Probably all of us that live in the country would like to have a versatile, wide emergency shovel in the trunk. The problem is that they tend to take up a huge amount of space. Well, here's one we found that doesn't. Made of steel it is a full 27" from handle to tip when extended, but folded up it takes only 16" of space. The shovel is 10" wide, so it will do serious work, and takes up almost no room at all when stored flat in its cloth case. It's inexpensive and really recommended.