In Your Car Boot?

[Dennis Mapletoft]

I was wandering about what i've got in my car boot, it seem enough to me..

jack and wheel spanner(extendable)
spare wheel
compressor ( ciggy lighter fitting)
jump leads
misc tools (pliers,spanners,screwdrivers etc.)
5 galls water
oil
petrol
small bow saw
small hatchet
camp stove
billy tins
eating sundries fork,spoon,plate,etc.
change of clothes
blanket and emergency blanket
poncho
snatch bag ( survival kit)
spare boots and sock ( did have wellies but they ponged to much)
floro yellow vest
triangle warning road sign
bungee straps
10 mtrs rope
2 x d shackles/ 2 x carabina's
tea/coffe/powder milk/sugar etc. fire lighting kit
2 x 24 hour ration packs
hand held radio scanner
2 torches 1 x head lamp 1 x flashing hazard lamp
first aid box ( 20 person size)
walking stick
spare bulb and fuses, and a fan belt

i still cant see why the wife moans about having shopping on her knee on the way home from tesco

Whats in your BOOT
Den

[Razorstrop]

Well Den
when the end of the world comes I'll want to be in your car going to Survival Bills retreat LOL

Seriously though
I have
sleeping bag
breakdown kit
first aid kit
knife
some rope

and thats it

Not very well prepared
Mr Strop

[Dennis Mapletoft]

I'll make sure theres a bit of room in the boot for you

[andyn]

Whats in your BOOT
Den

LOL....Not too much stuff eh! Never thought you could actually be too prepared! Do you know something we don't?

Mines very empty in comparisum:

Spare tyre and jack and a couple of tools etc underneath false floor..

Then in the main compartment: Water, tyre pump, first aid kit, and my walking boots with a pair of sock liners and walking socks tucked inside.

[outdoorgirl]

With the first few frosts appearing down here in the south I'm starting to plan my winter boot kit, but right now I've nothing more than the usual spare tyre and tools, an (empty) oil can and a 1 gallon water bottle.

Usually when I'm in the car I've got my mobile phone (with car charger) and a coat, but I wouldn't guarantee anything over that...

Not very prepared just yet...

[JM]

An MTB, with helmet, spare tires and repair, and change, bycycle quick release mounted shoes.
50 m rappel rope, carabiners, loops, 8, blockers,and harness
Change : cotton pant and parka, goretex pants and parka, a pair of meindl island, a pair of lighter shoes.
A whole mecanician set of keys, hammer, screw drivers, files, etc at least 20 kg of metal there.
An esbit, canteens, dehydrated food for 3 days, forks, spoons, cups for 3.
2 waterproof boating red smoking flares
2 bath towels, bathing trunks, one shorty, one pair swimming glasses.
1 microfleece pull-over
1 heavy duty sawing kit.
1 diving knife
1 wetterlings Large Hunter axe
2 pairs of chains ( propulsion, sometimes chaining the front helps decide trajectory ! )
1 foldable shovel/pic with one side sharpened.
Mulltiple bottles of oil, cleaners, paper.
1 tent
1 slipping bag
1 tarp.
2 first aid packs
1 pair of 16x80 binoculars
a bag with 3 fishing rods and multiple lures.
10 liters water micropure stabilized.
one neon on 5 metres supply, branched on battery




Yeah, OK, this is not really a thought kit to answer any special concern, like a bob, I have a big combi van (LT 28) so I rarely empty it, and all that stuff takes no space in a van. What stays is what gets used. But yeah, no major problem living out of the van for some good time. I have 6 places, so some smace is taken by seats, but that still leaves me with a 3 cubic meter trunk and a 3 cubic meter space in front of the rear seats.

[Ogri the trog]

Jeez Den thats quite a haul,
While not as thouroughly prepared as you, I normally have enough to stay wherever the car ends up for a few days, food, brew kit, fire lighting, sleeping bag etc etc. It comes quite naturally as I work away from home so most of my travelling is done with a car full of stuff.

ATB

Ogri the trog

[lou1661]

Where do i start
Coleman dual fuel twin burner stove + spare parts
Coleman dual fuel lantern + spare parts
Winching kit (gloves, snatch block,strops,shackles, remote)
Spares for the car (lots)
4 jerry cans (water)
60 ltr fridge
Cooking equipt (pots, pans, cutlery, chopping boards- its better than my kitchen actually)
Box of food (rice,pasta, loads of tins, dried stuff, spices, cooking oil)
Kelly kettle
Shower and water purifier.
2 folding chairs
1 folding table
2 compressors
High lift jack
Long handled shovel
Saber 45 (warm kit, tarp,oggin,doss bag, bivi bag, first aid, billy, SFA)
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I also cant fit any shopping in mych to the horror of SWMBO

[tomtom]

who needs shopping when you got one of them! great set up!

good thread.. im just thinking about putting some car kit together!

[Dennis Mapletoft]

I know my list might seem a bit excessive, but i got snowed in once up in Cumbria, a day trip turned to a 3 day trip, only went to look at a cottage, that the snow came, decided to spend the night then go in the morning, yer right, snow drift, car wouldnt start, dont know the area, no map, no nothing, so i had i packet of rich tea biscuits, 6 sandwiches, a bag 0f mint emperials,, and a banana..... i said then i would never be caught out again, and i haven't yours den


Lou1661 i want one

[Platypus]

Golf clubs

Erm... am I on the right forum?

[P Wren]

A first Aid kit for 20 people ?!Given the amount of Kit and the first aid box capacity are you sure your car isn't a coach !


The contents of my boot are :

A foot pump.
1 high visabiltiy vest

Under the boot area is
(Spare wheel /jack/spanners wrench nut undoing thingy.)

[soa_uk]

The contents of my boot are :
...
1 high visabiltiy vest

Would you mind an impartial suggestion?
I carry a hi-vis vest, too.

Mine is in a seat pocket.

Because when you're broken down, by the roadside, in the rain, in the dark...

you want your vest on *before* you get out of the car.

Fortunately, I've only had to wear it about 3-4 times. Once for a wheel on my car; twice in traffic assists; once for a breakdown in someone else's car.

[Dennis Mapletoft]

SOA i have moved mine straight away, good thinking, Yours den

[JonnyP]

Oi Clipper..........Tell us what is in the back of your car................

[The Joker]

Oi Clipper..........Tell us what is in the back of your car................

Well....................where do I start ....................I think it would be easier to say what haven't I got in the boot of my car.
Infact its that bad it goes from the boot to the back of the front seats. and some of it is even growing we could do a fungi forage in my car

[Spacemonkey]

Well I have the usual assortment of tools, empty fuel can, spare stuff, pruning saw, jump leads, dog blanket, car battery (its located in the boot!!), makeup kit, 4 speakers for my headrests that ONE day will get fitted..., solar panel, embalming fluid, more tools, bike oil, electrical tool kit and connectors, body bags, latex gloves, map of UK (in case i get lost), map of Europe (in case I get REALLY lost), Haynes Book Of Lies, and no wonder there's no room-it's an MX5...

[twelveboar]

Usually there's a big, black dog in my boot

[BorderReiver]

Usually there's a big, black dog in my boot

Same sort of thing here.

[JonnyP]

I am going to put a big fire in the boot of my car.........What I thought was a simple water leak through a split hose has turned out to be a head gasket blown...........Again......... ..It only had the heads done a few months ago. If anyone is thinking of getting a Mitsi Shogun, don't...............Jon

[The Joker]

I am going to put a big fire in the boot of my car.........What I thought was a simple water leak through a split hose has turned out to be a head gasket blown...........Again......... ..It only had the heads done a few months ago. If anyone is thinking of getting a Mitsi Shogun, don't...............Jon

Bad luck Jon, should you get it repared again get them to check the heads, I dont think they did last time

[running bare]

I am going to put a big fire in the boot of my car.........What I thought was a simple water leak through a split hose has turned out to be a head gasket blown...........Again......... ..It only had the heads done a few months ago. If anyone is thinking of getting a Mitsi Shogun, don't...............Jon

hi jon
did they re torque the heads down after a few hundred miles?
whenever ive done head gaskets on various cars ive always re torqued and theyve never gone again

tom

[JonnyP]

All was done as it should of been, but the water leak which I had,( which remained undetected), was allowing the car to cook more, which caused the heads to go again..........I think I shall go and park it in France

[EdS]

usual tyre etc
grap rucksac containing fell rescue stuff - clothes,boots, harness, helmet etc
wrecking bar
big cheap torch
2 large old screwdrivers
3 sets of manhole keys
disposable gloves
about 6 pots of drain dye
rubbish

emergency flagon of farm house cider.

[Dennis Mapletoft]

a 20 person kit is about 1 pound in money per person, i think its good value for money, i wish i had more money to spend on first aid.. Den