11 Cheap Home Depot Items Every Veteran Hides In Their Trunk (Your Car Needs These)

My books are on sale now 📖 Do or Die, and the set of three. Grab them here: https://doughaskett.com AAA answers nearly 30 million roadside calls a year, and flat tires, dead batteries and lockouts are the three most common. From 2019 through 2023, more than 2,100 people died outside disabled vehicles at the roadside. In February 2021, about 1 Texas station in 7 had nothing to pump, and the weather service says a closed car can gain 20 degrees in 10 minutes. Every price here was posted at Home Depot in October 2026. Subscribe to the channel: @doughaskett In this video, we talk about 11 cheap Home Depot items for your trunk and what each one is really for, including the $12.99 high visibility vest that goes in the door pocket, battery road flares instead of fire on a burn ban day, the weather service's ten minutes an hour rule if you're stuck in a storm, a moving blanket for August and February, why jumper cables beat a lithium jump box in a Texas summer, a $6 bucket with a lid for a road closed overnight, contractor bags, the tow strap and the tire plug kit I won't carry, the eight in one folding shovel I doubt, the tire pump I'm waiting on, and the one thing no store sells. 🔔 Subscribe so the next one reaches you before the next cold front does. 💬 Comment how many minutes it took you to get your spare on the ground in the dark. 📢 Send this to the one who drives home alone at night, on Facebook, Reddit or the family group chat. You're why this channel keeps going. Chapters: 00:00 Opening 00:51 The vest that gets you seen 05:26 Ten minutes of heat an hour 07:10 A blanket for August and February 09:07 Cables that don't mind the heat 13:00 Bags that keep the wait dry 14:41 The strap I won't carry 16:32 Know your spare before you need it 19:48 The pump I'm still waiting on 21:19 The one thing no store sells Sources: Ready.gov (FEMA), Emergency Kit for the Car https://www.ready.gov/car National Weather Service, What To Do If You're Caught in a Winter Storm https://www.weather.gov/safety/winter-during National Weather Service, Turn Around Don't Drown https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood-turn-around-dont-drown National Weather Service Houston/Galveston, Beat the Heat, Check the Backseat https://www.weather.gov/hgx/heat NHTSA, Winter Driving Tips https://www.nhtsa.gov/winter-driving-tips AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Understanding the Circumstances of Roadside Fatalities https://aaafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/51235_Project-Synopsis_Roadside-Fatalities.pdf AAA, Summer Heat Kills More Batteries Than Winter Cold https://www.colorado.aaa.com/news/aaa-summer-heat-kills-more-batteries-winter-cold DISCLAIMER: Educational content from one man's experience. Prices and methods are real and researched, and prices vary by store, region and season. Nothing here is instruction in first aid, firearms, self-defence, hunting, or any gas or electrical repair; take the class and call the licensed man. Nothing here replaces an order, a warning or an alert from your county or the National Weather Service. When they say leave, leave. #DougHaskett #CarEmergencyKit #HomeDepot #RoadsideSafety #TrunkKit #WinterDriving #TexasFreeze #TurnAroundDontDrown #Prepping #Prepper #EmergencyPreparedness #Veterans