What's in your truck or car?

[Don'tkillbill]

I've been collecting out door gear and crap for years and over time a lot of it is in my truck.

I put some stuff in a bag to organise them.

Here's a video. Check out some of my other videos they are ok ish

[video=youtube_share;flQs2yGOM7U]http://youtu.be/flQs2yGOM7U[/video]

Bill

 

[tidefan]

I don't have pics, but I keep a few MRE's, an Ontario RTAK II, 5 gallons of water changed out weekly, ferro rods, and extra clothes....I'm working on building a full kit around a rubbermaid container.

 

[coaldigger]

I keep some gear in my truck -'06 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 - 4.0v6 - automatic. Also whenever I go out I throw my Maxpedition 10x4 kit in

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Gear in the truck -
1- Condor 12" Bolo Machete
2- Ontario Sp-42
3- basic fire kit (matches,bic & tinder)
4- 2-FAK's
5- Safety glasses, mech. gloves, basic hand tools
6- 2-clear plastic ponchos,space blankets, & plastic bags(Wal-mart bags)
7- Basic over the counter meds(Head/Pain, stomach, Allergy)
8- 2-LED Flashlights
9- 50' braded rope & 20' chain with hooks
10- Pen & notepad

 

[blt-2-drg]

I have a Rubbermaid container bolted down in the back of my Suburban with A LOT in it. Most would say its overkill, but i've actually been stranded in the desert before with little to nothing which sparked me putting together this kit. The way i see it is i have a ton of room in the cargo area so theres no reason not to have it.

Everything except the 7 gallons of water fits inside the Rubbermaid.

Contents of the backpack.

Its changed a bit since the pictures. I had to make a little room for diapers and baby needs.

 

[Crazyotter]

I actually did a kit to my truck yesterday. Basic stuff, nothing in depth. Kinda added / organized what I had already. Heres my list.

Jacket
Winter Hat / Gloves
Work Gloves / Glasses
Rain Coat (and poncho)
Rubber Boots (and work boots)
T-shirt
Underwear
Jeans
Socks, lots of pairs
Shammy shirt
Sheath knife (Mora)
Compass
File and stone
Matches (Got four boxes plus strewn around)
500 .22 shells (rifle will not be stored in truck full time)
Water (Five bottles, water is common in my area)
Assorted energy bars and beef jerky in my glove box
Toilet paper
Towel
Jumper cables
Lug wrench
Oil
Tool kit (Socket kit, wrenches, screwdrivers, pliers, wire cutters, hammer, measuring tape, electrical tape, fuses, light bulbs, spark plugs, tire repair kit, spare jack, nails, etique)
Idiots guide to cars something or other
Axe / Saw / Machete
Tow rope
Rope (Three 50 foot pieces of clothesline, two coils of work rope)
Basic first aid kit (with some extras like ibuprofen, extra gauze, bug dope, wet foot powder stuff)
Blankets
Fishing Rod / Tackle / Life jacket
Flashlight
Folding Shovel
Snow chains (on my list but haven't gotten yet)
Ice scraper
Candles
Ear plugs
Soap
Binoculars
Tarp for shelter
Snare wire
Needle / thread
550 cord
Pot / container to boil water in
Rags
Gun oil
A real bottle jack is on my list also.

In a big rubbermaid tote, lots of stuff for sure but I'm familiar with crap creek.

 

[powernoodle]

Here's mine.

 

[Jakeboy]

I have a Rubbermaid container bolted down in the back of my Suburban with A LOT in it. Most would say its overkill, but i've actually been stranded in the desert before with little to nothing which sparked me putting together this kit. The way i see it is i have a ton of room in the cargo area so theres no reason not to have it.

Everything except the 7 gallons of water fits inside the Rubbermaid.

Contents of the backpack.

Its changed a bit since the pictures. I had to make a little room for diapers and baby needs.

That looks like a Kel Tec SU 16. How do you like it?

P.S. Nice kit!

 

[blt-2-drg]

Yes, its the SU-16CA. I love the weight and compactness of it folded and the fact that it uses AR mags. It makes for a great utility rifle, especially at the price i paid when it first came out. I think i've put about 1200 rounds through it total with 5-6 FTF or FTE, but most of them were in the first couple hundred rounds. I've been pretty happy with it, not much else out there like it.

 

[Jakeboy]

Yes, its the SU-16CA. I love the weight and compactness of it folded and the fact that it uses AR mags. It makes for a great utility rifle, especially at the price i paid when it first came out. I think i've put about 1200 rounds through it total with 5-6 FTF or FTE, but most of them were in the first couple hundred rounds. I've been pretty happy with it, not much else out there like it.

I have a Sub 2000 (Glock mags). Great carbine and has been 100% reliable with my hand loads. I'm liking the SU 16 a lot. It's on my short list.

 

[schmittie]

I've got a 'get home bag' in my work truck too. I have just basics for myself for a few days.
Some basic food-meal replacement bars and Ramon noodles etc
Shelter- USGI poncho, space blanket
Canteen and a Coleman cookset
Folding hexamine stove
FAK and first aid field guide
Knife and firesteel (of course)
Fire kit
Some other odds n ends - paracord, multi tool, plant id cards, etc

I finally have a pack I like and hold everything with extra space. Whenever we go camping, it comes with. If we go out of town, I bring it. Vacation, day trip, whatever. I'm just trying to get into the habit of always having it or what's the point in the first place?

Fortunately, my wife is seeing the importance of it and we are building on a kit for her vehicle as well. Even if it is just a little something, it's better than nothing IMO.

 

[Mannlicher]

some of these examples are like a Bug Out Bag Gone WILD!

My daily drive, as well as my woods truck, is an old 1988 Toyota 4Runner. I keep a Rubbermaid tote in the back with my extraction gear. Tow straps and chain, jacks, shovel, machete, ax, and more. I always have extra belts, oil, other fluids, tools and the like.

When I leave the house, I toss my 72 hour bag in the back as well. Food water, shelter, signal gear and protection.

On more than one occasion, I have used the take along gear to my advantage. I don't leave home without it.

 

[NothingCoherent]

I've got a little Ranger 4x4 (mine has a limited slip diff and beefier shocks and tires than the standard model; it actually does pretty well off road!). I don't have a lot of space for storage inside the truck, but since it's an extended cab I do keep a few things in a milk crate behind my seat. Mostly offroad oriented stuff for clearing trails and towing / digging out stuck friends, with a few items that allow me to camp out if I decide I don't want to drive home after a Saturday adventure.


-26" Axe
-Spade Shovel
-Tow Strap (I always rescue people stuck in parking lots after a big snow, very fun item to have!!)
-Big Ugly Rubber Boots (Don't 4x4 without these!!)

-Tarp / Cordage
-Wool Blanket
-Fire Kit
-Becker BK-7
-Flat of Bottled Water
-Rain Jacket
-Small Daypack + Change of Clothes
-Leather Work Gloves
-Towel (somebody [or your friends idiot dog] inevitably always gets wet, you should have one too!)

-Truck Repair Manual
-Basic Tools (Socket Set, Etc)
-Jumper Cables
-Orange Road Cones
-High-Vis Safety Vest
-Orange Glow Sticks

The cones, glow sticks, safety vest, etc are for if I ever get a flat on the side of a highway in bad conditions. I want a bit of space from the barrage of speeding traffic if I am changing a tire and I want to be seen if it's storming out.

Wow, looking at the list it looks like a lot more stuff than it is. Almost all of it packs down nice and small into my milk crate with the axe, shovel, and boots leaning up against it ready to go. Aside from food, I've got everything I need to turn /any/ trip into a camping trip in the mountains!

 

[Foilist]

In my car is a 25 liter pack containing stuff i would bring for a three day hike. If for some reason I had to walk home from work, it would take three or four days (long commute).

I also have a flat of water, warm clothing, boots, and a box of some stuff for the car.

 

[BobSig]

I got a old wood army box filled with stuff and some side compartments. After seeing some of all your setups Im gonna add to it a bit and put my 3 day pack with it. I have a wife, 15 month old daughter and a chocolate lab. I have been stranded a few times, and after a family got lost in a park in oregon, in their car, in the snow for a week or so. They burnt tires to stay warm and the dad didnt make it. Things can happen. With their story in mind I try to stay prepared, specially with a family now.

I got a first aid kit and 2 6x4 tarps in the back of my Runner, with the Yota tool kit. Usually have a few blankets laying around in the back seat for the dog too. Being an (idiot )lab she will dive in just about any body of water.

My box is strapped in with a CS kukuri machete and a CS Trench hawk under the strap.

Box Contains: (what I can remember)
Hammer, pliers, channel locks, wrench, Rope, Para cord, matches,
Gorilla clue, nails, flare, lighter, fire started

Coffee, cliff bars, dog food, water filter,

Poncho, extra socks, Soap, Sewing kit, .22lr, 12ga, 40cal, .38spl

Im gonna take a pic and add to it later and ill update here.

 

[22-rimfire]

I keep a lot of stuff in my truck. A lot of it is work related. But, I keep a complete change of clothes (varies with the season), blanket, shovel, poncho/rain gear, 12" machete, tennis shoes and boots, hard hat, various pairs of gloves, hearing protection, safety glasses, tarp, plastic sheeting, tie downs and bungie cords, bic lighters, matches, water bottle, water, muchies sufficient for at least one meal, usually a firearm, first aid kit, ammunition, extra folder knife, flash lights, basic tool box, sip lock bags (quart and gallon)... there is more, but I can't recall.

I think my new BK-2 is going to be added to this pile.

 

[DrivebyTrucker]

I don't got crap in mine. The downside of driving a car.

 

[white_feather]

This is part one: I have a cot set up. I am assuming that someone may be injured in a bug out so this should allow them an opportunity to lay down and I will not lose any floor space for storage. This could also be used if we have to drive long distances and switch drivers. The drivers could get an honest comfortable sleep. I have three Dietz lanterns for lighting. These are packed in a purple tote like the one on the right. The typewriter is a 1941 Royal Standard Portable in it's case. I use this to journal so I could keep this as my 'comfort item'. The purple tote shown has normal everyday vehicle equipment for what would happen during a breakdown on the highway. It is not an extensive kit. I am still putting one of those together.

This is the cooking gear I would grab and throw into a tote. I also have a Coleman stove with all the kitchen implements in it.

This is another part of my journaling set up. There are a number of fountain pens. I also carry some Moleskine journals and some inks. I also carry a dictionary and thersaurus. I have two juvenile children I would be carrying with me so I would also have as many puzzles, books and coloring stuff I can fit in a tote. As the wife and I shop we look for something different to put in there tote so there is a vast array of things. I don't want just a tote full of word search books.

This is the tent we carry.

Here is the razors I would have in the bug out kit. I also have soaps and towels ready to go for the family.

I would also have this as well. This would be used to get around singly in the event that we would be broke down and one of use would need to go for help. I could also use this to carry as much stuff as we could sling on it much like a mule would be used in the cowboy days of old. In the event of a true bug out I want to make it as easy on the wife and kids as well as myself to minimize stress. It would also be just like another camping trip and the family would already be experienced with setting everything up. I am not listing the weaponry and other specific stuff I don't want people online to see. I can say that the vehicle I use does look like a junky vehicle so someone would rather steal a better vehicle, note I said looks like a junky vehicle. I call it a sleeper vehicle. Enjoy.

 

[Killinumsoftly]

I also have two large plastic trunks in the back of my SUV, but I do t bolt them down as I like to be able to move them if I need the space for other stuff or even to sleep which I have done. I can move them up and strap them down to my safari rack so if need be I can climb up front and take off without them being in the way when I sleep back there.

 

[Les Snyder]

not really a survival kit, but a remain over night capability for up to 72 hours of food in case I'm stranded with the car... the pack is just a convenient way to organize things...at my age, don't think I'll go far, but without water in the 100oz bladder it's pretty light... carry a case of water... older Sawyer filter bottle... crate holds heavier equipment including Kershaw D2 Outcast... tarp... orange box is first aid kit... a dedicated trauma pouch in addition for range use

 

[Liam Ryan]

I don't got crap in mine. The downside of driving a car.

I drive a little civic and just made up a kit, usually no one in the back seat so that is where it's going. Only things I would add are a cel phone charger for your car, like in the cig lighter, maps, deck of cards, and emergency cash.
I saw someone had hose clamps up above, that's a great idea. I have a small wire brush for battery connection corrosion, zip ties, good strong wire (had a muffler drop on me a while back in an old clunker, luckily I had some wire handy)
I need to add a small jerry can, I was thinking of getting a new one and rotating water out it, but I am worried about non food grade plastics and heat in a car during the summer.