What’s the one thing you ALWAYS bring on a road trip in your Bronco?

[dpAtlanta]

Road trips: Pepperoni Pizza flavored Combos.

Off-Road Adventures: Toilet paper

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[Southside_Ray]

Curious what the one thing is you MUST bring on the road with you.

Could be recovery gear, snacks, tools… anything you refuse to leave home without

Depends on what I'm doing, but regardless I do bring my 12 volt fridge and a jackery. I love not having to purchase expensive convenience store drinks on any road trip now that I have the fridge.

 

[Beachin 74]

Now that sounds like a good trip setup

What’s replacing the beer cooler these days?

A couple water bottles.

 

[vrtical]

Recovery gear, tools, gooloo stays in the bronco all the time. Beer fridge and power station get added as needed along with bolting on some fuel.

 

[rblume73]

My dog.

 

[Xinnes88X]

Floor Jack and battery powered impact gun.

 

[Pony4x4]

Wife, phone

Picture of wife?

 

[exoshield]

For folks that have been around for a long time, there isn't just "one" thing you always have in your car, regardless of whether or not its a road trip

- Several water bottles
- Mountain money (toilet paper)
- Road flares (I have used these more than I can count in my life, probably 20x)
- "get home bag" (different than a bug-out bag, full change of clothes+rain jacket,+hat+sunglasses), power bars, money, insulated water bottle, comfortable walking/hiking shoes) all in a non-descript lightweight backpack
- first aid kit with hemostatic gauze
- Jumper cables/jump starter
- portable electric tire pump and flat fix it tools (vulcanized rubber plugs, awl, insert tool)
- emergency tool kit+duct tape+multiple bungee cords
- fire extinguisher (bigger in Bronco than what is in my BMW)

This isn't just for the Bronco, it is in every vehicle I own. It is totally worth the space. I have used everything at least once in my 40 years of driving.

This feels less like a packing list and more like 40 years of experience condensed into one comment

The fact that you've used every one of those items at least once is probably the best argument for carrying them.

 

[exoshield]

Recovery gear, tools, gooloo stays in the bronco all the time. Beer fridge and power station get added as needed along with bolting on some fuel.

A beer fridge and power station definitely takes the road trip experience up a notch

Sounds like you've got the essentials permanently loaded, then just scale up the setup depending on where the adventure is taking you.

 

[exoshield]

My dog.

Now that is a road trip essential

Nothing beats having a dog riding shotgun.

 

[exoshield]

Road trips: Pepperoni Pizza flavored Combos.

Off-Road Adventures: Toilet paper

Pepperoni Pizza Combos for the memories. Toilet paper for the emergencies

 

[exoshield]

Depends on what I'm doing, but regardless I do bring my 12 volt fridge and a jackery. I love not having to purchase expensive convenience store drinks on any road trip now that I have the fridge.

Honestly, having cold drinks whenever you want starts feeling like a luxury and then quickly becomes a necessity

I can definitely see how it'd pay for itself after enough road trips.

 

[RedTailHawk]

A fun passenger

 

[exoshield]

A fun passenger

That's a good one. A good passenger can make a road trip. A bad one can make it feel twice as long

 

[Marc L]

Wife, phone

It is my wife's Bronco so she brings me.

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