kind of redundant too). It used to be that you could figure out if your vehicle used metric or standard fasteners, so you only had to have wrenches and sockets of that style.... now, both my trucks use both metric and standard fasteners all over.....🙄 Great video, have a good one!!
Small assortment of zip ties, hose clamps, and auto fuses. I do carry a few rubber chocks, but also usually keep some scraps of wood (4x6 and 2x8 about 10-12” long seem to be most versatile) in the bed of the truck. I find I use them all the time for chocking stuff, putting under jacks (trailer and vehicle), leveling/shimming up.
Flares, light, med kit, tools, spare water and emergency food, blanket , winter clothes , tarp, toe strap, duct tape, rope. That’s mostly what I carry all the time. Plus some other things
Good kit, definitely going to do something similar! One thing I was just reminded of is that my tonneau cover sometimes freezes to the tailgate, making it really difficult to open in freezing weather. I’m planning to keep a plastic spackle knife in the glove box just in case! Would hate to have all that great stuff frozen in the bed when I need it!
Great video, just a couple things on the emergency side I don’t think you mentioned is a fire extinguisher for obvious reasons & a blanket(s) for a situation where someone is unexpectedly in cold weather conditions (an accident) & doesn’t have something to protect them from the cold. Just my thoughts, you may have already said it but I’m @ work & may have missed it. Thanks for the video(s). I’m a almost daily listener.👍🏻
Brock I also carry a box like that with a lot of the same . I carry a couple soft shackles also along with some led flares and some short pieces of 2x4s to use with bottle Jack if ground is soft .
I actually made hard wire jumpers off the winch connections and the jumpers are 20 feet long so I don't have to worry about being able to get to the batter of the car or truck if something else is near it or in the way
One thing I will say about the bottle Jack's, they are good for being lightweight and cheaper compared to floor Jack's but not every car is high enough to get a bottle back under them. I ran into that issue with my brother's truck after having a flat and after his scissor jack taking a 💩 during the repair, a guy with a bottle jack shows up and it wouldn't fit under it. Harbor freight has an aluminum trolly jack that is light weight and fairly small that I think will serve the kit better. Overall good kit!
Great kit Brock. A couple more things I keep. 24" Axle strap, 60" tree sling and ring of body recovery keys for uni-body cars to use in combination with that tow strap. 2 qty. Metal coat hangers, pack of large 36" or 48" zip ties, some shop rags+ waterless hand cleaner, about 4 commercial trash bags, a roll of electrical tape and gorilla tape! Keep up the great video 👍
Possibly: magnetic flashlight, rags, hand cleaner, garbage bags, flares or reflective triangles, a piece of 2x4 or 2x6 for jack, tarp or visqueen, knee pad, clean moving blanket, emergency phone numbers laminated and taped to the inside lid.
A couple things I’d recommend is a fire extinguisher and also, for $160 I bought a 1,600 amp dewalt jump starter that also has a built in light, air compressor, alternator test, and usb ports. I’d strongly recommend that
Hey Brock, nice kit, the one item I have had to use a number of times is a tire plug kit. very easy to use for those nails and screws that like to attach to your tires.
I also keep dedicated truck blankets in my suv. The kids can use them in winter. I can use them to cover cargo. They’re great to put between cargo to keep it from rubbing. I bought them at Walmart for under $4 a blanket. Nothing great but significantly better than nothing. I keep 2 for the kids and 2-4 in the back just in case
I'd add rope. Honestly, I find rope far handier than a ratchet strap. Some 3/8" line of good quality has enough thickness that you can get a really good grip on it, and the tensile strength is through the roof. Easy to use a trucker's hitch to tie down loads, and more versatile than a ratchet strap ever could be. Loops made from parachute cord, for example, can be used to create lashing points on your car door latch bar, and from there you can tie items onto the roof of your car even if you don't have a rack. Can't do that with a ratchet strap! If nothing else, a few bundles of line in different sizes will act as cushions to keep the stuff in the box from rattling around.
Brock, In addition to the orange cones I would add a package of road flares. They don’t take up much space and will really add visibility at night. Great video!
Only thing I can say is replace fix a flat with slime, it actually works! IIRC project farm tried fix a flat in a few scenarios and it would not fix the tire. Slime worked most if not all times.
My F350 crew cab has a CAVERNOUS under seat storage area in the back. You really could probably get a body back in there. A lot of the stuff you have in your kit box I have under my seats. I also have a heavy old beat up Carhartt coat just in case it gets cold. I also always have bug spray and sun screen. I have an FR long sleeve shirt that has saved me many many many times from the blistering sun. I roll the sleeves down and turn up the collar and I don’t mind it holds the sweat in either as it sure keeps the sun off me. I use it as protection too in case I’m somewhere and we need to fire up a welder and I don’t have a leather sleeves. I have an old SOG multi-tool with a blade that you can shave with it is so sharp. That old tool has helped me a lot. It has good designed needle nose pliers. It’s pretty cool to be self sufficient. I bought two BEAUTIFUL gold 1/2” 20’ trucker chains dirt cheap from a guy. I gave him like $30 apiece? Then the other day my wife was driving and I said “whoa whoa whoa get off the next exit and go back around and I gotta get what’s on the side of the highway! It was a 20’ section of type 40 (?) 5/16” chain and a binder. Must’ve flown off a rig! Mine now. I also got a beautiful tow strap like that one day. A damn portapotty was literally in the road. People didn’t know what to do. I drove down the breakdown lane and got out and saw it had a tow strap wrapped around it. Clearly it fell off a trailer and driver kept going. So I hooked that thing up to my tow ball and dragged it off the road and I proceeded to pay myself by taking that industrial tow strap and ratchet! I have an 8’ bed truck and thought about grabbin the portapotty but I don’t have anywhere to put it! Haha. Good video man. Thanks for sharing. I don’t see much fluff in that kit. Good job.
Nice preparedness kit! I try to keep a lot of this stuff with me, but at the moment it is all piled in the back floorboard because I use it then just throw it back in the truck in a hurry. Great ideas!
Everyone should learn about and get the telephone app What 3 Words. This is a a life saver in winter and in the countryside where the roads aren’t always named.
@Rockhill farm - Great video! Have you added anything over the past couple years since you made this video? Funny how circumstances and experiences can change what we keep and what gets cut out to make room. If I were to make a suggestion as compared to my truck kit, I'd suggest you run back to HF and grab a cheap tarp and a deadblow hammer to keep in there. Tarp for over the snow. Can't tell you how many times I've used that deadblow hammer since having one to work on machinery or tap on the end of a wrench to break a nut/bolt free. Thanks much!
Mounted bed boxes are nice, but don't bother buying a new one. A decent condition used box should be around $50, well worth it as long as you're willing to fix or replace the latches/locks, which will still be cheaper than buying a new box. Put some dot reflective tape on those cones or get the collapsible triangles. Also, flares would be a good idea.
I carry a 1000 foot pound impact wrench. Turn any lug nut.! Jumper cables and nylon tow strap and tool box with assorted tools.! A Harbor Freight moving blanket to lay on.! 😅
I would do collapsible cones that light up and blink. Instead of the 4 way wrench I would use a breaker bar and a small lug nut flip socket set. For the shovel I would do the small military folding shovel. Instead of the cables I would do a 2,000 amp battery pack jumper.
Put some reflective tape on those orange cones. Also, as someone else mentioned, put a reflective safety vest in there (or better yet, in cab within easy access).
Really good kits you have! Even if the driver doesn’t know how to use some of the tools in a toolkit, the tools could come in handy if someone that does know how to use it shows up to help. Unfortunately, basic vehicle maintenance is not taught in drivers ed, which would be a very useful skillset when needed. Many vehicles are not regularly checked over by the owner/driver nor properly maintained, and only when a problem arises, even a basic issue such as a tire that has low air pressure, is often when the “awareness” or the “crap, I gotta deal with THIS!” issue is addressed. Stay on top of the maintenance, be aware of how the vehicle steers, drives, sounds, the way the tires “feel”, etc and usually you won’t have major issues blindside you. Also good to have spare light bulbs, fuses some electrical wire and terminals, belt(s), hose(s), and the clips/clamps attachment hardware for them, etc and extra fluids such as oil (the proper kind for your vehicle whether it be 5-w-20 or 10-w-30 etc), windshield washer fluid, the correct type of radiator fluid/coolant, a bucket or 2 or some kind of container that you can seal with a lid in case you have collect or even change the oil on the side of the road, or whatever fluid is leaking, (hopefully that’ll never happen).
Keep the truck box specific to the truck needs with a little bit for the hauling part. Then make a trailer box for the hauling with a little bit of truck stuff. Fire extinguisher and a little 3/8 1/4 socket set with good pliers, adjustable wrench, and a good handled bit driver with a set of bits. It sucks enough to have to replace an alternator on the side of the road, and it REALLY sucks with just a leatherman and a dinky adjustable. 😂
Your kit is pretty good. I’d definitely add zip ties and a hammer. I carry a lot of the same stuff and was able to change a radiator in a car just with what I carry lol
Also, make sure, no matter how friendly and helpful the person/people are that show to help, to get all your tools back. If they are in your kit(s), they need to stay in your kits!
I have enough space to keep an off-road Bad Lands Jack. Although thet bottle jack is a nice alternative if i ever do decide to switch out the $250 Bad Lands Jack (Harbor Freight special discount)
You have the dewalt battery for two different tools,,,why not a 1/2 impact dewalt. You have the sockets for lug nuts. Another thing I carry is kit with sockets for locking lug nuts,,a big variety…..
The tow rope over the hitch is a BAD idea, every year people die from that from the kenetic energy brininging things back through the windshield of the tow vechicle. Couple months ago it happened in Utah. Might suggest ponchos as the weather is typically not cooperating, a tire plug kit if you hit a nail, (cheap $10) tripod chair, bug spray.
Did I talk about that in this video? I know I made a video about why you should never attach to a tow ball. Especially a drop hitch. This video might’ve been before that though.
Did I miss the volt meter ? Also in my case, since it an EV pickup truck, I need a L14-30 to 14-50R adaptor and a spare EV charger instead of the boost cable :) EV 12volt battery are small... So I wonder if I should just get a 120volt battery charger and use that instead of a boost cable.
Man you’re one of my favorite channels but fell off of my algorithm for some reason, guess I need to watch a dozen or so of your vids and rest my algorithm
Get rid of the ratchet in the tool kit they are dangerous and replace with a quality one. I had one break and pinch my hand many years ago never again.
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We have the following in all our vehicles:
-Sleeping bag
-Blanket
-Battery Jumpstart Kit
-Jumper Cables
-First Aid Kit
-Small fire extinguisher
-Emergency tire chains (put in during the winter months)
-Breaker bar and sockets (my suv only, not the girls)
-LED Road Flares 3 per vehicle
-Seatbelt cutter/window breaker
-Tow Strap
-Tire repair kit (my suv only)
-Small electrical tire pump and fix flat can(we also have the DeWalt air pump, but normally kept in the garage till needed)
-Tire down straps (truck only)
-Small Dewallt tool bag with various hand tools for minor repairs (my suv only)
-Ice scrapper (put in during winter months)
-Extra jacket/coat (my suv has a coat and insulated bibs)
Great video!
Here is what I would add:
-Reflective vest (yellow/orange)
-work gloves
-emergency blanket
-an old towel (can use it to lie on ground or clean up your hands a bit before getting back in your truck
-trailer connections (7/4 way wire adapter)
-spare pin for trailer drawbar
I keep very similar items stashed under the rear seat of my truck
I keep some road flares in the cabin in case I break down. That way flares are instantly accessible. I’d also recommend old school flares not electronic ones. People tend to avoid driving over the burning stick on fire. 😂
+1 for the fire extinguisher and the road flares. Get the 30 minute ones. Also a wool blanket, a Mylar emergency blanket and some hand warmers. In a medical emergency many times you need to keep the victim warm. And I carry a poncho made from the Mylar space material. It does double duty - rain and warmth. I often come across downed trees, so I have a kickass folding bow saw (Agawa Boreal 24). It’s faster than an axe and more compact than a chain saw. However if there are severe storms, sometimes I’ll load up my chain saw. A 28” axe is not a bad idea. There might be times where you need quick access through a car door or a house door and a motivated man and an axe can accomplish a. Lot. And I always have a sharp knife and a window breaker near. Paramedic scissors are extremely useful for lots of things. So are big, heavy contractor grade trash bags. I have a lot of battery powered flashlights and such, so I carry spare lithium batteries. They have a 20 year shelf life, don’t leak and work in the cold.
Like you I have watched a dozen similar videos. The one take away from your video is I need a larger crescent wrench. I too have the same Walmart tool kit, it has been useful but like you said, I need some bigger tools too. Thanks for the effort brother. And you are spot on with the keep good tires on your vehicle advice.
Super thorough & very well thought out Kit!! ✅✅. I always carry Flares because you could light a bucket of water on fire with them if you had too… or weld with them… 😂😂. You re so ahead of the game Brock. “Have it and not need it”. instead of…. “Need it and not have it”. 👍👍
- Tarp: tape up busted windows, laying in muck on the ground
- Rain Gear
- Headlamp : hands free use of light instead of your teeth
- (opt) Knee pads: I’m more motivated to do deal with tire problems etc, when my knees aren’t digging into asphalt or concrete.
The way you kept pulling things out of that small tote was almost like watching 50 clowns pile out of the clown car. You should have set up a camera angle that would have let you pull out a step ladder, a chain saw with a gas can and a cooler!! Anyway the only thing I would add is a fire extinguisher
Good job , I think you should put some reflective tape on your cones , a candle , lighter/ matches , you never know , 550 cord thousand of uses , a knit hat and a blanket. Cars get cold when waiting for a tow truck sometimes. I carry some water , paper towels, extra balls for trailer . I lost my wheel bearing on my truck while towing my livestock trailer, we had to tow my trailer with the flatbed, my ball would not work thank God he had an extra ball that was not in the receiver cus we had to put on his bumper. I already had to wait 6 hr cuz of stupid AAA people would respond and then when they found out I had a trailer they would cancel . These are my thoughts /3 cents . Great job 🤪
I would have a reflective safety vest. Possibly I would have some reflective tape on the traffic cones for nighttime.
Well yeah, if you want everyone to know you're gay....
One thing I'd say for sure is to get one of those portable jump starters. Project farm did a review and comparison on them a few years ago and I got one for every vehicle. Very handy and charges up via usb cable. Small foot print and impressive. A guy I know used mine on a 2003 6.0L Chevy that sat all winter (Wisc) with dead battery and was parked in a spot not accessible by another vehicle to jump it via cables. So he used the Audew 2000A jump starter and it fired right up! They're about $80 at most and way cheaper than a service call to jump you if no one is around to use cables too.
The only problem with a bottle jack I’ve encountered it sometimes it’s too large to fit under smaller cars, learned this the hard way when helping my friend where we needed to use his scissor jack to get his car up a few inches to fit mine under
Car kits can really be divided into 3 major categories. Self recovery/repair, Other Vehicle Rec/Rep, and Survival. Yours does a fair job of bridging all three as long as you have room to store it. Well done.
That is a good overall kit, but I like to carry a propane torch, especially in winter. A little concentrated heat works wonders on frozen things.
Looks pretty good Brock. I have a toolbox on the truck, so I have a little more room to work with. Did your little toolbox have a hammer or rubber mallet in it? Maybe some cribbage or wood scraps to set the bottle jack on - might be handy depending on the surface you are working on. Since I tow a tandem axle gooseneck horse trailer I also have a tandem wheel ramp, which has been worth it's weight in gold as far as I'm concerned. Nothing puckers up the old backside like having to change a trailer tire on a busy 4 lane highway or interstate. I have a 4 way tire tool as well, but I also carry a battery powered impact wrench (and charger) with the same size sockets as the 4 way tool. Again, along a busy highway speed is of the essence! My last flat on my 14,000 lbs horse trailer took less than 10 minutes to change. Pulled the good tire up on the ramp, zipped the nuts off, threw the spare on, zipped the nuts back on and boom. On our way. I picked up a 129 piece Kobalt hard case tool kit on clearance at Lowes - it was 50% off! I'm surprised how often I use that thing! It has an extensive number of sockets - both metric and standard among other wrenches and such. I also have a set of 3 rechargeable magnetic puck shaped strobe lights for at night. Great idea for a video - thanks for sharing 🤠
EDIT: I almost forgot... I also have a spring loaded center punch. I kept one of those in my bunker gear when I was still on the line as a firefighter... just one little punch in the corner of a car window and the whole thing shatters. Except the front windshield - those are laminated to prevent shattering in an accident. Pretty unlikely to need it... but when you do it does the job.
Extinguisher, space blanket and ratchet straps are things I have in my kit. Plus snow chains in the winter. I’ve stopped a couple of fires from people parking on brush. And the space blanket usually winds up being used as a tarp in the snow.
Vice Grip pliers, needle nose pliers and a long reach flexible pickup tool (the kind with the 3 or 4 thin metal "fingers" that come out when you push the other end down with your thumb, to pick up small items that fell into a place you can't fit your hand and arm). Great setup though, every vehicle should have that Dewalt Inflator, they are super handy (they make your tire pressure gauge kind of redundant too).
It used to be that you could figure out if your vehicle used metric or standard fasteners, so you only had to have wrenches and sockets of that style.... now, both my trucks use both metric and standard fasteners all over.....🙄
Great video, have a good one!!
First aid kit? Fire extinguisher?
I carry a rope style plug kit for nails and screws, permanent fix unless you run 80PSI, radiator hose repair tape, bailing wire and duct tape🤠
Small assortment of zip ties, hose clamps, and auto fuses. I do carry a few rubber chocks, but also usually keep some scraps of wood (4x6 and 2x8 about 10-12” long seem to be most versatile) in the bed of the truck. I find I use them all the time for chocking stuff, putting under jacks (trailer and vehicle), leveling/shimming up.
Looks like a fairly comprehensive kit A Fire extinguisher might be a good choice idea too.
I like me rechargeable jump start you can't always get to the battery of a parked car handy to carry works great on a boat that is in the water.
Flares, light, med kit, tools, spare water and emergency food, blanket , winter clothes , tarp, toe strap, duct tape, rope. That’s mostly what I carry all the time. Plus some other things
Small hammer, zip ties, #9 wire, kitty litter. I'm copying this! Well done
Good kit, definitely going to do something similar! One thing I was just reminded of is that my tonneau cover sometimes freezes to the tailgate, making it really difficult to open in freezing weather. I’m planning to keep a plastic spackle knife in the glove box just in case! Would hate to have all that great stuff frozen in the bed when I need it!
Great video, just a couple things on the emergency side I don’t think you mentioned is a fire extinguisher for obvious reasons & a blanket(s) for a situation where someone is unexpectedly in cold weather conditions (an accident) & doesn’t have something to protect them from the cold. Just my thoughts, you may have already said it but I’m @ work & may have missed it. Thanks for the video(s). I’m a almost daily listener.👍🏻
I have used a portable battery starter so many times to start other peoples cars. So much easier than jumper cables.
Brock I also carry a box like that with a lot of the same . I carry a couple soft shackles also along with some led flares and some short pieces of 2x4s to use with bottle Jack if ground is soft .
I actually made hard wire jumpers off the winch connections and the jumpers are 20 feet long so I don't have to worry about being able to get to the batter of the car or truck if something else is near it or in the way
Very very good advice thanks for sharing
One thing I will say about the bottle Jack's, they are good for being lightweight and cheaper compared to floor Jack's but not every car is high enough to get a bottle back under them. I ran into that issue with my brother's truck after having a flat and after his scissor jack taking a 💩 during the repair, a guy with a bottle jack shows up and it wouldn't fit under it. Harbor freight has an aluminum trolly jack that is light weight and fairly small that I think will serve the kit better. Overall good kit!
Spare fuses, multi meter, fuse tester and puller, relay tester, zip ties, vice grips, lock out kit, air wedge.
Great kit Brock. A couple more things I keep. 24" Axle strap, 60" tree sling and ring of body recovery keys for uni-body cars to use in combination with that tow strap. 2 qty. Metal coat hangers, pack of large 36" or 48" zip ties, some shop rags+ waterless hand cleaner, about 4 commercial trash bags, a roll of electrical tape and gorilla tape! Keep up the great video 👍
Possibly: magnetic flashlight, rags, hand cleaner, garbage bags, flares or reflective triangles, a piece of 2x4 or 2x6 for jack, tarp or visqueen, knee pad, clean moving blanket, emergency phone numbers laminated and taped to the inside lid.
A couple things I’d recommend is a fire extinguisher and also, for $160 I bought a 1,600 amp dewalt jump starter that also has a built in light, air compressor, alternator test, and usb ports. I’d strongly recommend that
I always carry a reflective safety vest in my kit, keeps u visible at night when working on a vehicle, your kit is very good thanks.
Hey Brock, nice kit, the one item I have had to use a number of times is a tire plug kit. very easy to use for those nails and screws that like to attach to your tires.
I also keep dedicated truck blankets in my suv. The kids can use them in winter. I can use them to cover cargo. They’re great to put between cargo to keep it from rubbing.
I bought them at Walmart for under $4 a blanket. Nothing great but significantly better than nothing. I keep 2 for the kids and 2-4 in the back just in case
I'd add rope. Honestly, I find rope far handier than a ratchet strap. Some 3/8" line of good quality has enough thickness that you can get a really good grip on it, and the tensile strength is through the roof. Easy to use a trucker's hitch to tie down loads, and more versatile than a ratchet strap ever could be. Loops made from parachute cord, for example, can be used to create lashing points on your car door latch bar, and from there you can tie items onto the roof of your car even if you don't have a rack. Can't do that with a ratchet strap! If nothing else, a few bundles of line in different sizes will act as cushions to keep the stuff in the box from rattling around.
Brock,
In addition to the orange cones I would add a package of road flares. They don’t take up much space and will really add visibility at night. Great video!
Thank you for this information.
throw in a 3 foot 2 by 4 wood. It helps to stabilize and distribute weight for the bottle jack.
Volt meter, tarp, pre mix coolant, windshield washer juice, spare set of wiper blades
I have most of the items you have. Also some other items would be like a tarp or movers blanket, some shop rags, work gloves, hand soap to name a few.
blanket/...Rain gear...also
Only thing I can say is replace fix a flat with slime, it actually works! IIRC project farm tried fix a flat in a few scenarios and it would not fix the tire. Slime worked most if not all times.
I keep a tire plug kit along with the air pump in the truck, might be able to fix the problem without taking the tire off.
My F350 crew cab has a CAVERNOUS under seat storage area in the back. You really could probably get a body back in there. A lot of the stuff you have in your kit box I have under my seats. I also have a heavy old beat up Carhartt coat just in case it gets cold. I also always have bug spray and sun screen. I have an FR long sleeve shirt that has saved me many many many times from the blistering sun. I roll the sleeves down and turn up the collar and I don’t mind it holds the sweat in either as it sure keeps the sun off me. I use it as protection too in case I’m somewhere and we need to fire up a welder and I don’t have a leather sleeves.
I have an old SOG multi-tool with a blade that you can shave with it is so sharp. That old tool has helped me a lot. It has good designed needle nose pliers.
It’s pretty cool to be self sufficient.
I bought two BEAUTIFUL gold 1/2” 20’ trucker chains dirt cheap from a guy. I gave him like $30 apiece? Then the other day my wife was driving and I said “whoa whoa whoa get off the next exit and go back around and I gotta get what’s on the side of the highway! It was a 20’ section of type 40 (?) 5/16” chain and a binder. Must’ve flown off a rig! Mine now. I also got a beautiful tow strap like that one day. A damn portapotty was literally in the road. People didn’t know what to do. I drove down the breakdown lane and got out and saw it had a tow strap wrapped around it. Clearly it fell off a trailer and driver kept going. So I hooked that thing up to my tow ball and dragged it off the road and I proceeded to pay myself by taking that industrial tow strap and ratchet! I have an 8’ bed truck and thought about grabbin the portapotty but I don’t have anywhere to put it! Haha.
Good video man. Thanks for sharing. I don’t see much fluff in that kit. Good job.
Nice preparedness kit! I try to keep a lot of this stuff with me, but at the moment it is all piled in the back floorboard because I use it then just throw it back in the truck in a hurry. Great ideas!
Everyone should learn about and get the telephone app What 3 Words. This is a a life saver in winter and in the countryside where the roads aren’t always named.
@Rockhill farm - Great video! Have you added anything over the past couple years since you made this video? Funny how circumstances and experiences can change what we keep and what gets cut out to make room.
If I were to make a suggestion as compared to my truck kit, I'd suggest you run back to HF and grab a cheap tarp and a deadblow hammer to keep in there. Tarp for over the snow. Can't tell you how many times I've used that deadblow hammer since having one to work on machinery or tap on the end of a wrench to break a nut/bolt free.
Thanks much!
Mounted bed boxes are nice, but don't bother buying a new one. A decent condition used box should be around $50, well worth it as long as you're willing to fix or replace the latches/locks, which will still be cheaper than buying a new box.
Put some dot reflective tape on those cones or get the collapsible triangles. Also, flares would be a good idea.
I carry a 1000 foot pound impact wrench. Turn any lug nut.! Jumper cables and nylon tow strap and tool box with assorted tools.! A Harbor Freight moving blanket to lay on.! 😅
I carry a spare tire..wheel wrench..snall floor jack..tools
Food. Water. 2 warm blankets. lighter ..toilet paper..paper towels ..candles . Warm clothing
I would do collapsible cones that light up and blink. Instead of the 4 way wrench I would use a breaker bar and a small lug nut flip socket set. For the shovel I would do the small military folding shovel. Instead of the cables I would do a 2,000 amp battery pack jumper.
Put some reflective tape on those orange cones.
Also, as someone else mentioned, put a reflective safety vest in there (or better yet, in cab within easy access).
Really good kits you have! Even if the driver doesn’t know how to use some of the tools in a toolkit, the tools could come in handy if someone that does know how to use it shows up to help. Unfortunately, basic vehicle maintenance is not taught in drivers ed, which would be a very useful skillset when needed. Many vehicles are not regularly checked over by the owner/driver nor properly maintained, and only when a problem arises, even a basic issue such as a tire that has low air pressure, is often when the “awareness” or the “crap, I gotta deal with THIS!” issue is addressed. Stay on top of the maintenance, be aware of how the vehicle steers, drives, sounds, the way the tires “feel”, etc and usually you won’t have major issues blindside you. Also good to have spare light bulbs, fuses some electrical wire and terminals, belt(s), hose(s), and the clips/clamps attachment hardware for them, etc and extra fluids such as oil (the proper kind for your vehicle whether it be 5-w-20 or 10-w-30 etc), windshield washer fluid, the correct type of radiator fluid/coolant, a bucket or 2 or some kind of container that you can seal with a lid in case you have collect or even change the oil on the side of the road, or whatever fluid is leaking, (hopefully that’ll never happen).
Keep the truck box specific to the truck needs with a little bit for the hauling part. Then make a trailer box for the hauling with a little bit of truck stuff. Fire extinguisher and a little 3/8 1/4 socket set with good pliers, adjustable wrench, and a good handled bit driver with a set of bits. It sucks enough to have to replace an alternator on the side of the road, and it REALLY sucks with just a leatherman and a dinky adjustable. 😂
1. Waterproof Tote
2. Jumper Cables
3. Traffic Cones
4. Flashlight
5. Bottle Jack
6. Tire Iron
7. Ratchet Straps
8. Wheel Chocks
9. Portable Inflator
10. Tow Straps
11. Fix-a-Flat
12. Shovel
13. Hatchet
14. Ice Scraper
15. Shackle
16. Chain
17. Tools
What can you use for lock nuts?
Nice information. I would had a headlamp.
A Jumper box is for “self” rescue. Then a quality tow strap with a means to connect to vehicle. Flash light.
Your kit is pretty good. I’d definitely add zip ties and a hammer. I carry a lot of the same stuff and was able to change a radiator in a car just with what I carry lol
Assortment of fuses, poly tarp, fire extinguisher ABC, safety glasses
Get rid of the Cresent wrench and get a Pittsburg adjustable with extendable handle
How about a tire plugging kit and a space blanket?
Also, make sure, no matter how friendly and helpful the person/people are that show to help, to get all your tools back. If they are in your kit(s), they need to stay in your kits!
Smaller square piece of pressure treated wood to put the bottle jack on, in the likelihood of being on soft ground.
hammer and lighted triangle and safety vest
Nice kit! The only other thing I would add would be some miscellaneous bungee cords..and maybe a blanket for winter.
I have enough space to keep an off-road Bad Lands Jack. Although thet bottle jack is a nice alternative if i ever do decide to switch out the $250 Bad Lands Jack (Harbor Freight special discount)
You have the dewalt battery for two different tools,,,why not a 1/2 impact dewalt. You have the sockets for lug nuts. Another thing I carry is kit with sockets for locking lug nuts,,a big variety…..
Uncoated roll of wire for loose exhaust or zip ties
Used the plastic tot but the sun will kill it fast. I have most of what you have in my truck lots of storage in my ford
Thanks for doing my homework for me!
Poly or canvas tarp, rope, tire plug kit, impact wrench very impressive kit however
A couple feet of automotive electrical wire comes in handy, takes up little space
Could you please share a link to the wheel chocks you showed? I've been looking to pick some up.
Here you go. Thanks for watching and commenting
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The tow rope over the hitch is a BAD idea, every year people die from that from the kenetic energy brininging things back through the windshield of the tow vechicle. Couple months ago it happened in Utah.
Might suggest ponchos as the weather is typically not cooperating, a tire plug kit if you hit a nail, (cheap $10) tripod chair, bug spray.
Did I talk about that in this video? I know I made a video about why you should never attach to a tow ball. Especially a drop hitch.
This video might’ve been before that though.
@RockhillfarmYT just showed the tow strap with the drop over end for the ball. You actually did say your not a fan of the method.
Did I miss the volt meter ? Also in my case, since it an EV pickup truck, I need a L14-30 to 14-50R adaptor and a spare EV charger instead of the boost cable :) EV 12volt battery are small... So I wonder if I should just get a 120volt battery charger and use that instead of a boost cable.
Tourniquet , gauze and some rebar wire ?
Slim Jim, or coat hanger. Farm wire and zip ties
Great video. Reminded me of carrot top pulling all the props out of the bin. They just kept coming out!
Don't forget a fire extinguisher.. especially in your Dodge!
A small fire extinguisher is also a must-have in my Jeep.
A couple large blocks of wood for if the ground is soft
Pair of rubber boots.
Water and/or water jug you can fill up
My jumper cables are 20 feet long and made out of arc welding cable
Maybe some spare automotive fuses?
Good info
I’d get a jobbox or something like that so you can lock it. I would add a stihl chainsaw and a fire extinguisher.
Add a folding saw with at least a 10 " blade and a headlamp for hands free working at night a 6x8 tarp and a rain suit
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13 is unlucky -- make that 14 🙏👍 Haha great recomendations
I try to keep a tire plug kit
I’ve had my jump starter for many many years and battery has not depleted that much.
Zip ties of all sizes
Man you’re one of my favorite channels but fell off of my algorithm for some reason, guess I need to watch a dozen or so of your vids and rest my algorithm
Good to hear from you
Sledge hammer and full size burks bar.
Get rid of the ratchet in the tool kit they are dangerous and replace with a quality one. I had one break and pinch my hand many years ago never again.