# What is the best resources to carry for 1800 KM trip? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [July 24, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-best-resources-to-carry-for-1800-km-trip/145157 "2019-07-24T15:19:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-best-resources-to-carry-for-1800-km-trip/145157/21 "2019-07-25T14:01:56Z")
> [@bing](#): > > ran into the hook on a bungee cord one morning. Surprised that penetrated a tire. > [@mperry\_153483](#): > > jacks are designed to be used on a flat hard surface, something you never encounter. I used drive on dirt roads often, not only do they offer poor footing for jacks, AAA (etc) won’t go there. I carry scraps of 2x6 and a small entrenching tool so I can make my own. Have high-centered a few times because the edge of a gully in the road gave way. ---
**Author:** ![mperry\_153483](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@mperry\_153483](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mperry_153483)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-best-resources-to-carry-for-1800-km-trip/145157/22 "2019-07-25T22:33:47Z")
> [@RandomTroll](#): > > not only do they offer poor footing for jacks, AAA (etc) won’t go there Yeah, sometimes you have to improvise. My '65 Econoline a had channel iron rear bumper. (PO installed). Going up a steep hill, it lost traction… sudden tire fail on the RR. It must have been at least 20 degrees, so the jack was useless. We found a convenient length of log, braced it under the bumper and rolled back. Chocked the front tires with rocks and swapped the tire. All cars should be so easy. I considered taking out an ad in the back of Pop Mechanic. 😄 [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-best-resources-to-carry-for-1800-km-trip/145157.md?page=1)