What special emergency gear do you pack?
I thought I'd pack a small sheet of plywood. If I ever have to jack up the truck on some soft ground. I will also pack a small sledge hammer if a wheel is stuck / fused and it wont come off. W...
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Emergency roadside service, a credit card and cell phone.
That's what we have, too, for our 1st line (or, last line) of assistance. However, we have a second cell phone, and an additional (very powerful) radio set, and 2 GPS units. I also have the entire FCC cell coverage GIS map layer for every cell tower in America (and, Canada), updated annually.
We can also repair a hole in any fluid carrying engine part (with special epoxy, and methyl alcohol cleaner & hose patching tape), and re fill with fluid (engine oil, gear oil, rad coolant, brake fluid and steering fluid). Also, we have a very robust tow strap, and battery op. compressor. Our truck has 2 big bad batteries, along with our camper batteries (lots of big bad batteries). Special meds for emergencies (for deadly allergic reactions: liquid stuff, and, much stronger; and a lot of other med emergency stuff).
Typically, the worst that can happen are, and what we carry:
-being *trapped* near a raging forest/brush fire (cell/radio/EPIRB a must);
-losing a tire in the back country (rudimentary tire changing tools);
-an automobile accident (cell/radio/or EPIRB & medical equip);
-lost driving in Dark Canyon/Canyonlands (cell/radio/ or EPIRB & meds);
-lost on foot (cell/radio/ or EPIRB & meds & food & water & GPS & compass/paper maps)
-roads destroyed by flash-flooding (cell/radio or EPIRB);
-cut off by hurricane or other similar (cell/radio/ or EPIRB & GPS)
*If you are traveling outside North America or continental Europe (like in the Sahara, Namibia, African hinterlands, outbacks of Latin America or Siberia or the Himalayas), then a whole set of different diversified tools are required.
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