What's In Your Truck? (Emergency Readiness Thread)

[stagolee]

All of us are unique and none of us have thought of everything, so let's talk about the items (truck / driving / safety-related) that we won't drive without.

Here are mine:
1 Rechargeable Halogen Spotlight w/Rescue/Distress strobe
2 Inexpensive knives. Ka-Bar folding tactical knives are the right price and the right degree of toughness.
1 Garrity flashlight
1 Head-mounted lamp
8 Duracell D Batteries
8 Duracell AAA Batteries
30 ft of synthetic fiber cord (1/4"-3/8")
4 Elastic Bungies
4 Leather ties
2 pair utility gloves
2 Road flares
1 Cell phone
1 Inexpensive camera
1 First Aid kit
3 or 4 one-sided razor blades
2 plastic rain ponchos
2 skull caps
2 pair cheap cool weather gloves
2 pair socks
1 Wool blanket
1 Bar hand soap
1 Bottle Hand sanitizer
Many pens and note pads
1 AAA card
1 Attorney business card
1 Set Nissan Utili-Track cleats and stoppers
Jumper Cables
Simple toolkit

And depending on how far I'm going or where I'm going, I'll ride with my Sig 228 9mm pistol and extra clips/ammo and a pair of walkie talkies.

As you see, I like to have enough lighting and enough cutting tools. All of this (except the blanket can be made to fit into the stock storage areas of my Crew Cab).

So... what MUST you ride with?

Hopefully some of you have thought of necessities that I haven't and can help me beef up my readiness.

[HKYStormFront]

are you OCD??? i mean for real

i always have some pens with me, a first aid kit, my work gloves, an extra quart of oil, my bungies and tie down straps. also have a roll of garbage bags, never know when those are gonna be needed

[FitzIngarage]

One thing I carry is a straight-grained 1-1/2" thick board to help support the tire jack in softer ground and give the jack a larger footprint. It fits under the rear seat in the bin. I even lined the entire bottom of the board with 1/8" rubber sheet so it doesn't rattle.

[mustard23]

Originally Posted by stagolee

All of us are unique and none of us have thought of everything, so let's talk about the items (truck / driving / safety-related) that we won't drive without.


And depending on how far I'm going or where I'm going, I'll ride with my Sig 228 9mm pistol and extra clips/ammo and a pair of walkie talkies.

As you see, I like to have enough lighting and enough cutting tools. All of this (except the blanket can be made to fit into the stock storage areas of my Crew Cab).

So... what MUST you ride with?

Hopefully some of you have thought of necessities that I haven't and can help me beef up my readiness.

Wow, I know I need more in my truck, but now I feel like I need to go shopping, but one of my goals with my tax return is a real nice Bug out bag, and a 72 hour bag but a long term bag.

What I got now is

A gallon of water
Fist aid kit
Tow rope
Hand Held CB with extra Batters
4 D cell Mag light need to get extra batters
Cheap “Survival bottle” it was $9, but has space blanket, and whistle and 50 foot a parachute cord, and some other stuff so I grabbed it.
Tool Kit

I normally have my leathermen on my at all time. Think I will make 2 bug out bags one for me and one for my truck just do to lack of storage in the CC

[07Frontier]

Only thing I can think to add is an empty coffee can, decent sized candle, and matches. I pack these during the winter in case I wind up getting stuck. The theory is that I can put the candle in the coffee can, light it, and can keep relatively warm without using up all my gas by keeping the car running. While I have never had to use this setup in my vehicles, I have used it in a tent and it works.

[mustard23]

Originally Posted by 01Fronty

Only thing I can think to add is an empty coffee can, decent sized candle, and matches. I pack these during the winter in case I wind up getting stuck. The theory is that I can put the candle in the coffee can, light it, and can keep relatively warm without using up all my gas by keeping the car running. While I have never had to use this setup in my vehicles, I have used it in a tent and it works.

works in snow caves also.. used to do a couple snow camping trips when I was a kid.. snow shoe or cross ****ry ski in some place.. dig a cave.. sleep in it.. it was fun some times It's nice to know you can do stuff like that if you need to..

also in places with snow a bag a kitty litter is good to have incase you get stuckin the snow give you more tracation... also Carpet works the same way in snow and mud jack it up put the carpet under the spining wheel.

[eisman]

For long trips and wheelin, I always carry the following:
Food (Military rations with heater bags)
Water
Recovery equipment
Multi-tool (Sog or gerber whichever one I grab)
Misc hand tools
Extra clothing (Weather dependant)
Candle
Flashlight with extra batteries
Camera
Leather work gloves
Rope
Large First aid kit (I'm a medic by trade, so I carry med equipment for all sorts of emergencies)
And most importantly I never go anywhere without my knife (CRKT M16 folder)

I've prolly forgotten a bunch of stuff, but this a good list anyways.

[toyniss]

i have my first aid kit.

[dcobb]

Umm... OP I hate to tell you this but i didn't see the most important emergency thing you could possibly have on your list.

WATER!

[stagolee]

Re: OCD

No. Just BAW (bored at work) so I decided to think of all the $#!+ I have in my truck.

As for the equipment... I hope you never get stuck without the right cutting tool, or without enough light to work with, but if you do, flag me down.

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Garbage bags (I've got tons of those safeway plastic bags. I should stow a few in the truck).
straight-grained 1-1/2" thick board (Brilliant! I've never thought of this)
Coffee can + candle (very smart). I'll be copying this one.
Water Yes, I should have mentioned that. I keep a battery of new bottle of spring water in my truck.

Oh yeah, add condoms to the list too. You never know.