Recovery Bag

[wtxbadger]

Just wondered how many of y'all carry what I call a recovery bag in their vehicles? Made it a practice decades ago to keep a canvas bag in all of ours with jumper cables, air compressor, cotton gloves, a couple of cans of fix a flat, tow strap and some basic hand tools.

[Dee]

For almost 50 years.
When traveling I recently added a cordless impact with the right size socket for the lug nuts.
In the middle dash drawer of my Ram I leave 2 30rd magpuls with dust covers.

[Ranger99]

I switched to a chain some time
back after I had a strap pop on
me. If I know I'll be where I might
need it, I throw in a hi lift and
plywood squares. Works as a
come along with the chain 

[Dee]

I rely on the big screw Jack but, depending on where I'm going, might throw in a come along wench.

[Bob Riebe]

I still have a 40 pound tool box in the trunk, and jumper cables but for years I also had a 12v impact wrench , a hydraulic jack, and a bag with a change of clothes.
ON and off I carried a jug of gasoline, but still have power steering fluid, brake fluid and windshield washer fluid.
After a learning lesson, in a newly purchased car i would take a new water pump, alternator and fan belt.
Have not taken a long trip in years now alone , so I am getting lax.

[Ranger99]

I used to carry a big box of tools
years ago, but there's a lot of things
on modern vehicles that can't be
fixed with hand tools on the side
of the road anymore.
I carry a few basics and that's
about it,  mainly to tighten
something that might work loose.


These days I carry road flares
where I didn't in the past.
There's a whole lot of people
that aren't paying the least bit of
attention to the road, and you
might be surprised at the number
of people that will run right up
on you until they see that flare
then they jerk the wheel hard to
avoid you. Even if your flashers
are working properly, many just
don't pay attention.

[wtxbadger]

Had more than one vehicle that we carried spare parts for like points, condenser, some spare plug wires etc. just in case along with gasket sealer, spare belts, electrical tape, extra oil and water and bars leak.
Don't miss those roadside repairs when necessary but it made our road trips an adventure on occasion and our kiddos still talk about them now.

[oldandslow]

I have done so most of my adult life. One thing I have in both the jeep and suv is one of those long 1/2" break over handles from harbor Freight and a good deep socket.  It makes it easy to break those lug nuts and tighten them unlike the factory lug wrench that comes with the vehicle. I have had to use the factory wrench once with the suv and that's the only thing about it that I don't like. It's hard for a skinny old man to break lugnuts loose with a 12" wrench. I have a Warn wench on the jeep with a chain and a couple of anchor shackles in a bag along with a heavy duty tow strap and I've actually used the rig three times in 10 years, always helping a grandson. I even have a pretty good tool set in the jeep but there really isn't much you can do to a modern vehicle out in the boonies anymore. Still have them just in case though.

[Argent 88]

The CAT store used to sell a big bag kit like that, with about everything that has been mentioned. But I had it
and my S&W stolen from my truck in Clovis NM. To bad that bag was 400.00 back then.

[Ranger99]

You could stock a large tool
truck to the gills with the tools
and such that's been stolen
from me over the years.
Engraving them doesn't really
help anything, but I still do it