Wyoming closes I-80 a dozen times a winter and cell service quits where the wind starts. This is the kit behind my back seat — the stuff that turns a stranded night into an inconvenience.
Jumps a dead V8 without flagging down help — lives in the console and holds charge all winter.
NOCO Boost GB40 12V 1000A Portable Lithium
Wedge them under a spinning tire and drive out of the drift — beats waiting three hours for a tow.
Recovery Traction Boards (Pair)
The neighborly tool — half the time it's pulling someone else out. Rated hooks, no cheap ratchet junk.
Best Ultimate Recovery/Tow Strap 6in x 30ft
Cold snaps drop tire pressure ten PSI overnight — top off at the trailhead instead of limping to town.
AstroAI AIRUN H Portable Tire Inflator
Digs the drift out from under the frame and stows behind the seat — a snow shovel won't fit back there.
Shovels and Entrenching Tools US
Ground blizzard visibility is measured in feet — these keep a semi from finding your tailgate.
3 Pack LED Road Disc Beacon Light Flares - BL-2000C-3P
If you're spending the night in the cab, this is the difference between miserable and dangerous.
Life Bivy Emergency Sleeping Bag
Extends to clear the whole windshield on a crew cab — the gas station freebie scraper doesn't cut it.
When the jump box is dead too, real 1-gauge cables and a running truck still work — old school backup.
Energizer 1-Gauge 800A Heavy Duty Jumper Battery
A real wool blanket behind the seat beats ten mylar sheets — warm even damp, tough enough to kneel on.
Arcturus Military Wool Blanket (64" x 88", 4.5 lbs)
Covers the basics in one bag — then add the Wyoming extras above and you're set for the season.
Ranallto Car Emergency Roadside Tool kit,Road Side
Stuck in a drifted-over two-track with no one coming? A set of traction boards under the tires beats waiting on a tow — they've pulled me out of snow a strap never could.
X-BULL New Recovery Traction Tracks Sand Mud Snow
A pair in the gloves and a pair in the boots while you wait out a closure — cheap heat for hands that still have to shovel.
HotHands 2-Hand Warmers
Calories you'll never want until you're eight hours at a closed gate — they keep five years in the console, no prep.
Datrex 3600 Emergency Food Bar - 3 Day/72 Hour Bar
Wrecks and winch-finger mornings happen a long way from town — a real kit behind the seat beats the glovebox napkins.
