How to pack in car emergency kit
15 Essentials You Need in a Car Emergency Kit for 2023
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in today's video I'm going to cover the
15 things that every man should have in
his truck winter edition first off a
good flashlight my years with the fire
department have taught me that the
Streamlight Survivor is in excellent
light it's a real penetrating beam so
you can identify things at a long long
way off it cuts through fog pretty good
and it's 90 degree angle makes it very
useful for hands-free if you need to put
your tire chains on or work on something
you can clip it on and you can work
hands-free you can sit it on the ground
it stands upright and it has really good
battery setup here it's got four takes
four double a batteries that fit in this
clam shell and it lasts a long long time
make sure because it doesn't have a
safety switch you're going to throw this
in a box or underneath your the back
seat make sure you flip the batteries
around so it doesn't inadvertently come
on and when you need it it's out of
power but the Streamlight Survivor is a
tough flashlight that you'll have the
rest of your life provided you don't
lose it
next off I'm going to have a good a
battery charger or a jump pack this here
the this is the Noco gb40 and I'll put
links to all this stuff in the
description if you want to look it up
the gb40 I've had really good luck with
it it even is able to jump start like
big F-350 diesel pickups I've never had
a problem with it it'll start multiple
times it also has a built-in flashlight
so it gives you a little bit of a backup
and another handy thing is it gives you
the ability to charge Electronics on the
back it's got a USB port be sure that
you include in this bag three charging
cables I'm going to have all three to
cover pretty much any phone USB USBC and
lightning for iPhone just coil those up
throw those in there and you'll have
that you'll have the ability if you need
to charge your phone up you can get many
charges out of this this is a handy unit
it's not the only my only option for
charging batteries in this kit but it's
very Compact and very useful my concern
with these things is probably yours as
well when's the last time you checked it
you bought one of these you threw it in
your toolbox and it's been in there now
it's sitting at forty percent so it
comes with a responsibility so I don't
like things like that they're a little
bit fiddly but the convenience makes it
worthwhile
next off we're going to have a couple of
fuses or flares you can get these at any
Automotive stair store I prefer these
over the little flashing electric lights
because they're Dual Purpose you will
get a fire started with this uh in any
environment they're excellent they burn
a long time you can throw them down the
road they're universally understood they
don't take up much space and they're
just always going to work they're just
analog and very simple also it's going
to be a good idea to have a good field
knife this Glock knife I love this it's
inexpensive it's super durable and it
gives you a lot of different options I
mean if you need to disable a vehicle
you know a couple hits in a side wall
that vehicle is not going anywhere the
tip is very strong you can puncture a
glass window in a car tempered glass
windows are almost impossible to break
without a hard point and this will do it
if you need to disable a vehicle very
quickly pop the glass throw one of these
in there and I assure you no one will be
driving that car within five minutes but
a good field knife is a handy thing to
have prying self-defense law lots of
different options for it also in a
trenching tool if you live in an area
where there's a lot of snow it's a good
idea to have a snow shovel something
that you would see on an Avalanche pack
you can get by with one of these this is
a Glock shovel there's lots of different
varieties of these These are good
options you can chop with them you can
dig if you get yourself in a situation
where you get stuck you'd be very glad
to have this you can also break glass
and break windows with these it's a
pretty also a pretty good defensive
weapon and very very versatile so kind
of a military style entrenching shovel
have
one of these and you get what you pay
for amarex are the best I would not
scrimp on it amrex you can count on
they're all metal they're they're higher
quality USA made a lot better than some
of the Chinese options that you're going
to get this will not come not not go off
in your car
or nowhere near as likely as some of
those cheap ones with the plastic heads
my favorite first aid kit the one that I
keep in my truck is a headrest kit now
this is made by our friends over at
Refuge medical and it's very well
designed this fits on the headrest you
can just clamp it right on there just
wrap it around it's Universal it'll fit
anything it's got a nice heavy Velcro on
the back and it's very identifiable if
you send someone hey go into the truck
and get the first aid kit they're not
going to be digging and looking around
you know seconds are important I used to
be a medic on a fire department I ran a
lot of calls in that first 10 minutes
it's very important if you waste two or
three of them digging around looking for
a first aid kit you know you might not
ever get those back so having it up on
the front where everybody can see it you
can tear it away you're going to have
everything you're going to need
tourniquet blood stoppage this is a
great great kit highly recommended very
very happy with that
if you live in an area where you have
wind storms like we do in the Pacific
Northwest where there's trees and
branches that are always coming down
across the road having a good saw and
don't scrimp on the size man you don't
want to have to try to cut through a
12-inch Branch or a 12 inch tree with a
six inch blade have something serious
you know if you can get a big one like a
good silky just buy something
appropriate to to the area the
vegetation in your area you know you can
get through a log a pretty good sized
tree I could cut through a two three
foot tree with this it's going to take
me a few hours and some help with some
friends but I could get through it and
if you get a big log across the road or
a tree across the road if you can't move
it how are you going to get through it
you need to have a good saw especially
if you live up in the forest
have an ice scraper I really like if you
have a big truck it's hard to reach the
window on those things they're getting
so tall these days so go buy a truck
stop and get one of these the big the
the Long Haul guys use them and they're
they extend and you can get your ice
cleaned off get your window cleaned off
and these are awfully handy to have I
probably use this once a week or so
tool kit I cover this in detail the 10
items that you should have it's
attainable it's not Pie in the Sky it's
very easy I'll put a link down in the
subject heading when you're done with
this you can go watch it and it has have
all the content you're probably already
going to have most of the things in here
but my granddad's 50 years of experience
as a mechanic kind of built this kit and
it's pretty comprehensive and not
difficult to put together keep it in a
tool roll that way anything loose in the
cab is going to be less likely to injure
you
have some high protein snacks
nuts berries anything there's a lot of
Power Bars anything is not going to
spoil it's pretty inexpensive you'll use
this all the time you always have kids
or someone that's hungry I'll be able to
reach in the back and grab this is very
very important make sure you put it in a
type of container if you have rodents or
animals that tend to get in your car
where they won't chew through it because
this will draw them if it gets opened
and that could be a problem so just act
accordingly
but high protein snacks
jumper cables man I know this is old
school but Grandad swore by this you got
to have jumper cables those little jump
packs are just not reliable and in the
cold environments of the winter time
battery problems next to Tire problems
are usually the number one issue when
you're buying jumper cables be
discerning they're not all created equal
what you're looking for is no less than
20 feet long why well you get a car
that's nosed into a parking lot and
you've got to run them all the way to
the back to get a jump if they're only
16 12 feet long it's not happening
you're just not going to be able to do
it but a 20-foot set of cables
are usually enough for most applications
where you can get it all the way to the
back and knows a car bumper to bumper
and get it going don't get anything less
than number four wire number four wire
is about the minimum especially if
you're going to be starting anything
with a diesel pickup but these are big
heavy duty high quality record cables
they're going to be expensive but this
is an investment worth having this this
is something that that most guys are not
going to have everyone's relying upon
those jump packs but once those are done
they're done this is this is reliable
right there 20 foot number four
wool blanket probably the most used
thing in my truck is having a wool
blanket wool is the is a great insulator
because it's not affected so much by
moisture if you have to get out and go
for a walk or if you get wet or come
across across the scene I've come across
accidents where people are outside
freezing
just getting a blanket on someone can
really treat shock wall and you'll just
use it all the time especially if you
have kids there's always someone cold or
whatever but just a good wool blanket
get an old army blanket whatever you can
find wool insulates while it's wet and
you will use it all the time just throw
that on the back you'll use it for a
million things you can cover things up
make it a little bit more secure if you
need to leave a bag or a purse in your
car but a wool blanket in your rig is uh
well that's an essential for me
and I'll wrap up with with this
I keep a spare set of clothing I keep
five pieces
what I keep is a set of rain gear
now this Kit's not including retrieval
stuff or chain stuff that's a whole
different kit if you have a winch you
know that I'll do that separately but a
good set of rain gear if you haven't
bought Rain Gear already I'd recommend
you buy something that's got a good
camouflage pattern for various reasons
you know this could come in really handy
if you don't have camouflage
it's nice to have a little bit for from
time to time but good quality rain gear
something with a hood on it
make it a little bit big so you can put
clothing underneath of it and if you
need to get out and do tire chains or
get underneath the vehicle to work on
something or you just need to walk home
how nice would this be if it was cold
and rainy out rain gear sometimes you
forget a coat you don't judge the
weather right having this on the back I
grab this all the time I've I've used it
many many times in addition to the rain
gear
a pair of extra long underwear this is
Merino wool Icebreaker is probably my
favorite
brand it lasts a long time smart wool is
also good you'll use this if you just
dress wrong or you get up in the
mountains or you get stuck and you're
just cold or you get wet you know you
could basically take off all your
clothes because if you get wet if you're
wearing cotton you're never going to get
that dried out and you'll just be
freezing all day you can strip all that
off you can put this wool on put that
rain gear on and that'll serve you
pretty well it's a pretty warm setup
because rain gear doesn't breathe and it
traps a lot of the heat inside and you'd
be happy to have it just for lots of
different reasons it doesn't take up
much space throw it in the back have
tops and bottoms a base layer and mixed
with that rain gear that's a good
combination
pair of leather gloves obviously if you
live in cold climate get lined if you're
not so inclined to single leather is
fine but leather gloves doing your tire
chains keeping warm we don't need to
talk about it a million things in an
extra pair of socks same thing you can
get by with wet shoes if you can get
that wet clothing off get those wet
socks off get some dry socks on a good
base layer on it'll save your life
especially if you get stranded out in
any spot where you tend to get wet
and I guess that's it that's my kit
one last thing I forgot canteens
stainless steel wide mouth wide mouth so
you could melt snow in it you can put
pack these things with snow you can
throw them up on the engine manifold
they'll melt quite quickly you can't do
that with plastic also you could boil
these you could start a fire stack up
some rocks put these in there take the
tops off obviously but you can boil and
purify water with that so about a quart
per person if you live in a hot climate
it's going to be about a gallon per
person but if you but if it's cold don't
store these with water because they'll
split they'll freeze and split so just
kind of a deal deal you have to
something you have to deal with in the
winter time having water around here is
never a problem it's abundant and it's
basically everywhere but have canteens
at least you can have something to store
and carry and boil with and cook with in
a pinch and stainless steel is the best
I'll do one more video for those of you
who are into retrieval retrieval straps
shackles snatch block winch winching
type of things tire chains that might
lump that in there together and that
will basically round it up so for me
basically the truck Truck Gear falls
into three categories the tool kit
number one the survival kit which I just
shared with you today and the entire
chains and retrieval kit is number three
and that basically rounds up what I keep
in my pickup all right that's it thanks
for watching may God bless you and your
families please keep us in your prayers
and we'll see you all on the next video
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