Do you carry boots/hiking shoes in your CAR or SUV?

[41Dude]

Years ago, long before cell phones I had a job requiring dress shoes. Managed to get stuck in the snow at night. Had to hike a long way in dress shoes to get some help. Miserable slog. I no longer need dress shoes for retirement But ALWAYS carry an extra pair of broken in boots when we travel.
What do you call a "must have" when you travel?

 

[Yaworski]

I carry boots, a blanket, clean skivvies, and a roll of toilet paper. Fortunately, I have needed none of them.

ETA: I also carry a trekking pole in my car in case I have to walk a long distance.

 

[eveled]

I try to always wear footwear that are up to a long walk. My work truck always has several pairs of boots/shoes for different circumstances.

I keep clean socks skivies t shirt and coveralls. In a bag in my vehicle. Also a shovel and first aid kit including a tourniquet.

 

[Johnnu2]

A good, warm hat and coat in the winter; extra summer hat in the summer; a blanket and jumper cables. Wife snuck-in some hand sanitizer which is probably all dried up by now.

J.

 

[bedfordboy]

Boots, TP, rope, hatchet, fishing pole, gloves, poncho and a few other just in case essentials stay under the back seat of my truck at all times

 

[RC44Mag]

No I don't but not a bad idea at all

 

[Jeepnik]

For work I traveled, by pickup mostly, all over Southern and Central California, and parts of Arizona and Nevada. I always carried appropriate attire, emergency supplies and firearms in case I ever had to "walk home".

The only exception was firearms when working in Federal Prisons. However at that location my nephew was a local county sheriff deputy.

I still carry the same supplies in my pickup now that I am retired.

 

[coachk64]

I just carry whatever crap in the back seat I haven't cleaned out recently. Fortunately I'm enough of a pack rat that there are likely things there that would save my life if I ever needed them.

 

[375hh1973]

Socks, boots, TP, spare contact lenses, cash hid strategically

 

[el caminero]

Amusing. In another life, i would un-dog my patrol boots and slip into topsiders or tony lamas for the drive home, or morning shopping on the way. At work, i would boot-up (or re-boot), so they were among the other things i kept with them for other encounterable situations.

 

[Bob Wright]

If I'm in my vehicle, there's boots in there, too.

Bob Wright

 

[WanderLust]

For what it's worth: mid-sized back pack. I carry the following items, and can take them anywhere with ease if I had to leave the car.
Spare clothes (shorts, pants, shirt, socks & cartoon undies!), dried food for 1-2 days, matches, metal water bottle (can be heated to sterilize water),
small bills ($5, $10, $20s), larger knife, soap & shampoo, etc.
Your basic bug-out bag already stashed in the car. I always have a light jacket, raincoat and flashlight in the car.
I can always stop and use a hotel or camp in the car or the woods if needed. Not 100% perfect but better than most.
Search for "Bug-out bags" or "Emergency kits" for advice.

 

[NikA]

Shoes for navigating snow, gloves, short handle shovel, and flashlight are in my car from the first real snow forecast (late Oct-Nov) to the last (usually late Feb-Mar). Typically driving in the dark both ways when on standard time, plenty of places with minimal traffic and no cell service where being stuck could be a real problem.

We had an older woman drive through a fence and spend a night in a field in the late spring. Probably would not have survived had it been a month earlier.

 

[41Dude]

For what it's worth: mid-sized back pack. I carry the following items, and can take them anywhere with ease if I had to leave the car.
Spare clothes (shorts, pants, shirt, socks & cartoon undies!), dried food for 1-2 days, matches, metal water bottle (can be heated to sterilize water),
small bills ($5, $10, $20s), larger knife, soap & shampoo, etc.
Your basic bug-out bag already stashed in the car. I always have a light jacket, raincoat and flashlight in the car.
I can always stop and use a hotel or camp in the car or the woods if needed. Not 100% perfect but better than most.
Search for "Bug-out bags" or "Emergency kits" for advice.

Great idea for small bills. Never thought to have a little cash on hand.

 

[Bulldog69]

Depends on where I'm going. Boots - yes (insulated in winter, hiking in the summer), as well as a shovel, water jumper cables, inexpensive Harbor Freight tool kit, the always popular TP, and a good side arm (so long as I'm not going into communist territory) and at least one good folding knife.

 

[s4s4u]

I spend winters in MN, and it gets cold. I keep a small duffle in the Ram that has a pair of insulated bibs, insulated boots, insulated gloves and a "tuque", along with gaiters and a heavy coat. I am ready for nearly anything.

 

[The Norseman]

Living in South Dakota I go places you
may not see another person/vehicle
for +30mins. And even then you
don't get in their vehicle.

Well fitting boots are a must, along with
whatever essentials you see fit.

2nd Amendment items are a must too.

 

[Yaworski]

inexpensive Harbor Freight tool kit,

I carry a moderately expensive Craftsman tool kit following the notion that if I'm broken down west of BumFug, ID, I want reliable tools.

 

[arfmel]

I'm wearing boots when I'm not inside my house. And lots of the time when I am in my house.

 

[Watertender]

In my truck I have boots and shoes and a full change of clothing as well as extra underwear and socks.
There are also a couple of coats of both light and heavy weight and paper products. I have tools, jumper cables, a shovel and axe, various knives and a high lift farm jack.

To round out the ensemble I have a Henry AR7 with extra magazines and ammunition in a pack as well as a Walmart Hatfield 20 gauge single barrel shotgun that is cut down to a 19.5 inch barrel and modified to fold fully in half. There is also a Chaszel 30-30 chamber insert to make the shotgun into a single shot rifle. I keep 20-gauge rounds in the kit including #3 Buckshot, several sizes of birdshot and slugs.