I have been lurking for a few weeks, and I figure that for my first post I will provide a list of my truck kit to see what advice the forum has to offer. Hopefully I’ll have photos soon.

This kit resides in my truck whenever I leave the town (a smaller kit is always there).

All in a Large Rubbermaid Contanier w/ a laminated content list on cover

The following are in a SealLine Boundary 70 yellow waterproof backpack
1 Safe Signal Day/Night Mirror
1 Fox 40 Whistle
75' Surveyor's Tape (Blue)
1 Princeton Tec Aqua Strobe w/ Lithium battery
4 Chemical Lights (Green, 12hr)
1 Chemical Lights (Blue, 8hr)
1 Chemical Lights (Hi-Intensity 30 min)
1 Pen flare kit w/ 3 flares
1 Ka-Bar in Eagle Sheath
1 Leatherman "Wave" Multi-tool in Eagle Sheath
1 Tool kit for Leatherman "Wave"
1 Leatherman "Crunch" Multi-tool
1 Husky folding Utility Knife w/ spare blades
1 Pocket Chainsaw
1 Knife sharpener
1 Trauma Shears
1 Butane Lighter
25 Matches, "Strike Anywhere" in watertight container
1 Survival Candle
6 Tinder, Wet-fire tabs
1 Blastmatch
1 Mil-Spec Fishing Kit (MIL-F6218C)
50' Snare wire, 0.020"
36" Surgical Tubing,
1 Petzl Tactikka Led Headlamp
3 Lithium "AAA" Batteries
1 CMG Infinity Task Light LED (Green)
1 Lithium "AA" Batteries
1 Surefire G2 (Yellow)
2 CR123 Lithium Batteries
1 Spare P60 Bulb for Surefire G2
8 Batteries, AA Lithium
6 Batteries, CR123 Lithium
1 Suunto Compass/Thermometer w/ Wind-chill Factor Chart
1 Suunto Challenger Compass
1 Space Sleeping bag
1 Nylon tarp, orange w/ stakes & 550# cord
100' Paracord (550#) Red
1 Mountain Hardware Packable Rain Jacket, Red
1 Flight Gloves (OD, Nomex)
2 Bandannas (red)
1 Boonie cap (Orange)
1btl Sunscreen, SPF-45
1btl Insect Repellent
1 Lip Balm
1 Large Field Medical Kit
4 Nalgene 1L Bottles filled.
1 Aquamira water purification kit
8 MRE Main Entrees w/ Heaters
1btl HEED Electrolyte Replacement w/ E-caps powder added (4 servings)
20 Lifesavers (individually wrapped)
20 Bullion Cubes
6 Coffee Individual serving bags
6 Tea bags
6 HammerGel packets
6 "Sharkies" packets
1 rl Toilet Paper
1 Dial Anti-bacterial Soap
1 rl Duct Tape, Yellow 11mil, 2"x60yds
2 Zip-Lock Bag, 2 Gallon
1 Zip-Lock Bag, 12 Gallon
4 Zip-Lock Bag, 1 Gallon
8 Zip-Lock Bag, Quart
4 Trash Bags, 4mil (Orange)
2 Trash Bags, 4mil (Clear)
1 Sewing/Repair Kit
2 Sponge
1 MSR Mountain Kettle
1 Folding Alcohol Tab stove
12 Alcohol Tabs
1 "Rite in the Rain" Notebook
1 Bic Mechanical Pencil

Holy cow, man! You win. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Great. Now I have Trunk Kit Envy. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

-- Craig

Nice kit. You've covered all the basics and then some. Any suggestion that anyone could make to that kit (pry bar etc) would be trivial. Do you carry the basics as well? Like jumper cables for example?

All and all I would say you're doing well, as long as you can always get to your truck. Maybe for your second post you could list what you carry on your person on a daily basis.

I should add that I have a 36" Spade shovel, Axe, jumper cables, tool kit, spare belt and some oil as well as a fire extinquisher, etc. always in the truck.

As far as daily carry, I'll start a new thread for that.

Pen flares are not legal in the U.S. That piques my curiosity. Where are you located?

-- Craig

Pen flares are legal and can be purchased at most any good marine supply store (i.e. West Marine) at least in Arizona.

I know they're legal in Canada. I know they're illegal anywhere in my area, which is Pennsylvania. So maybe it's the densely populated eastern states where the pen flares are not welcome.

-- Craig

Craig, I saw them for sale in Arkansas last year, will have to check a marine store here in NC.

Since when are pen flares illegal in the U.S.??? Olin will sell them to you all day long, not even a problem shipping... you must have a local law problem.

Strange I can only reply to some posts but not others.
You should add some tools, IMHO your more likely to be stranded due to a flat tire or other mechanical problem than need a lot of the survival gear.
I also broke my gear down into separate smaller boxes/bags so the loss/theft of one won't loose everything. Mine is organized as follows:
- Under the passenger seat is a first aid kit, usual basics there, bandages, pills, etc
- Under drivers seat is a BOB of sorts, Leatherman wave, flashlight radio, spare batteries, some more first aid stuff
- Glove box, flashlight, spare batteries, maps
- under rear seat: tie down straps for loads, jumper cables, pipe to extend lug wrench, wrench roll with 10mm through 24mm wrenches, small tool bag with sockets, screwdrivers, pliers, etc, tow chain, gloves,
- Under rear seat: spares box with fuses, bulbs, etc, 12v compressor and tarp.
Notice there is some redundancy between the bags, tools are spread between two, first aid between two, flashlights and batteries are in two different places, etc.