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Hey guys, I got a lot of email and
private messages about my winter box from one of my prior video
So we're getting ready to head over the mountains tomorrow for the holidays
And I thought before I loaded up my winter box in the truck. I would open it up and show you guys. What's in it?
Okay, this box is nothing more than a flip top box that we got from Costco
I think you can also get them at Home Depot and Lowe's
I'm just gonna go through the contents from the top to the bottom
First thing is a folded up tarp this has two purposes
If I need to put chains on I'll unfold this and put this down
so I don't have to lay in cold wet snow and
if we needed to
Set up a shelter off to the side of the truck this would be the piece that I would use along with some rope
That's at the bottom
The next thing is an inflatable pad to sit on
This used to be in my backpack and I got a new one for my birthday a couple of years ago
So this one now rides in our winter box
Again if I needed to sit down and put chains on I didn't plate this
So I don't have to sit down and cold wet snow just keep myself dry and warm
This is the food pack there's beef jerky
some Clif bars some protein bars hot chocolate tea and
some glucose cubes and some glucose cubes with caffeine
So this should keep us going for if we needed to I would imagine a couple or three days for a family of four
not ideal, but
More than what we need if things got pressed
This is a tip I got from Cody over at Wrangler barn and new item in my winter box this year
but this is a pack of
2 foot long
heavy-duty zip ties from the electrical department in Home Depot as you can imagine these would have an
unbelievable variety of uses if put to the test I
Have a spin saw if I need to cut firewood or
Remove some branches from the road push comes to shove this would help
Along with that is a small gerber axe
This is the fire component so this is a block of pressed wood fiber with
Wax and it's sealed up in a plastic bag. I've a little sealer in my shop this keeps it
Protected and waterproof, but if I needed to make fire you could take pieces off crush it up and help start a fire
This is an S bits tove with
esbit cubes and a dedicated pack of REI storm proof matches again
This is just sealed up in a plastic bag use the seal or in the shop
Got a bag of hand warmers
I
keep an extra set of these in the glove box as well as the center console and of course an extra set here in the
winter box
This is a small tea kettle
this used to
Be in my backpacking gear. I have a lighter weight smaller one now and so this now rides in our winter box
It's just a small tea pot that we got when we were on a trip to Yosemite it got it at the mountain shop there
Got a top a little strainer if you wanted to make tea or coffee
And I think if you ever got trapped and had to use this stuff having a hot cup of coffee tea or coffee
Really warms the spirits and get you off to the right start
I've got a couple of cans of heat. I keep two of these in my center console
But if I need extra ones and I don't have any available. This is enough to treat for my truck one tank of gas
Next thing is a 6-pack of bottled water
This is not the perfect amount, but it's a good start
We usually have four in our
Vehicle when we're traveling over the mountains so if push comes to shove this would get us going and if we needed to have water
for a longer period of time
Certainly could be pressed into melting snow
This is my emergency car heater, I think I've got a couple of videos on my channel
About this little guy it's generated a lot of comments as well kind of surprising, but basically it's a quart can
from Home Depot, there's a core of
toilet paper on the inside
It's filled with isopropyl alcohol and sealed tight so it's a compact
sealed unit taped on the outside as a dedicated paint can opener and a dedicated lighter and
This heater along with these two quarts of isopropyl alcohol
Will be enough to keep a vehicle warm for three or four days with judicious use so this could actually save your life
I've got a lot of comments about safety issues with this and
Again certainly recognize you need to be careful when using this you're using an open flame in a vehicle
So you want to be as safe as possible
fire consumes oxygen and generates carbon monoxide
So have a window open so that you've got good air flow and again
Just clear a space and if used with caution. This is actually not
Unsafe thing to do and could actually save your life
I've got an extra can of
Windshield di sir of course. I carry one of these in my center console, and if that runs out and we're pushed and
Need to clear the windows got an extra one in the winter box
I've got four tanks a rope here
You guys might recognize this from Home Depot comes I think a hundred-foot
For $9.99 I cut it into four pieces 25 feet long each
I whipped the end with some nylon cord
And then covered that with heat shrink tubing and that keeps this rope nice and serviced of wall keeps it from fraying
If I needed to set up a shelter I could use the rope and the tarp I've got a collapsible
Snow shovel if I need to remove some snow
from around the vehicle
Around the tailpipe or around the tires this is perfect
Last but not least are the
chains for our truck and a set of rubber snubbers to keep the chains tight against the wheel
Riding right up in this corner near the chains is my bag of gloves. I've got
Two pairs of waterproof gloves these are nice and thin which gives you good dexterity putting on chains I
also have two pairs of polypropylene gloves to keep my hands warm and again if
These got wet you can dry them out pretty quickly
and
They are invaluable
Those go along with these leather work gloves
Anybody that's been in the military will recognize these or just general issue
leather work gloves
You can get these
online
Or at a army surplus store or actually any good pair of leather work gloves works perfect in
combination with these polypropylene liners this will serve you well and
On top of that bag is an extra light
I've got light stashed everywhere and the truck and in my own personal gear, but if push comes to shove right away
I've got a light. This is just a push-button light from REI and
I take the
ring off and just take a piece of paracord make a
necklace out of it and then seal that with
Some heat shrink tubing and it makes a very serviceable light right now
It's on dim, but there you go nice bright light if I needed it
Anyway, that's my winter box. I hope that answers questions for folks and
Happy Holidays to everybody