Attached is a list of all the items in my EDC car kit that I keep in the bed of my Toyota tundra truck. Just for content I live in North Texas we seldom get any type of hazardous, snowy, icy weather, and when we do I do not go out. This is for year round preparations in my vehicle. I have a wife and two kids so I have to make sure I have everything covered in the event of something significant happening.
Please provide your input
by lecherofahq
8 Comments
Blanket
Some granola bars or other dense snack. Change of clothes. Maybe some OTC meds including Benadryl
Fuses
Duct tape
Electrical tape
Utility knife
Headlamp
Gloves
Keyfob batteries
Tire pressure gauge
Zip ties (metal and regular)
Sharpie
Lighter
Flares
Breaker bar and flip socket set
Multitool
Metric flex ratcheting wrenches
Ratchet/metric sockets/extensions
Tire plug kit
12V compressor
Snacks
Case of wudder
Small shovel
Pair of boots and extra socks
Jumper cables
Fluids for your rig
Sleeping bag/wool blanket
Hatchet and fixed blade knife
for winter I would also add:
tow strap and tire chains for winter.
high viz vest/jacket if you’ll be posted up on the side of the road.
couple ways to start a fire.
tarp/cordage for building a shelter.
metal pot for melting snow/collecting wudder/purifying wudder.
winter clothes/boots.
all the charging cables.
– Jumper cables AND a portable jump starter
– blankets/ sleeping bags for everybody
I second the blanket. Maybe some gloves, work/winter. I’ve always carried extra socks. Since you have family may not hurt to grab some extra clothes. I live in south Texas. So my kit is more for heat I also drive a ford
Why a children’s tourniquet? Just stock a bunch of CATs.
1. Remember to cycle that fuel through more regularly than is necessarily convenient. If you’re this prepared, you’ll probably never run out of fuel even with the Tundra (because you fill up at 1/2 a tank, regularly, right?) but the poor schmuck who does need your assistance will appreciate having fresh gasoline.
2. I third nominate the blanket(s) / sleeping bag(s). Yeah, north Texas doesn’t face severe cold but it does get cold and I remember a central Texas ice storm nearly collapsed the state electric grid. Traffic could get really crappy with a collapsed grid.
3. Second the visibility gear for self/roadside repairs.
4. I’d buy a spare headlight bulb and a spare taillight bulb, since you’ve got room in the car somewhere.
5. I wouldn’t store ammo of any sort in a vehicle. It doesn’t do any good *IF* you need it most, if its in a tote in the bed.
6. Spare footwear and maybe even a change of clothes for whoever is most likely to get caught in the rain failing to fix the whatever went wrong with the truck… Cause if the fix works, you’re back on the road and cozy.
7. Work and weather gloves. You don’t need a busted knuckle making a bad day worse.
8. Definitely some granola bars the kids like. “Here’s a few hundred calories of shut up and let me fix this” works wonders for everyone’s morale and concentration.