r/VEDC

I keep adding more gear to the 12 gallon Husky professional heavy duty tote. I added a Noco GBX75 and n its oem dedicated case (#GBC103), which takes a good amount of space along side the Noco Air10 tire inflator. I’m waiting on a set of Spartan Power 4AWG 20’ heady duty flex pure copper jumper cables to be delivered. I haven’t even tried to fit a pair of rubber wheel chocks and some other misc gear (Maddox tire repair kit, lug nut sockets, roll of duct tape, etc. I’m tempted to try to fit the 20 gallon version of this same tote in my trunk; it has the same foot print as this tote but it is about 5” taller than the 12 gallon tote and may create a challenge for vertical space in the trunk.

I secured the tote with the pictured Nite Ize ‘Cam Jam’ cam buckle. The strap has a claimed 700lb working load limit / 2100lb breaking strength which is amongst the highest I could find for a 1” strap. It is looped around the width of the tote, from top to bottom. The limitation here is that I am only applying force pushing the tote down into the floor using the two straps nearest the seat-back.

I could place the tote dead center on the trunk and place the two straps diagonally across the tote to use all four d-rings evenly, but that would significantly eat into my usable trunk space on a day-to-day basis.

I need to experiment with the straps to see if there is a better way to secure it. The good news is that it did not shift at all in a short but spirited drive earlier tonight. Without the strap and cam buckle the tote does shift around the trunk, sitting on top of the all-weather cargo may (not pictured).

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This little 18v top handle took care of the 10" ash tree. I also keep bar oil, a sharpener, and charger in my Odyssey. No PPE though.

I carry in my car door side, in the trunk I carry a pair of vise grips, adjustable wrench, pliers and sockets for hard tasks.

Penco 2 meter measure tape
Wire curtiera
Automotive resistol glue
Bic Lighter
4 inch scissors
Duck tape
Zip ties
Wire
Torx bits T10 T15 T20 T30
Hex bits h3 h4 h5 h6
Screwdriver bitsPH1 PH2 SL4 SL6
Fanaue Pw-30 screwdriver
Wera mini bit ratchet 5cm
Knipex xs cobra
Tweezerman fine point tweezers
Victorinox alox harvester

Building out my kit which is based on a Husky 12 gallon tote. It’s heavy, with a 1.5 ton Daytona aluminum floor jack that weighs 32lbs by itself. I never want to have to use the stock oem 1/2 scissor jack in the wheel well, aka the widow-maker, hence a dedicated floor jack.

How would you secure it in your trunk to prevent it becoming a projectile? Trunk has 4 d-rings in the corners. Currently I have a trunk liner in there covering the rings buts easily addressed.

Truck came with a lot of stuff done by the previous owner, including a roof rack, 270° awning, shower curtain, bull bars front and rear, UHF radio, battery, 55L water tank, etc. I’ve been slowly adding to it. Fire extinguisher, fire blanket for cooking off the tailgate. Potable water can. OBD2 reader. Tire deflator. Gloves, dog bags, spare grocery bag in the door

Still need lots. Planning an inflator (for beach driving), camp stove, diesel can and solar panel mounted to the roof rack. Figured I’d show it off and see what suggestions for additions and upgrades I got back. :)

Also, the tape, shovel and zip ties aren't what it looks like... Lol