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Flares. (Btw. great survival item, also. Will start a fire under damn near any conditions.)
Set of reflective triangles.
High visibility safety vest.
Leather work gloves.
Road service plan. Let someone else come and change your tire for you.
Good fire extinguisher.
Regards
John
I don't like to make plans. They cause the word "PREMEDITATED" to get used in court!
DON'T FEED THE VULTURES!
My Body is a Temple! Ancient, Crumbling, Probably Cursed . . .More on fire extinguishers.
I recommend you check out the website of Mac The Fire Guy. He’s a retired fire fighting professional who travels around in an RV, and teaches RV fire safety at FMCA rallys, Escapees escapades, etc.
His article on the different types of fire extinguishers is a must read.
http://www.macthefireguy.com/fire-extinguisher-education-for-rvers
Powder type extinguishers contain either Sodium Bicarbonate, Potassium Bicarbonate, or Monoamonium Phosphate. The later two are both toxic and corrosive, and present major clean-up problems if you use them.
He recommends instead AFFF – Aqueous Film Forming Foam – extinguishers, which are currently used by the military and motorsports. Older types also had some toxicity and corosive problems. Newer ones do not.
FireAde is one such product. It is non-toxic, non-corrosive, and washes off with water. Cold Fire is another one.
https://www.coldfiretactical.com/
Both are available at – where else? – Amazon.
Of course, we need TWO extinguishers – one in the cab of the truck, and one in the truck camper.
Regards
John
I don't like to make plans. They cause the word "PREMEDITATED" to get used in court!
DON'T FEED THE VULTURES!
My Body is a Temple! Ancient, Crumbling, Probably Cursed . . .I built my own kit. It’s cheaper to do it that way. Here’s some guidance I provided in an earlier article.
Thanks for the replies. Feel like I’m getting closer to being dialed in with the new rig.
Somewhere I thought I read a post about putting a carpet covered 2×4 in the front of the pickup bed (rather than attaching bumpers to the front of the truck camper) to keep it from damaging the front of the truck bed. Our camper is pushed up against the front of the bed currently (and rubbing the spray on bed liner).
I thought someone on the forum advised the 2×4 solution (vs buying the rubber ones and attaching them to the camper). Anyone done this? I’d rather not drill the holes for the rubber ones.
If someone has done this, do you attach that 2×4 to the pickup bed? Or will is just stay put from the weight of the camper?
Hope this question makes sense …
Kim
I just googled the article about the emergency kit and found it here (rather than using the link Mike provided):
https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/2012/10/making-your-own-emergency-roadside-ki/This article has some good recommendations for heavy-duty gear.
If your camper is like mine don’t forget to make an adapter like this. My camper hangs down below the rear bumper making the factory spare tire wind down tool unuseable. I don’t want to unload the camper (ugh) to get to the spare tire so I made this tool. Its simply the end of the factory tool (about 3 inches) with a socket welded to the other end. I use a regular ratchet wrench to wind the tire down or up. I also carry an electric impact wrench, air compressor, and 12 ton hydrolic bottle jack.
2007 Dodge 3500 Dually 4x4
Cummins 5.9, 6sp, PAC
brake, Big Wig, Timbrens
2000 Lance 1130
2004 Jeep Rubicon
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