Thread: What emergency stuff do you carry?

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This thread has shown true experience in how to be prepared and/or not how to get caught without the right stuff. This begs a question; How is it these great kits and attitudes were developed? Experience possibly? Could be the start of a new thread.

I have a complete 3 drawer tool box that I carry, along with extra wire, duct tape, test light, fuses, aluminum jack, combo light/air pump/jumper and fuel pump. Seems everything we caravan places, someone loses a fuel pump. Fortunately, we all have sbc.

Any time you venture more than a few miles from home you run the risk of something breaking. I broke a fan belt on the Florida Turnpike one night and sat off to the side of the road for hours, waiting for a cop. (Pre cell phone days) Finally I gave up and started hitchhiking, and after a while a trailer truck stopped. After we were driving along for a while I heard a female voice from the sleeper behind me, there was his wife or girlfriend who had been hiding in there with a .357 magnum, just in case I was up to no good. Once they realized I was just a guy who broke down, she came out. Glad I wasn't a truck-jacker!

Fixaflat in a can is something else I like to carry. It has saved me more than once. Vice grips have been my friend many times too.

Don

There is an un-named phenomena that occurs when you try to carry repair/spare parts. If you fuel pump breaks, you go buy a new one....and buy two....one for the repair and one for a spare. As of that moment, you will never need another fuel pump as long as you carry a spare. I had a car once that carried a spare fuel pump, starter, starter solenoid, distributor, fuel filter, alternator, and coil. None of that stuff ever broke again....

Originally Posted by robot

There is an un-named phenomena that occurs when you try to carry repair/spare parts. If you fuel pump breaks, you go buy a new one....and buy two....one for the repair and one for a spare. As of that moment, you will never need another fuel pump as long as you carry a spare. I had a car once that carried a spare fuel pump, starter, starter solenoid, distributor, fuel filter, alternator, and coil. None of that stuff ever broke again....

HA! So true.

And you will always be missing that one critical tool you will need for the roadside repair.