Super thorough & very well thought out Kit!! ✅✅. I always carry Flares because you could light a bucket of water on fire with them if you had too… or weld with them… 😂😂. You re so ahead of the game Brock. “Have it and not need it”. instead of…. “Need it and not have it”. 👍👍
Looks pretty good Brock. I have a toolbox on the truck, so I have a little more room to work with. Did your little toolbox have a hammer or rubber mallet in it? Maybe some cribbage or wood scraps to set the bottle jack on - might be handy depending on the surface you are working on. Since I tow a tandem axle gooseneck horse trailer I also have a tandem wheel ramp, which has been worth it's weight in gold as far as I'm concerned. Nothing puckers up the old backside like having to change a trailer tire on a busy 4 lane highway or interstate. I have a 4 way tire tool as well, but I also carry a battery powered impact wrench (and charger) with the same size sockets as the 4 way tool. Again, along a busy highway speed is of the essence! My last flat on my 14,000 lbs horse trailer took less than 10 minutes to change. Pulled the good tire up on the ramp, zipped the nuts off, threw the spare on, zipped the nuts back on and boom. On our way. I picked up a 129 piece Kobalt hard case tool kit on clearance at Lowes - it was 50% off! I'm surprised how often I use that thing! It has an extensive number of sockets - both metric and standard among other wrenches and such. I also have a set of 3 rechargeable magnetic puck shaped strobe lights for at night. Great idea for a video - thanks for sharing 🤠 EDIT: I almost forgot... I also have a spring loaded center punch. I kept one of those in my bunker gear when I was still on the line as a firefighter... just one little punch in the corner of a car window and the whole thing shatters. Except the front windshield - those are laminated to prevent shattering in an accident. Pretty unlikely to need it... but when you do it does the job.
Good job , I think you should put some reflective tape on your cones , a candle , lighter/ matches , you never know , 550 cord thousand of uses , a knit hat and a blanket. Cars get cold when waiting for a tow truck sometimes. I carry some water , paper towels, extra balls for trailer . I lost my wheel bearing on my truck while towing my livestock trailer, we had to tow my trailer with the flatbed, my ball would not work thank God he had an extra ball that was not in the receiver cus we had to put on his bumper. I already had to wait 6 hr cuz of stupid AAA people would respond and then when they found out I had a trailer they would cancel . These are my thoughts /3 cents . Great job 🤪
One thing I'd say for sure is to get one of those portable jump starters. Project farm did a review and comparison on them a few years ago and I got one for every vehicle. Very handy and charges up via usb cable. Small foot print and impressive. A guy I know used mine on a 2003 6.0L Chevy that sat all winter (Wisc) with dead battery and was parked in a spot not accessible by another vehicle to jump it via cables. So he used the Audew 2000A jump starter and it fired right up! They're about $80 at most and way cheaper than a service call to jump you if no one is around to use cables too.
The way you kept pulling things out of that small tote was almost like watching 50 clowns pile out of the clown car. You should have set up a camera angle that would have let you pull out a step ladder, a chain saw with a gas can and a cooler!! Anyway the only thing I would add is a fire extinguisher
Vice Grip pliers, needle nose pliers and a long reach flexible pickup tool (the kind with the 3 or 4 thin metal "fingers" that come out when you push the other end down with your thumb, to pick up small items that fell into a place you can't fit your hand and arm). Great setup though, every vehicle should have that Dewalt Inflator, they are super handy (they make your tire pressure gauge kind of redundant too). It used to be that you could figure out if your vehicle used metric or standard fasteners, so you only had to have wrenches and sockets of that style.... now, both my trucks use both metric and standard fasteners all over.....🙄 Great video, have a good one!!
You have the dewalt battery for two different tools,,,why not a 1/2 impact dewalt. You have the sockets for lug nuts. Another thing I carry is kit with sockets for locking lug nuts,,a big variety…..
Get rid of the ratchet in the tool kit they are dangerous and replace with a quality one. I had one break and pinch my hand many years ago never again.
NEVER try and recover/tow someone out with a strap and your hitch ball! Watch this video for a breakdown of why this is a BAD idea. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Mb3BkeeXlIo.html
Right. I never have and I knew it was a bad idea Thanks for sharing the video. It is odd that it looks like that 30k recovery strap is designed to go over a ball
Good kit, definitely going to do something similar! One thing I was just reminded of is that my tonneau cover sometimes freezes to the tailgate, making it really difficult to open in freezing weather. I’m planning to keep a plastic spackle knife in the glove box just in case! Would hate to have all that great stuff frozen in the bed when I need it!
+1 for the fire extinguisher and the road flares. Get the 30 minute ones. Also a wool blanket, a Mylar emergency blanket and some hand warmers. In a medical emergency many times you need to keep the victim warm. And I carry a poncho made from the Mylar space material. It does double duty - rain and warmth. I often come across downed trees, so I have a kickass folding bow saw (Agawa Boreal 24). It’s faster than an axe and more compact than a chain saw. However if there are severe storms, sometimes I’ll load up my chain saw. A 28” axe is not a bad idea. There might be times where you need quick access through a car door or a house door and a motivated man and an axe can accomplish a. Lot. And I always have a sharp knife and a window breaker near. Paramedic scissors are extremely useful for lots of things. So are big, heavy contractor grade trash bags. I have a lot of battery powered flashlights and such, so I carry spare lithium batteries. They have a 20 year shelf life, don’t leak and work in the cold. Like you I have watched a dozen similar videos. The one take away from your video is I need a larger crescent wrench. I too have the same Walmart tool kit, it has been useful but like you said, I need some bigger tools too. Thanks for the effort brother. And you are spot on with the keep good tires on your vehicle advice.
We have the following in all our vehicles: -Sleeping bag -Blanket -Battery Jumpstart Kit -Jumper Cables -First Aid Kit -Small fire extinguisher -Emergency tire chains (put in during the winter months) -Breaker bar and sockets (my suv only, not the girls) -LED Road Flares 3 per vehicle -Seatbelt cutter/window breaker -Tow Strap -Tire repair kit (my suv only) -Small electrical tire pump and fix flat can(we also have the DeWalt air pump, but normally kept in the garage till needed) -Tire down straps (truck only) -Small Dewallt tool bag with various hand tools for minor repairs (my suv only) -Ice scrapper (put in during winter months) -Extra jacket/coat (my suv has a coat and insulated bibs)
I actually made hard wire jumpers off the winch connections and the jumpers are 20 feet long so I don't have to worry about being able to get to the batter of the car or truck if something else is near it or in the way
A couple things I’d recommend is a fire extinguisher and also, for $160 I bought a 1,600 amp dewalt jump starter that also has a built in light, air compressor, alternator test, and usb ports. I’d strongly recommend that
Great video! Here is what I would add: -Reflective vest (yellow/orange) -work gloves -emergency blanket -an old towel (can use it to lie on ground or clean up your hands a bit before getting back in your truck -trailer connections (7/4 way wire adapter) -spare pin for trailer drawbar I keep very similar items stashed under the rear seat of my truck
I keep some road flares in the cabin in case I break down. That way flares are instantly accessible. I’d also recommend old school flares not electronic ones. People tend to avoid driving over the burning stick on fire. 😂
- Tarp: tape up busted windows, laying in muck on the ground - Rain Gear - Headlamp : hands free use of light instead of your teeth - (opt) Knee pads: I’m more motivated to do deal with tire problems etc, when my knees aren’t digging into asphalt or concrete.
Great video, just a couple things on the emergency side I don’t think you mentioned is a fire extinguisher for obvious reasons & a blanket(s) for a situation where someone is unexpectedly in cold weather conditions (an accident) & doesn’t have something to protect them from the cold. Just my thoughts, you may have already said it but I’m @ work & may have missed it. Thanks for the video(s). I’m a almost daily listener.👍🏻
My F350 crew cab has a CAVERNOUS under seat storage area in the back. You really could probably get a body back in there. A lot of the stuff you have in your kit box I have under my seats. I also have a heavy old beat up Carhartt coat just in case it gets cold. I also always have bug spray and sun screen. I have an FR long sleeve shirt that has saved me many many many times from the blistering sun. I roll the sleeves down and turn up the collar and I don’t mind it holds the sweat in either as it sure keeps the sun off me. I use it as protection too in case I’m somewhere and we need to fire up a welder and I don’t have a leather sleeves. I have an old SOG multi-tool with a blade that you can shave with it is so sharp. That old tool has helped me a lot. It has good designed needle nose pliers. It’s pretty cool to be self sufficient. I bought two BEAUTIFUL gold 1/2” 20’ trucker chains dirt cheap from a guy. I gave him like $30 apiece? Then the other day my wife was driving and I said “whoa whoa whoa get off the next exit and go back around and I gotta get what’s on the side of the highway! It was a 20’ section of type 40 (?) 5/16” chain and a binder. Must’ve flown off a rig! Mine now. I also got a beautiful tow strap like that one day. A damn portapotty was literally in the road. People didn’t know what to do. I drove down the breakdown lane and got out and saw it had a tow strap wrapped around it. Clearly it fell off a trailer and driver kept going. So I hooked that thing up to my tow ball and dragged it off the road and I proceeded to pay myself by taking that industrial tow strap and ratchet! I have an 8’ bed truck and thought about grabbin the portapotty but I don’t have anywhere to put it! Haha. Good video man. Thanks for sharing. I don’t see much fluff in that kit. Good job.
Brock I also carry a box like that with a lot of the same . I carry a couple soft shackles also along with some led flares and some short pieces of 2x4s to use with bottle Jack if ground is soft .
Put some reflective tape on those orange cones. Also, as someone else mentioned, put a reflective safety vest in there (or better yet, in cab within easy access).
Mounted bed boxes are nice, but don't bother buying a new one. A decent condition used box should be around $50, well worth it as long as you're willing to fix or replace the latches/locks, which will still be cheaper than buying a new box. Put some dot reflective tape on those cones or get the collapsible triangles. Also, flares would be a good idea.
Hey Brock, nice kit, the one item I have had to use a number of times is a tire plug kit. very easy to use for those nails and screws that like to attach to your tires.
Nice preparedness kit! I try to keep a lot of this stuff with me, but at the moment it is all piled in the back floorboard because I use it then just throw it back in the truck in a hurry. Great ideas!
Great kit Brock. A couple more things I keep. 24" Axle strap, 60" tree sling and ring of body recovery keys for uni-body cars to use in combination with that tow strap. 2 qty. Metal coat hangers, pack of large 36" or 48" zip ties, some shop rags+ waterless hand cleaner, about 4 commercial trash bags, a roll of electrical tape and gorilla tape! Keep up the great video 👍
Keep the truck box specific to the truck needs with a little bit for the hauling part. Then make a trailer box for the hauling with a little bit of truck stuff. Fire extinguisher and a little 3/8 1/4 socket set with good pliers, adjustable wrench, and a good handled bit driver with a set of bits. It sucks enough to have to replace an alternator on the side of the road, and it REALLY sucks with just a leatherman and a dinky adjustable. 😂
Only thing I can say is replace fix a flat with slime, it actually works! IIRC project farm tried fix a flat in a few scenarios and it would not fix the tire. Slime worked most if not all times.
Brock, In addition to the orange cones I would add a package of road flares. They don’t take up much space and will really add visibility at night. Great video!
Everyone should learn about and get the telephone app What 3 Words. This is a a life saver in winter and in the countryside where the roads aren’t always named.
Crescent is a brand name. They make a variety of hand tools. All good quality in my experience. But unless they’re paying for the endorsement, the term should be adjustable wrench. Everything considered good job!
