Essential Trunk Bag Items?

K Williams

K Williams

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What items should be included in all trunk bags? So far I thought of the following items:

Jumper cables
Flashlight
Duct Tape
Electrical Tape
Ice Scraper
Hammer
Fuses(which ones are needed the most?)
Knife & Leatherman
Work gloves
Blanket

What else? Thanks!
 
K Williams said:
What items should be included in all trunk bags? So far I thought of the following items:

Jumper cables
Flashlight
Duct Tape
Electrical Tape
Ice Scraper
Hammer
Fuses(which ones are needed the most?)
Knife & Leatherman
Work gloves
Blanket

What else? Thanks!
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Fuses:
The ones for the headlights, brake lights, ignition, electric fuel pump

Things you might want to add to your list

First aid kit
Fire extinguisher
Folding snow shovel (winter)
Breaker bar and socket to fit lug nuts. ( alot easier to use than tire tool)
battery booster ( one of those things that holds a charge, I forget what they are callled)
Nylon Tow strap
 
I carry a complete preparedness bag, folding shovel, folding saw, FAK, water, high energy food, blanket, warm coat and watch cap behind the seat of my PU. In the back is a box that holds hoses, belts, oil, filter, pan plug, antifreeze, plastic tarp and tools. There's a frs/gmrs radio in the glove box and a cell phone on my hip. Gave the strobe to the wife for her new car, which has a vehicle kit very similar to the one in the truck and it easily fits into her trunk, with plenty of room left for shopping.:D Oops, forgot about the fuses in the glovebox.
 
K Williams said:
What else? Thanks!
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Howdy.
You might want to think about a few cem-lights and some paracord. If you get stuck some where, the cem-lights can mark you or you could tie one to about three feet of cord and swing it like a bolo. You can see it for miles that way.
 
too add to your list...(but it depends on when and where)

a good bow saw with spare blade
machete
an axe maybe
spade or e-tool
tow rope
road flares

in winter, or snow season:

traction irons
chains
brush w/scraper
full size snow shovel (try digging your truck out of a ditch with a little compact one and you'll know what I mean)
 
I would add or replace your flashlight with a headlamp so if you have a flat tire all by yourself you can have light and work at the same time. Petzl makes some great LED models that give off a lot of light with long run time. Also some hose clamps, zip ties and duct tape may help.
 
Car broke down, stranded somewhere. Already have "a complete preparedness bag, folding shovel, folding saw, FAK, water, high energy food, blanket, warm coat and watch cap behind the seat of my PU." What am I missing? What do I still wish I had? A pint of something smooth.:D :thumbup:
 
MSCantrell said:
Car broke down, stranded somewhere. Already have "a complete preparedness bag, folding shovel, folding saw, FAK, water, high energy food, blanket, warm coat and watch cap behind the seat of my PU." What am I missing? What do I still wish I had? A pint of something smooth.:D :thumbup:
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OK. I'll add a bottle of Knob Creek bourbon to the kit! :D
 
I recently got stuck twice on my way to my shooting club. Do you know any mats that will help your car get out of bogged/slippery area? Also, do you know any portable winch to pull your car out? Something that you could use it alone, but still could pull out your vehicle.
 
OmegaA said:
I recently got stuck twice on my way to my shooting club. Do you know any mats that will help your car get out of bogged/slippery area? Also, do you know any portable winch to pull your car out? Something that you could use it alone, but still could pull out your vehicle.
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a couple of old floor mats could be lain uner the tire for traction. If its ice you can poor kitty litter down to help. as far as a winch you could go to a farm supply or hardware store and by what I call a "come along" its is a small winch with a spool of cable and a hook on both ends. You move a long arm back and forth to put tention on the cable. It may have about ten to twelve feet of cable so you will need a nylon tow strap or chain to reach somthing farther away.
 
Floor mats did not work well - they did not get attached to the ground, so the wheel just spit them out from the other side of the wheel without much results.
 
Communication gear:

Flares, signal mirror, whistle.

Radio equipment, in order of preference:

1. Cell phone
2. Amateur radio equipment, pref. mobile U/VHF setup unless you're very rural, then U/VHF and HF.
3. Citizen's Band, GMRS
4. FRS (virtually useless except in very limited circumstances).

Also: The knowledge about using each of your chosen communications devices. And photocopies of emergency instructions for when you forget...

Jim
 
bacman99 said:
...Breaker bar...
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Just to be a pain, techniquely I would keep the breaker bar/tool in the glove box or at arms length up front so I could break the window if in a lake or something:D
 
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