I recently became an amateur radio operator and having a way to communicate besides your cell phone has been amazing. Generally speaking a couple hundred dollars worth of gear and a test is all you really need. When you consider the cost of a new cell phone, a new radio is easy to justify.
Good job Tim! No one has mentioned the 100% wool blanket. Keeps you very warm even wet. I keep one in car all year but 3-4 hottest months. Even then, in NH if you don't like the weather, wait 5 min. especially past the notch. Always have extra clothes, wet weather gear, etc. because you never know. Definitely a lighter but, the beeswax 12 hour candles mentioned above kept in the UCO mini lantern are also great to keep year round for light (no batteries for flashlight), signalling, heat, cuts, etc.
I like some bee wax candles, headlamp, cat litter in a coffee tin with plastic bags. The cat litter can be used for traction or going #2 if you get stuck on a highway for a long time. Good kit, every vehicle should have some form of this in the winter.
Your timing in posting this video was perfect for me. I'd already planned to reorganize and trim down my own car kit today. It has bloated to the point where I'm struggling to find usable trunk space. Thanks for the inspiration! 🙂
While we're talking about it being a cold environment very smart thing to do would be to have a decent fire kit, along with a few pieces of wood in your truck bed, or back of your trunk, most people don't realize but a small piece of wood roughly the same length and diameter as a football can be split into a lot of kindling to be used to make fire in a wet environment. Another thing to do is invest in body, hand and feet warmers in your vehicle. They are a cheap easy way to get your body heat up if you have to, along with an emergency blanket. And they have almost no expiration date on them and many of them will last up to 12 hours. Another useful thing is keep a 9hr emergency candle in your kit, not only will it provide ambient heat if you break down you can also use it to keep some light, and if necessary you can construct a way to cook with it. I would add a roll of bailing wire, it's versatile it can be used for temporarily securing things. You can use them to make temporary hose clamps, to hold up your bumper or even hold up a tailpipe. A few months back I had to use some to help a coworker get their bumper to stay on so they could get home. You should also have rope in your vehicle for obvious reasons, along with at least 1 truckers strap. Also a good roll of duct tape I'd recommend I'd recommend at least T-Rex or Gorilla tape, as those are two of the strongest tape brands on the market. Your compact tool kit is a nice idea, however if you buy adhesive backed velcro strips and stick it to the bottom of a $30 Pittsburgh steel tool set, from harbor freight and put it on a carpeted floor of a vehicle, it will stay in place where you put it. Also a decent little folding saw from Harbor Freight for less than $15 are more than worth the price, from personal experience I know for a fact you can cut through a lot of wood before it will show signs of going dull. You should also have at least a hatchet in case you need to get wood to make a fire, or to even get pieces of wood to use as traction to get out of deep snow. You should also have a small container something like a Sunny D jug or a half gallon bleach bottle with either kitty litter or fish tank gravel to get added traction in deep snow. While you do have a little bit of food, and water, you lack any kind of hunting or food procurement gear and tools. It doesn't hurt to have a travel fishing kit, and a small spool of snare wire. Another thing if you have to you can take one of the hand warmers and tape it to your water bottle it'll keep your water from freezing. It will even warm it up a little bit and will even help you keep your core temperature up, drinking cold water will make your body have to expend more calories and core temperature to warm the water up for your body to process it. Also very important thing to bring with you is clear plastic 4mil thick sheeting, if you can't stay in your vehicle for some reason, it will make a good shelter, that you can keep warm with, or if you happen to have gone off road and a window broke you can use the 4mil clear plastic sheet along with the duct tape I mentioned earlier, to seal your vehicle, so it will keep you warmer, and or won't diminish your visibility if you can drive out. You can even use the 4mil plastic to create a greenhouse effect with your tarp while facing your fire, what's simultaneously having your emergency blanket behind you to reflect the heat down to get better results from the heat of the fire. Last but not least keep a roll of toilet paper in your vehicle, switch it out every year so it doesn't degrade on you.
I live in Maine, found that I have most of your recommended items. I’m very impressed with the organization of your truck bed gear. Another great video.
This gives me great ideas for my van Suggestion I have which I will add to my kit, there are quick dry towels, I thought I’d try it when I went camping, wring it out and drape it and it dries very quickly.
Keep just enough stuff to last you until Tim, or someone like him, comes along. 😁😉 Cell phone and AAA are me primary things, though I do keep a portable jump starter (have cables if I need them), a separate tire inflator, a couple of lights, tow strap, folding shovel and some very basic tools.
Nice kit. Great organization. Would suggest an old rug or two instead of kitty litter. Two uses one can be used in front of tires to get out and also to use on top of floor mat. Keep it drier and insulation from cold. Or can use them to sit or kneel on for changing tire etc.. Thanks again great tips too .
Hundreds of cars were forced off the road interstate 80 in Wyoming. There was no facilities there no bathrooms anything for subzero temperatures snow drifting was stuck there all night long Also heard of a guy that went off the road in a blizzard and then the snow plow came behind sealed off, and no one knew that car ever went off and he was found when the snow thawed
Great presentation. Putting together a few things for winter travel and bug out bag. Snowing like heck here in New England and it wasn’t supposed to mount to much. You just never know. I always keep an extra down coat in the car. Even if a beat up one.
I keep a uco candle with extra 8 hr candles you would be surprised on how much heat that little candle throws of it will heat the inside of my suv in upstate New York winters I've tested it changed it only by a few degrees but didn't have to burn gas
Good video. I keep a survival sleeping bag. In the vehicle. I have 2 phones just in case. Also carry sleeping bag liner. Have an Army wool blanket also
Questions: What is in the vault case Those panels to strap the items, what brand? What system, if any is used to organize your bed and those items/gear?
Different ways to start a fire (lighter, matches, striker etc) for warmth, melt snow for water, make water safe to drink, signal, etc etc etc, baby wipes, hot hands, fire extinguisher.
I’d also consider some toiletries (toothpaste tabs might do better than liquid toothpaste) and a sleeping pad so if you have to spend the night somewhere like a hospital visit etc you can still be comfortable
I KEEP KITTY LITTER IN MY TRUNK.. BUT I'VE DEF USED IT WAY MORE AS A ABSORBENT... ON OIL SPILLS OR ANTI-FREEZE OR LOTS OF STUFF LIKE THAT... NEVER NEEDED IT AS A TRACTION BOOST..... SO THERE IS ANOTHER BENEFIT TO HAVING IT....
Coast does make decent lights.. but get the R versions... like the HP9R OR HP8R dual fuel....or even one better.. go olight... they make FANTASTIC lights for the money...
Exactly. In some small vehicles this would fill the trunk. But it is a great kit if you have the room. It would work for my midsize SUV and I do carry most of what he describes in one form or another. One exception is fuel. I don't lug spare gas around. But If I were headed out in bad weather unexpectedly, I do have gas at home for generator, snow blower and the like that I could take.
You should stuff some bama socks in your boots so you can keep your feet warm if it is really cold or you have to be out for a long time. That’s what people on boats in the Bering Sea wear under their boots.
Purely observation, the title is 'Emergency CAR Kit', yet you very clearly show and repeatedly mention 'TRUCK'. Therefore, much of what you mention wouldn't fit in a 'CAR' trunk. I include a spare tire and necessary equipment. Another Chanel mention, most cars have seats for maximum of 5 people. I include 5 gallon kitchen bag. Each Kit can be handed to each person ar their personal Kit. Each Kit include 1 wool beanie, gloves, Emergency mylar blanket, personal flashlight, 1, singular 24 hr food kit-no meal kit-(I plan max 48-72 hr), you can live with, minimal food 3 days, whistle for signaling, 1 deck of playing cards for moral. Plus a larger car Kit, large wool blanket, 1 small Kit Kit, no open fires inside the car (seriously, who does that.
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I recently became an amateur radio operator and having a way to communicate besides your cell phone has been amazing. Generally speaking a couple hundred dollars worth of gear and a test is all you really need. When you consider the cost of a new cell phone, a new radio is easy to justify.
Good job Tim! No one has mentioned the 100% wool blanket. Keeps you very warm even wet. I keep one in car all year but 3-4 hottest months. Even then, in NH if you don't like the weather, wait 5 min. especially past the notch. Always have extra clothes, wet weather gear, etc. because you never know. Definitely a lighter but, the beeswax 12 hour candles mentioned above kept in the UCO mini lantern are also great to keep year round for light (no batteries for flashlight), signalling, heat, cuts, etc.
I like some bee wax candles, headlamp, cat litter in a coffee tin with plastic bags. The cat litter can be used for traction or going #2 if you get stuck on a highway for a long time. Good kit, every vehicle should have some form of this in the winter.
Thanks for this. I got stuck in the Lake District (UK) last week after heavy snowfall....i now have a folding shovel in my boot 👍
Your timing in posting this video was perfect for me. I'd already planned to reorganize and trim down my own car kit today. It has bloated to the point where I'm struggling to find usable trunk space. Thanks for the inspiration! 🙂
Great video, lots of excellent gear, suggestions, and knowledge. Keep up the excellent work, Tim. 👊🔥
Grear kit ! I would also add a couple bags of rock salt with the kitty litter. Cheers 🍻
Good kit, Tim. Up here you can keep that all in your car year round. Thank you for sharing this with us. Stay safe and stay warm
Same here man.
Dang Tim that is a well rounded kit nicely done. I know you have an axe but I think a folding saw would be a great add thx bud❤️❤️🙏🙏
Yep. Folding saw is what I have.
While we're talking about it being a cold environment very smart thing to do would be to have a decent fire kit, along with a few pieces of wood in your truck bed, or back of your trunk, most people don't realize but a small piece of wood roughly the same length and diameter as a football can be split into a lot of kindling to be used to make fire in a wet environment. Another thing to do is invest in body, hand and feet warmers in your vehicle. They are a cheap easy way to get your body heat up if you have to, along with an emergency blanket. And they have almost no expiration date on them and many of them will last up to 12 hours. Another useful thing is keep a 9hr emergency candle in your kit, not only will it provide ambient heat if you break down you can also use it to keep some light, and if necessary you can construct a way to cook with it.
I would add a roll of bailing wire, it's versatile it can be used for temporarily securing things. You can use them to make temporary hose clamps, to hold up your bumper or even hold up a tailpipe. A few months back I had to use some to help a coworker get their bumper to stay on so they could get home. You should also have rope in your vehicle for obvious reasons, along with at least 1 truckers strap. Also a good roll of duct tape I'd recommend I'd recommend at least T-Rex or Gorilla tape, as those are two of the strongest tape brands on the market.
Your compact tool kit is a nice idea, however if you buy adhesive backed velcro strips and stick it to the bottom of a $30 Pittsburgh steel tool set, from harbor freight and put it on a carpeted floor of a vehicle, it will stay in place where you put it. Also a decent little folding saw from Harbor Freight for less than $15 are more than worth the price, from personal experience I know for a fact you can cut through a lot of wood before it will show signs of going dull. You should also have at least a hatchet in case you need to get wood to make a fire, or to even get pieces of wood to use as traction to get out of deep snow. You should also have a small container something like a Sunny D jug or a half gallon bleach bottle with either kitty litter or fish tank gravel to get added traction in deep snow.
While you do have a little bit of food, and water, you lack any kind of hunting or food procurement gear and tools. It doesn't hurt to have a travel fishing kit, and a small spool of snare wire. Another thing if you have to you can take one of the hand warmers and tape it to your water bottle it'll keep your water from freezing. It will even warm it up a little bit and will even help you keep your core temperature up, drinking cold water will make your body have to expend more calories and core temperature to warm the water up for your body to process it.
Also very important thing to bring with you is clear plastic 4mil thick sheeting, if you can't stay in your vehicle for some reason, it will make a good shelter, that you can keep warm with, or if you happen to have gone off road and a window broke you can use the 4mil clear plastic sheet along with the duct tape I mentioned earlier, to seal your vehicle, so it will keep you warmer, and or won't diminish your visibility if you can drive out. You can even use the 4mil plastic to create a greenhouse effect with your tarp while facing your fire, what's simultaneously having your emergency blanket behind you to reflect the heat down to get better results from the heat of the fire.
Last but not least keep a roll of toilet paper in your vehicle, switch it out every year so it doesn't degrade on you.
Great ideas very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
I live in Maine, found that I have most of your recommended items. I’m very impressed with the organization of your truck bed gear. Another great video.
This gives me great ideas for my van
Suggestion I have which I will add to my kit, there are quick dry towels, I thought I’d try it when I went camping, wring it out and drape it and it dries very quickly.
Keep just enough stuff to last you until Tim, or someone like him, comes along. 😁😉 Cell phone and AAA are me primary things, though I do keep a portable jump starter (have cables if I need them), a separate tire inflator, a couple of lights, tow strap, folding shovel and some very basic tools.
Nice kit. Great organization. Would suggest an old rug or two instead of kitty litter. Two uses one can be used in front of tires to get out and also to use on top of floor mat. Keep it drier and insulation from cold. Or can use them to sit or kneel on for changing tire etc.. Thanks again great tips too
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Hundreds of cars were forced off the road interstate 80 in Wyoming. There was no facilities there no bathrooms anything for subzero temperatures snow drifting was stuck there all night long
Also heard of a guy that went off the road in a blizzard and then the snow plow came behind sealed off, and no one knew that car ever went off and he was found when the snow thawed
I like all the stuff you have and I carry a decent amount as well, I'm also from New Hampshire...... good video bud
Great presentation. Putting together a few things for winter travel and bug out bag. Snowing like heck here in New England and it wasn’t supposed to mount to much. You just never know. I always keep an extra down coat in the car. Even if a beat up one.
LOTS of great ideas, even in the first 3 minutes 👍👍
That's a nice blanket. Thanks for information!
Great video as usual.
Thanks man!!!! Fantastic video Fantastic list of items as well!!!!
I keep a uco candle with extra 8 hr candles you would be surprised on how much heat that little candle throws of it will heat the inside of my suv in upstate New York winters I've tested it changed it only by a few degrees but didn't have to burn gas
Nice. Good addition
I was trying to keep a couple books of the car too
Good video. I keep a survival sleeping bag. In the vehicle. I have 2 phones just in case. Also carry sleeping bag liner. Have an Army wool blanket also
Questions:
What is in the vault case
Those panels to strap the items, what brand?
What system, if any is used to organize your bed and those items/gear?
Different ways to start a fire (lighter, matches, striker etc) for warmth, melt snow for water, make water safe to drink, signal, etc etc etc, baby wipes, hot hands, fire extinguisher.
I’d also consider some toiletries (toothpaste tabs might do better than liquid toothpaste) and a sleeping pad so if you have to spend the night somewhere like a hospital visit etc you can still be comfortable
Or baking soda (instead of toothpaste) in a water tight container.
I keep a small backpacking stove butane canister , instant coffee,hot chocolate just in case to stay warm small stainless cup or Stanley cup
Hey what is that organizer in the bed of your truck you have your axe mounted to?
Thank you!
I KEEP KITTY LITTER IN MY TRUNK.. BUT I'VE DEF USED IT WAY MORE AS A ABSORBENT... ON OIL SPILLS OR ANTI-FREEZE OR LOTS OF STUFF LIKE THAT... NEVER NEEDED IT AS A TRACTION BOOST..... SO THERE IS ANOTHER BENEFIT TO HAVING IT....
Coast does make decent lights.. but get the R versions... like the HP9R OR HP8R dual fuel....or even one better.. go olight... they make FANTASTIC lights for the money...
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Nice kit sir.
🎉🎉🎉. NEVER PUT WATER IN GAS CAN. as you mentioned
What is the Amazon link to the portable tire inflator? , the link you posted doesn’t look like the one in the video ,
Good vid, I wish I had the space to add all that 😊
Exactly. In some small vehicles this would fill the trunk. But it is a great kit if you have the room. It would work for my midsize SUV and I do carry most of what he describes in one form or another. One exception is fuel. I don't lug spare gas around. But If I were headed out in bad weather unexpectedly, I do have gas at home for generator, snow blower and the like that I could take.
Good Vid
Thanks man!
Excellent
Excellent video, I would have Put Some food in there.
Good idea!
You should stuff some bama socks in your boots so you can keep your feet warm if it is really cold or you have to be out for a long time. That’s what people on boats in the Bering Sea wear under their boots.
I would love to see your gear that you do consider good enough to " reestablish civilization " that would be a cool video!!!!
Purely observation, the title is 'Emergency CAR Kit', yet you very clearly show and repeatedly mention 'TRUCK'. Therefore, much of what you mention wouldn't fit in a 'CAR' trunk. I include a spare tire and necessary equipment. Another Chanel mention, most cars have seats for maximum of 5 people. I include 5 gallon kitchen bag. Each Kit can be handed to each person ar their personal Kit. Each Kit include 1 wool beanie, gloves, Emergency mylar blanket, personal flashlight, 1, singular 24 hr food kit-no meal kit-(I plan max 48-72 hr), you can live with, minimal food 3 days, whistle for signaling, 1 deck of playing cards for moral. Plus a larger car Kit, large wool blanket, 1 small Kit Kit, no open fires inside the car (seriously, who does that.
A good metal thermos the water or coffee or chocolate will stay hot for 24-hours.
Flashlight to flag down the police, some flashlights come as charges.2-gallons of water.
Hey what is that organizer in the bed of your truck you have your axe mounted to?
Thank you!