What Basic Off-Road Gear am I Carrying in 2020?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2024
- Over the years I have swapped out safety equipment, recovery gear and tools for items that are more practical. In this video I share with you what I'm currently using when I'm in either my Jeep Wrangler or Jeep Gladiator out on the trails.
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If you mount a fire extinguisher on your roll bar, and you rock a soft top on your Jeep, make sure that when you're taking down the soft top, that it will not land very hard directly on the fire extinguisher trigger and blast the back of your driver's side headrest, not that I know from experience or anything lol
LOL!!! i would've like to have seen that 3 stooges moment. :)
instablaster...
Where would you mount in suv with side airbags?
Inside? @@HeatherFaraMS
I have used my tools helping other people, often in the middle of nowhere on a scenic byway. One man had a wheel come off up in Wyoming, he said I was the only person that came to help, he was 65 years old, and was not thinking clearly. His wife wasn't doing well and he wanted to see Yellowstone, he rotated his tires and forgot to tighten the lug nuts, yes his entire front wheel came off on a very winding road with cliffs. I am so thankful I was able to help him, you never know when you'll need it.
Hey what’s wrong with being 65:)
When you mentioned to food I almost expected you to pull out a picture if Marco. 😁
That would have been funny. When you are heading out on the trail and you need to eat, don't forget to bring MARCO (Man Always Rocks-a-Cook Out)
10:25
"Wrapped it around trees before, didn't damage the bark."
Your respect and consciousness for the natural environment is admirable.
Thanks you for all of these great videos.
It's that John Muir ethos: take only pictures, leave only footprints (or in this case, tire tracks)...
I know you know this, of course, but just to add to the snatch block comment: It allows for directional pulls to winch in a direction other than directly toward your vehicle. In fact, the only time I have used a snatch block was running a winch line up a hill to a tree and back down to the road to pull perpendicular to the road and pull the vehicle back onto the road. A snatch block and tree strap (or wide tow strap) can unlock a lot of winching options that could never be possible otherwise.
A good pair of trauma shears can cut anything, especially a seatbelt, it is used all the time by the EMS/fire service I'm on, does the same as a seat belt cutter, but is more versatile. I carry a pair in my truck.
I thought the exact same thing
Just addedtwo pair to my Amazon cart. Good suggestion.
Great job. I might add sun screen and or bug spray.
chap stick as well. Living in the desert after a day of driving your lips will be dry by the end of the day and you won't know it until its to late.
Another great video for everyone! Your gear list is continually in flux and I love to hear about the things you tried and find that cheaper, lighter alternatives sometimes will do the job just as well. Thanks once again Brad.
My favorite point that you mentioned is the trash bag.
I can't tell you how many times I've gone camping with a group and I'm the only one with trash bags.
Can't tell you how many times I've been camping and hadto🎉haul off bagful from dimwits that should stay in town!
Not really sure how he doesn’t have a million subscribers yet, high quality production and good information
because there are many many people making these kind of videos, I agree the videos are really good.
He produce good quality contents
I am glad you included the first aid kit.
Your videos are a must watch for young off roaders such as myself. Thank you so much for all the valuable information
I really enjoy the gear videos, plus this one reminded me to get my extinguisher checked, so thanks. I'm even starting to convince my wife that she does need some of this stuff for her CRV. Great info as always Brad!
Never given a thought about a fire extinguisher before inexpensive and easy to install. Yup I'm getting one gear videos are the best 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great advice! Interestingly enough, I carry almost all of that, with the exception of the recovery gear, in my Lexus RX which has NEVER been off-road. Growing up in the country in the Midwest taught me to be prepared for almost any emergency at any time. One would be surprised when quick assistance just isn't available.
Good video. I didn't read all the comments, so it might have been said already, but I always carry Bars Stop Leak, and an emergency fan belt kit. It's so much easier to feed the belt through and then splice it together, than to have a regular replacement belt. Plus you never know what belt might let go, so a one size fits all is perfect. Keep up the great work.
You forgot the number one most important thing to bring!!!
Marco... love that guy .. we would take him on every camping trip.. he makes any food look like the greatest thing ever .. lol. Even if you were broken down and stranded you would eat like kings.
Love your channel and passion
I learned in the Army "it is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it". Great video. Thanks.
Seatbelt cutter. I bought one for each of our vehicles after I saw your other video, great idea!
Just started watching your channel. From one navy vet (ABH) to another navy vet HOOYAH! Good work.
I love stuff like this, it's helpful for people getting into something like this. Great video
Gear videos never get old!
Thanks for this one
Thank you, very informative post. It would be great to see your storage bins you use to secure all this gear inside the Jeep.
A snatch block not only gives you the option of doubling your pull but it also gives you the opportunity to pull from a different angle - that’s why you should still carry the tree trunk protector.
If you need to be pulled in a certain direction but the recovery vehicle can’t get onto that angle, you (may) be able to set up the tree trunk protector onto a tree etc and set the snatch block up to that and run the winch cable from the recovery vehicle, through the snatch block and onto your vehicle to pull you in the direction you need. 👍🏻
Watched this again because I have been looking for a better tool storage solution for my drawers. I carry a Dewalt full mechanic set but since it doesn't have adjustable wrenches, c-clamp, saw, files etc. I have a jumbled bag full of tools. I've done my engine swap, heads, transmission, and so much more with just what I have in it (specialty tools like puller for the harmonic balancer I needed to rent of course). Thanks for putting together some really nice lists of quality stuff on your Amazon page. I cannot stress enough to people getting into taking their rig out for whatever they want to do and just find out the cheaper tool they bought fails after a few uses or first use!
awesome video!! one thing i can recommend is open that emergency blanket make sure its not damaged and put in a zip lock bag and your good. you don't want to be stuck out there in a life threatening situation and come to find out its not good it can be as simple as life or death. CHECK ALL YOUR GEAR FOLKS BE SAFE!
Thanks for making a more realistic list. I love all the gadgets you can get for off-roading, but I need to keep things more budget friendly to start. 🤘
I bought that California Backroads and 4-Wheel Drive Trails book because you mentioned it in other vehicles. It saved my weekend last weekend. Thank you!
Awesome! Its a great book I've been using for years.
I carry pretty much the same. It is nice to validate that I am carrying valuable stuff!! Great guide!!
I would add -you have them with your tools-: extra fuses and a tester!!
Another great video, Thanks for all of the info on Tools, Communications and other gear.
This was a great list. I’m building a course. I’ve been looking at multiple similarly intended videos. This is the best to date. You’re not sponsored, so you have little bias. You’re a veteran, I am also a Canadian Armed Forces Veteran. I’m an amateur radio operator VE7PJF. Great list. Thank you.
Great informative video Brad! Thanks!
I like that VanHalen 1984 album too!🤘🏼
What a great video... Zip Ties... you missed one. But four items I didn’t consider, you’d mentioned... you are up by three!
I’m a longtime Jeep enthusiast... I’ve worn out four, and I’ve just bought a ‘new’ low mileage used JK (15k)... it’s always good to review gear.
Thanks for the info... Happy trails.
Again great video Brad living here is Colorado I have used a shovel and tow strap to get folks out of the snow. Great information
Gotta love the 7th comm guidon in the background! Moto!🤘🏼
Great video Brad. I watched this last night and ordered a jack base and seatbelt cutter today.
Always so detailed and in depth! love it!
I would love to see a power tank review , walkthrough of how it works, personal opinion and uses! Love the videos
The blue ridge overland bags are amazingly durable. They are expensive, but they are also an awesome value. My tool bag is 5 years old, it probably weighs forty pounds, and still looks brand new. I highly recommend them to anyone that asks.
Great video! Saw a tip a long time ago. Store TP in an old plastic Folgers can. Always looks like it is brand new
Another great video, thanks for doing this one. Rags to wipe the hands down with are always a good add. S/F shipmate
Great channel with excellent topics and footage. Thanks!
And now my Jeep is going to get just a little more crowded 😂. Thanks for this, I learned a thing or two.
Saline solution, or some kind of eye wash is a great idea too
5 Jeeps! I'm putting my jeep down at the end of the month and I'm looking to adopt another one. Just saying.
Yes safety first in any adventure. Even in a practice run. So what your saying about the fire extinguisher is if it's mounted you always know where its at. The seat belt cutter should be in reach of where your strapped in. Loved this video, the gear can save the day and your life. Always be prepared to spend the night. That's what makes it an adventure. Have you noticed those easy hill roll over are always in slow motion.
Brad thanks again for another great and helpful video.......my 2 cents is gloves and sturdy shoes/boots #1......take care!
You produce high quality content and saved me from buying a hi-lift jack! Definitely will look into the bottle jack. Thank you!
We used that exact brand of jack this past weekend to save my bacon after I got hung up on a tree stump, the jack's owner said he saw it here on TrailRecon...
Nice job! Really informative & great for us newbs!
Another thing that I've found real helpful, and it's overlooked a lot is a waterproof note pad to write on if need be. Plus bring a few pens because we all know that pens tend to not work when we need them to.
Thank you again Brad for another great informative video.
Hey Brad, great video... Couple of things.... shovel- you need to carry a decent long handle shovel if you are going into the dunes or of beach sand, 1) I got caught out once... You will never dig yourself out of soft sand with the one you carry, I keep the fold up one in my car all the time and if I'm going to the beach or going to be in the dunes I take a decent long handle shovel....2) your kinetic snatch strap shouldn't be used as a tree trunk protector when winching....carry both....3) carry a 36mm socket for when you break universal joints or have issues with axels or bearings... this is the only way to remove axles if you have a catastrophic failure...4 rags, carry rags or paper towel to wipe and clean things, mud after winching, grease, oil, de mist your windscreen etc etc... fridge with cold.beer...🤣🤣 great show good to see you and Nate (Dirt lifestyles) getting together....
I loved it when you flicked that knife out...and everybody else probably loved when you did it the second time lol. Or maybe they didn’t see it, you were pretty casual.
Lazer pointer...handy stuff, Oh! and sunblock.
This was like a really good military instructor briefing.
Thank you , very informative, helps with the newbies!
Excellent overview. Firearm. Never leave home without one.
Excellent video.
Now I need to revisit my gear.
I have an 01 Ranger 4 x 4. I don't do overlanding like you guys do, but your advice is spot on regardless!
I'm a Disaster Response Coordinator for the 7th Day Adventist Church, so ALL of this stuff is of great interest to me!
I used to be a Fire Dept. Medic, so we are very much on the same page.
I have a BIG medical kit in my rig: I built it to help others as well as myself. Fire suppression-DITTO! My wife will tell you that I'm flashlight poor, LOL! I keep a second key ring in my other pocket in case I lock my main keys in my rig-Don't laugh. We have ALL done it. I have a whistle on the backup Key Ring.
I carry a 5 Gallon Water Container and two water filters on board.
I have a Maxpedition Gyrfalcon Backpack which is provisioned for one person for EIGHT DAYS! It has food, water shelter, a fire making kit, and cooking, along with some Ham Radio Gear. In addition to the VHF / UHF Walkie Talkie, I also have a Low Band, or what is called an HF Radio, along with a quick disconnect all band Antenna that will allow me to reach out globally if there are no repeaters in range. I have an SOL Tarp and emergency bivvy. That is my safety setup. I'd like to know what you think of it.
Great content. Thank you. Will look at your tool bag video.
I'm a fan of the S.O.L. small survival kits. They have pretty much every base covered. Nice gear and it's not expensive so it's kind of a no-brainer...
On the snatch block. I ran up on a very large tree limb that i did not see and it jammed itself up under my rear diff, with the front edge out under the front bumper. i could not for the life of me pull it out or break it. So i connected the snatch block to a tree about 20 yards in front of me, ran the winch out through it and back to the limb. Attached it to the limb and winched the limb out from the front of the vehicle. I was SO glad i had that snatch block! Sometimes you have to think outside the box. :) And the other thing i always have in the vehicle... jumper cables. Have not needed them myself for many years, but i have jumped people out on the trail as well as in the Wawa parking lot.
Everyone always forgets the little signaling mirror with the small aiming hole.... for rescue and everyday use to show your location or getting someone's attention.....🙂
Those are some good must haves thanks for sharing
If a winch is unaffordable, a Spnish Windlass is a great technique for tensioning tow straps. Another tool I carry is a rated takedown ratchet which has useful lifting, pinching and tie down functionality up to a SWL of 4000kgs. I also carry at least 2l of coke or soda water as a standby fire-extinguisher. (Sorry about metric, I live in KwaZulu Natal,South Africa. ) Love your work, kept coming!
I also consider the Garmin Inreach Mini an invaluable accessory to have with you when off roading. You can choose between plans where you pay every month of the year - or a Freedom plan where you only pay for the months you use it (I think only a few dollars more per month). The ability to text to loved ones, have immediate access to emergency services, and the ability for them to know exactly where you are is awesome. Also, the ability to connect to your phone via Bluetooth allows for custom text messaging so that emergency services know exactly what the issue is - very cool.
I was going to mention this too, for those that only make a few treks per year the Freedom plan is very reasonable.
I would add in Road Flares. You can use them to mark your location, as well as you can always start a fire in the pouring rain, or heavy snow with road flares.
Awesome video Brad! I’ve been to 7th Comm BAS a few times myself! The one thing that I recently added to my off-road kit was a self priming siphon hose. Comes in extremely handy when people are running low on fuel or when an unexpected fuel line somehow decides to disconnect itself while on the trail…happened to me in Big Bear
Excellent suggestion!
I love your channel, keep the awesome content coming! And thank you!
A spare key is actually good to carry as well.
I have been the ID-10T that locked themselves out with the engine running.
This is actually good if you have wrangler without power locks. You can use the spare to unlock your rear gate while the engine is running lol.
Appreciate the advice in this video doc
Man I’m waiting for you to pull the AED out 😊 love the videos! Hope to meet you one day. When you talk navy is awesome I do C-130’s Navy and Marines.
Love the Van Halen album cover in the background ✌🏻
The reusable space blanket tarps are great. I use them as a tent ground tarp.
Great Video Master Chief!!! That Van Halen album was the first "cassette" i saved up for with my allowance in 1984 when I was 8. It's in my vinyl collection as well...
Same and my buddies and I skipped school to watch the world premiere of Panama.
@@manitoucole2 Good times!!
1978 "Runnin' with the Devil" Sophomore year was never the same.... Thank you for sharing! Agreed good times!
I purchased the same crazy beaver shovel, and I have used it TONS. Lots of recoveries in wyoming snow or mud. Goes to show how your gear needs to be tailored to where you live.
I dig that 1984 poster in the background
I always pack a set of jumper cables and a jump start battery pack. It can also double as a flashlight and a USB charger
Watching this now, finishing on the TP is just funny.
Thank you for the upload!
Great video as ever Brad !
Thumbs up for Van Halen 1984! That's what I was listening to today!
Spare relays and fuses as well as a small electrical repair kit (butt splices, connectors, wire, crimp tool, etc) and a multimeter to troubleshoot
Thank you for your service!
Good list! Mine is very similar, except i add bug spray, sunscreen, and small box of handiwipes.
I greatly appreciate your videos! Thanks for taking the time to make them for us. I hope to see you and Marco at Jeep Bash in Seal Beach this year. I already registered.
Thanks! Looking forward to Jeep Bash this year.
Great video! Thumbs up. Also a soil anchor is a requirement in places with no trees. Cheers.
Thank you for your military service!🤠 I miss being in and running combat missions.
Jumper cables
Or a jumper battery pack
Jim Woods a must have when going solo 👍
My little jumper pack (not much bigger than a cell phone) saved our butt while on Hells Revenge a few years back. Shut the jeep off and when we were ready to move on.... nothing... wouldnt even burn the dome light....
great tip on that seatbelt cutter. i never thought about how dangerous it could be to cut someone free with a knife.
I really enjoy your videos! Makes me want a jeep!
Several military style WAG bags solve the poop problem for shorter trips, are super sturdy and legal to throw into dumpsters.
Multi-tool, kinetic rope, compact hacksaw for cutting metal, quick clot and tourniquet to stop bleeding quickly. A little FYI about the kinetic rope: I usually will be driving my Arctic cat or Can Am SXS, I can't pull you out with a traditional rescue rope, but with my kinetic rope, I can...
DOC?!! Hoorah!!!! great info brother
Always great info, thanks so much my man! 👊
Thank you!
Awesome stuff mate, inspiring me to build my jk and my channel. Thanks
Better to have an not need than need an not have, great advice you can’t pound safety in enough a must in any situation. Curious if you seen the yank m ropes they actually work pretty good an very strong great video as always be safe 👍👍
Colby Emergency Valve Stems are nice to have in a pinch.
5 power tanks could get expensive! :P good tips. Thanks, for the video!
As stated.... Great Video Brad ... Don’t know if it was mention in all the Comments? But one of the most important things you need to Survive on the Trail... Is Marco’s Book (The Overland Cook) ... If your going to be stuck on the Trail, at least have a Good Meal ! 😀👍
Yes! Marco's Overland Cook Book is a must have!!!
I've been thinking about a winch, yet I haven't pulled the trigger on that purchase; mostly for the reason you stated...I won't know how to properly use it. Hummmm....winch lesson video sounds like fun! Though I may be the only one who needs it in this channel's community. Thanks for the safety gear tips. Fire extinguisher is top of my list now!
Check out Ronny Dahl on YT. He has a great video on how to use a winch. He does a lot of How To off road videos that you would find very useful.