Emergancy Supplys

[artist1018]

The flare can be used to light your fire, even if the wood is wet!!

[bcsteve]

Silverbullet and Philip, I could have sworn I looked the torque ft lbs for that 15/16" bolt and it said 80 ft lbs. Also, I'm pretty sure my buddy's Avenger manual said the same thing. And I talked to the service guy at our Argo shop and he said 80 ft lbs also. Does your manual's say 130 ft lbs?? 80 ft lbs is a lot of torque but 130 sounds like an awful lot of torque to me. Let me know on that for I've been using 80 and it works but after every outing, the right idler chain (think that's what it is), the one where you adjust with the 9/16" wrench is just a wee bit loose.

Thanks
Dennis

Silverbullet, you got me curious as well so I pulled out my manual. It is fact 130 ft/lbs they want those big bolts at. I also had to adjust mine a few weeks ago and dindn't notice the recomended torque, maybe I'll got grunt at them a little more just to be safe!

[bcsteve]

Here's a neat way to carry your emergency tools/first aid kit in a bulletproof and totally waterproof container. I got to figure out where to mount one on my Frontier.

http://atvfrontier.com/MReviews/op=show/rid=108.html

[Jeff t-boss]

The link that bcsteve listed sends you to a restricted sight. Might wanna recheck it.

Alot of good stuff mentioned for the tool kit. I use the ammo box with the bare minimum. The original post had pictures as well as descriptions. One thing I noticed in the pics that he didn't state was the spare chain links. Very important in my book! When I took my boss on maiden beating, I snapped both main drive chains on a hill between two trees. I was royally screwed. Had to humpit home and get my truck to pull it out/home. I also include a 6 link section of chain incase. I also found that if your vehicle has roll pin anywhere on it, they will fall out, or shear when you are at your worst challenge. I keep a good assortment now. I also keep an extra 25ft of cable with hooks and a pulley block. Incase my winch cable is too short. You'd be surprised what/how much you can fit in that ammo box. I use the one from 7.62mm (60 caliber) rounds. Not too big, not too small. And WATERPROOF!

[bcsteve]

Sorry about that guys, I didn't realized that the link was to a restricted area, for members only, of the site. This one should work.

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[GREASEMONKEY]

Painters & contractors in this area have been using long PVC housings like that for years. Good out of the way place for paint roller extensions, and long 4'+ contractor levels. If I ever get a new camera I will get some pics of my stuff. I'm never out of walking distance from my trailer, so it usually stay's in the trailer.
I carry
Full 1/2, 3/8, and 1/4 socket sets, wrenches, cordless trail drill 12V Trail Drill - 1 a few unibit's, assorted bolts/nuts/screws, pry bars, fire extinguisher, Quick Steel, JB Weld, assorted wiring connectors, wire, wire tool, test light, multi meter, first aid kit, butane souldering iron, rechargable led light, tire patches, a recovery bag for winching, and most important a tube of wet wipes for unexpected moments!

[Jeff t-boss]

V-I-C-E G-R-I-P-S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can never have too many Vice-Grips!

[evil8x8]

co2 tire inflators. They are small and are powered by a co2 cartage from a BB gun. They are so powerful that they will seat a bead even with the tire off the rim. They saved me twice at the Ledges.

[hydromike]

co2 tire inflators. <snip> They saved me twice at the Ledges.

Cole's right. These are amazing little units. It wouldn't seat the bead on my machine (I think the one you used was already more than half-gone, right Cole?) but got it inflated enough so that I could get back to civilization. (Which I chose not to do, and promptly rolled BOTH rear tires off the bead... ) I'm in the market for one now. They're tiny, and really quite cool.

~m

[boncrshr]

In addition to my emergency recovery gear, I am now putting a medical kit together. I had been trying to figure out what kind of bag to put it in...but then I decided to use one of those soft coolers. I already had one that was shaped like a gym bag, I figure it should be fairly watertight and it is light, with carry handles. Here is my list of medical supplies I am putting together.

1) Epi penx2
2) Some sort of snake bite kit..still researching
3) bandages, gauze, band-aids
4) Quick clotting agent for severe bleeding
5) I found some cool universal inflatable splints-1 for lower extremity, 1 upper
6) Disposable breathing mask...
7) Burn dressings
8) Field surgical kit...forceps, scalpel, wound probe, scissors, sutures.
9) Medications...benadryl, aspirin, ibuprofen, seasickness, anitbiotic ointment, peroxide, betadine, phenergan anti-diarrhea, pepto, local anesthetic, salt tabs
10) Saline eye wash-for eyes and wounds
11) MRE's, firestarter, extra GPS batteries, survival sleeping bag (compresses into the palm of your hand)
12) If I can find it, haven't so far, but some of that surgical super glue for closing minor wounds...
13) Emergency drinking water filter
14) A couple of cheap mosquito head nets
15) Sunscreen

[fulleraviation]

I carry plently of tools, recovery gear, snacks and drinks, and a Cell Phone!
I do have reception where I ride.

[mudbug3]

boncrshr ,


With your the bag of tools you carry and the medical first aid kit , you should have all the bases covered . Those tools you had in your Hustler sure came in handy when Noel,s Max II threw a chain and your Hustler broke a Master link at River Run Park .

[McCoy]

Don't forget a can of ether, aka starting fliud, and a lighter. I have had to use this trick several times to get tires back on the rim after breaking a bead.

McCoy

[rdr]

Don't forget a can of ether, aka starting fliud, and a lighter. I have had to use this trick several times to get tires back on the rim after breaking a bead.

McCoy

you love that ether . mcCoy fix all .

[LivingSky]

One last comment about the medical/survival kit...
People will laugh, but I will not go into the wilderness without 2 or 3 days rations of DOG FOOD... yes, I said it... DOG FOOD.

I learned this at a NASAR Conference in New Orleans several years ago, and since rescue is the field I am in... thought it was a great idea. Often, in search and rescue scenarios, rescuers will find that people have perished because they have eaten what food they have too quickly and don't understand wilderness enough to provide for themselves. Most people will need to be at deaths door, before they would consider eating dog food. Articles such as 'Beggin Strips' have good food value and may in fact expand their window of survivability.