Winter Emergency Kit
- Thread starter RLD4ISU
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Driving to the store to buy emergency car supplies.
We do more than city driving and sometimes will take a route that's not interstate.
This is me pretty much. If I lived in the country I could see having some extra provisions, but I live in the DSM metro. I make sure everyone brings coat, hat, and gloves in case something happens and we have to sit for a little bit or walk somewhere, but otherwise it's hard to imagine a situation where we would be stuck for any length of time to need much more than that. Maybe if we broke down in a bad blizzard, but I'm not in the habit of driving my family around in a blizzard so no worries there.
Also, vehicles are filled when they hit the halfway point. Drove into me from my dad who always talked about potential condensation in the tank and its more dangerous if the tank is closer to empty. I always figured it had more to due with the older vehicles we drove, you never could fully trust the gas gauges.
Off the top of my head:
Collapsible shovel
Tow strap
Flares
Whistle
Jumper cables
Air pump
First aid kit
Collapsible shovel
Tow strap
Flares
Whistle
Jumper cables
Air pump
First aid kit
I guess I do have first aid kits in mine, but its more due to working 30 miles from home and by myself 99% of the time. Needed it once when I cut myself, did a little first aid, drove 30 miles to the ER and got 40 stitches.
I always have jumper cables, a phone charger, an old blanket, paper towels/wet wipes and a plastic bag in the car. None of that takes up much room.
I will put an ice scraper in the car when the first snow hits and leave it there until it's not needed. I'll throw a shovel in the trunk if I'm going somewhere when it's snowing outside.
I actually shoveled ice off my daughter's soccer field before one of her games a few years ago because the ******** in charge were apparently ok with letting kids run around on a field with ice patches. While I was shoveling, one of the other dads looked over at me and goes, "Dude, you're such a ******* Iowan"
I will put an ice scraper in the car when the first snow hits and leave it there until it's not needed. I'll throw a shovel in the trunk if I'm going somewhere when it's snowing outside.
I actually shoveled ice off my daughter's soccer field before one of her games a few years ago because the ******** in charge were apparently ok with letting kids run around on a field with ice patches. While I was shoveling, one of the other dads looked over at me and goes, "Dude, you're such a ******* Iowan"
They ended up doing 20 stitches on the inside level and 20 stitches on the outside. It was on a July 14th and hotter than blazes, I was inside chasing a sweep auger in a bin so thankfully the skin was a little loose and it didn't really damage anything deep. the curve of the cut also forced them to add a few.
But, if done properly, it will lead to worse ideas.
Maybe just feed it to your wife and pretend to drink it yourself? Let her get a little buzzed and ambitious.
My work truck currently has:
Carhartt Overalls
About 4 Different coats/fleeces (varying warmths and water resistance)
Rain Pants
2 Full Changes of Clothes
Shovels
Sand Bags
TP
Chains (Just threw them in the bed today)
My toolbox full of random assorted crap
Bunch of flashlights and batteries
Scrapers
Couple of different pairs of gloves
Insulated Muck Boots
I probably should add a tow strap, good windshield deicer, and a can of that instant deicer spray (stupid locks at jobsites). Most of that stuff lives in there full time.
I work up essentially a dead end highway (and up a logging road). Don't get a ton of snow (fairly low elevation), but when it hits, it hits, and the county and towns aren't setup to handle it.
Carhartt Overalls
About 4 Different coats/fleeces (varying warmths and water resistance)
Rain Pants
2 Full Changes of Clothes
Shovels
Sand Bags
TP
Chains (Just threw them in the bed today)
My toolbox full of random assorted crap
Bunch of flashlights and batteries
Scrapers
Couple of different pairs of gloves
Insulated Muck Boots
I probably should add a tow strap, good windshield deicer, and a can of that instant deicer spray (stupid locks at jobsites). Most of that stuff lives in there full time.
I work up essentially a dead end highway (and up a logging road). Don't get a ton of snow (fairly low elevation), but when it hits, it hits, and the county and towns aren't setup to handle it.
For locks I used to carry one of those butane torches. They do a nice job. I don’t do those jobs anymore so I no longer carry those.
