Things every man should have in his car - photo

[Altair]

Things every man should have in his car.




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[Frank S]

Jack Spare tire lug wrench small tool box assorted fuses spare tail/stop lamp qt of motor oil unless older vehicle then maybe 2 or 3 a gallon of fuel premix chainsaw fuel is not as volatile as gasoline and the 50to 1 oil mix won't hurt a real engine, the higher octane burns better as well good for an emergency 20 miles to the station.

[Jon]

Sleeping bags and a duffel bag full of warm clothes so that you can survive a night at 20 below zero. A real emergency for us would be going off a mountain road in the winter where there is limited cell coverage, and getting injured badly enough that you couldn't walk out. All of the other things are nice to have but are for lesser emergencies.

Traction pads are also a good idea for winter weather driving. Not the hard plastic kind for offroading, but the foldup rubber kind. Although so far we've only used them when Amazon Fresh drivers get stuck in our driveway.

[metric_taper]

Get a 'real' shovel, an aluminum grain scoop. You can dig out under the vehicle if it gets high centered.
The other thing is the old style bumper jack where you could lift the car pretty high (won't work on today's cars with plastic bumpers), and then push it over onto the road. I did this in my teen years when the 62 Pontiac had such a bumper.

If you live where you get an accumulation of snow, the grain scoop allows you to throw snow a good enough distance. And if you have a drift, you can pick up a large piece of it and sled it with the grain scoop like a Canadian snow scoop (I have them also). They allow you to sled a very large piece of snow from a drift.

[Jon]

Get a 'real' shovel, an aluminum grain scoop. You can dig out under the vehicle if it gets high centered.

Best one I've found: https://www.laprimashops.com/collect...uminum-52-inch

$92 on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075CTJHJ7/

[metric_taper]

Best one I've found: https://www.laprimashops.com/collect...uminum-52-inch

$92 on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075CTJHJ7/

Local home supply $44;
https://www.menards.com/main/outdoors/gardening/garden-landscaping-tools/shovels-tampers/yardworks-30-aluminum-scoop-d-handle-grain-shovel/23187yw/p-3490591039983887-c-13243.htm?tid=1772595021199139564&ipos=1

Local farm supply $32;
https://www.theisens.com/products/al...-glass-scoops/

The snow scoop I mentioned
https://www.menards.com/main/outdoor...3143239&ipos=3

I grew up in North Dakota, Grand Forks, there was a blizzard of 1966, late spring, over 3 foot of snow. My dad grew up on a farm, and he used aluminum grain scoops (steel ones when he was a kid).
He had lots of helpers. No snow throwers.

Shovel on pile of snow; My mother took these photos, lucky she did. I scanned all them in last year after her death.



That's my dad with view down the street.

[Jon]

Those are good pics. It felt crazy to pay over $90 for a grain scoop, but at 1/8", that one had the thickest blade I could find.

[nova_robotics]

I've needed a fire extinguisher a couple times.

I've needed a can of fix-a-flat and a portable air compressor a few times.

I've needed a lithium booster pack a handful of times.

I've need a socket set and multimeter literally hundreds of times. Out of anything this is what you need to keep with you at all times.

Also I have my fire extinguisher mounted to the OUTSIDE of my truck on the back rack. If anybody needs a fire extinguisher there's one right there. I really don't mind.

[mlochala]

Can't believe no one has mentioned the 1969 Dodge Charger in the illustration.

[metric_taper]

Those are good pics. It felt crazy to pay over $90 for a grain scoop, but at 1/8", that one had the thickest blade I could find.

100% agree, if you use them for general winter snow removal, the front edge will erode from scrapping concrete, so thickness is important, as well the quality is probably a harder aluminum alloy. I don't trust the plastic ones to not shatter in the cold.

Also note, if you ever have to put out a grass fire (snuff the fire out with the flat bottom), they work good if your boots or shoes can walk on the surface without melting (or attack from the upwind side). The aluminum pulls the heat out and gets the temp below vaporization. I learned that from a friends aunt, that wanted her pasture burned off in the spring.