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    Loaded up my emergency kit (recovery strap, blanket, jumper cables, straps, etc.) and keep a pair of gloves in the truck.

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    I think at a minimum you need:

    2 spare tires
    Hi lift jack
    Winch
    3 Jerry cans of fuel
    Traction aids
    Chains
    Sat phone
    A friend with another truck
    Snacks

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    guessing who I might be, psychologizing me with your non existent degree.

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    Quote Originally Posted by killramos View Post
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    I think at a minimum you need:

    2 spare tires
    Hi lift jack
    Winch
    3 Jerry cans of fuel
    Traction aids
    Chains
    Sat phone
    A friend with another truck
    Snacks

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    If you drive a jeep that's probably wise.
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    You realize you are talking to the guy who made his own furniture out of salad bowls right?

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    True story
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    guessing who I might be, psychologizing me with your non existent degree.

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    Quote Originally Posted by killramos View Post
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    I think at a minimum you need:

    2 spare tires
    Hi lift jack
    Winch
    3 Jerry cans of fuel
    Traction aids
    Chains
    Sat phone
    A friend with another truck
    Snacks

    Lol
    Haha yea that’s actually why I didn’t bump the thread from 2014, some of the responses were way overboard

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    Most of this stuff stays all year: recovery strap, shackles, jug of washer fluid, ~150lbs of sand bags, booster cables, spare coat/gloves/hat, hand warmers, kitty litter, couple flashlights, fire extinguisher, first aid kit, multi tool.

    Do: check spare tire pressure, fuel up more often

    Planning on buying a few safety triangles next time I'm at princess auto.

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    One thing I would recommend to everyone. Get out your tools and actually get your spare tire out of the vehicle. 1. To make sure you know how to get it out (I had to help a gentleman in a best buy parking lot with this because he didn't know how the mechanism worked) and 2. To make sure it hasn't seized. I know this is an issue with some of the slightly older trucks out there. Due to its location they can very easily become corroded and seize. Also check to make sure the spare is still good. Replace them after 5-6 years yadda yadda.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ShermanEF9 View Post
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    One thing I would recommend to everyone. Get out your tools and actually get your spare tire out of the vehicle. 1. To make sure you know how to get it out (I had to help a gentleman in a best buy parking lot with this because he didn't know how the mechanism worked) and 2. To make sure it hasn't seized. I know this is an issue with some of the slightly older trucks out there. Due to its location they can very easily become corroded and seize. Also check to make sure the spare is still good. Replace them after 5-6 years yadda yadda.
    Yea good suggestion. Especially if you buy a used truck and don’t know if the tools are actually there. I bought my truck and a week later noticed the spare tire wasn’t properly in place. Went to raise the tire and found the previous owner apparently lost part of the tire iron attachment used to crank the spare tire pulley! Had to fabricate a new one from a socket extension

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    Right? imagine trying to figure that out in -25, wind howling, on the side of hwy 2.

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