Episode-2471- 25 Items that Should be in Your Vehicle at all Times
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Today’s episode was created by the audience during a MeWe Monday chat. There are a few keys here. First we are not recreating the Bug Out Trailer series with Steven Harris, it is not an exhaustive list of everything you need to bug out to Tin Buck Two. This is designed to be stuff that can be in just about any vehicle at all times and yet you still have room for your groceries and your kids.
Next while two is one and one is none, we are not looking to over do redundancy here. So this list assumes you have a good BOB (72 hour kit) and that it goes in your vehicle when needed (most times) and that you also carry a reasonable EDC kit on your person. We also purposefully left out items like guns and ammo. This list is something that even a 17 year old girl really should have in her car and know how to use.
Some items are also more “kits” or groups of items or classifications of items as well. This is to make the list as universal as possible, and allow individual adaptation for your unique needs.
Join Me Today to Discuss…
- Facts about vehicles and why you should have preparedness items in them
- Most people spend about 18 hours a week in their vehicle, that is 12.5% of all hours in a week
- There are 6 million accidents a year in the US and about 4-6% of people are in a wreck per year
- The average vehicle is now 11.4 years old in the US
- The List of 25 Items from Yesterday’s MeWe Monday in No Particular Order
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- Tire Kit (quality jack, lug wrench, compressor, plug kit, spare tire, etc.)
- Fuse Kit
- Basic Tool Kit (include a Multi Meter)
- Cell phone charging kit (cords, charger, back up battery)
- Child Care Items and or Dog/Pet Kit
- First Aid Kit
- Flashlights (at least one hands free)
- Water
- Weather Radio
- Blankets/Tarps
- Road Flares or Signal Lights and Signaling Devices
- Maps/Atlas
- Lashing, Tying, Etc. Kit – Tape, Tie Wraps, Wire, Cordage, Velcro
- Spare Common Parts – Belts, hoses, etc.
- Fluids For Your Vehicle
- Extraction Kit
- Note pad and pens and pencils
- Jumper Cables and or jumper pack
- Extra food that is vehicle temps stable
- Tire billy, or some “club” that isn’t a club
- Stash of hidden cash
- Spare keys
- Documentation package
- Apps and the knowledge to use them (zello, glympse, etc.)
- Trash Bags
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- Final Thoughts
Resources for today’s show…
- Join the Members Brigade
- Join Our Forum
- Walking To Freedom
- TspAz.com
- The Granddaddy’s Gun Club
- Biltong for Breakfast
- The Legend of Wooley Swamp – Charlie Daniels Band
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Hey Jack and others now I know I wasn’t on the mewe chat but the one thing that I think should be added is a bluetooth odb or obd2 scanner and using an app like torque on your phone.
They are cheap, sub $30 many out there for sub $20 if you wait on a deal.
They are small and can be left in your odb port 24/7. The port usually powers off when the car does so it won’t run your car battery down. I cant say always because our newest car is 13 years old and the newer ones may leave the internal computer on all the time.
It allows you to check when your engine light comes on while driving. Pull over and is the light simply a piston misfire indicating I need a new spark plug (btw this also shows you WHICH piston misfired) or something else indicating I should get a tow.
It allows you the potential to do your own car work because apps like torque allow you to see all the stats a mechanic can see. Big one for us that I’ve experiemced and heard others complain about online is “air fuel mix lean” mechanic says oh you need a new catalytic converter. Whip out torque app by checking o2 sensor voltage it shows voltage pulled spiking up and down from 0 to normal range indicates it’s a 50 to 80 o2 sensor vs multi hundred dollar catalytic converter. You may not know what you should be seeing but you can often pick out what is wrong because of a lack of smooth transitions or spikes in graph views.
Anyway that’s my one thing and I’ve bought one and one for all the guys in my family that work on cars, they make a great christmas gift.
Resources for today’s show was the perfect place to put the tsp MeWe account.
Me = https://mewe.com/i/jackspirko
TSP Group = https://mewe.com/group/5acf93bba5f4e52822e780a1
I realized the other day that I no longer know how to jump start a car from mine. At the store and someone needed a jumpstart. When I opened my hood and I wasn’t sure what to do. I am now driving a hybrid and I never thought about how it was a much different system. Someone else gave her a jump start. Having jumper cables not much use If I don’t know how to use them. There is a way, but I had to look it up.
Jack,
Your tire kit is missing something, a hand sized 2-3lb sledge hammer. I can’t count how many times I have had to use a sledge to knock an aluminum rim loose when changing a flat tire or rotating tires. This tool has multiple uses and could replace the “club”.
Great episode. Can you please post the link for the documentation package episode? Thank you
http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/episode-148-bug-out-planning-and-documentation
This episode made me smile. My dad hooked me up with a number of these things (Michigan Atlas/Gazetteer, D cell Maglite, extra-long jumper cables, 4-way tire iron, etc.) on my 16th birthday and they’ve saved my ass (and others’) so many times in the past… holy shit, 27 years. Few things I should add…