Should I restart?

Doing my first Interloper run where I've survived for longer than 2 days (that's my average and I'm in day 8 give or take).

I have a very hefty amount of coal available, with a full set of tools (prybar, hacksaw and hammer), headed for Coastal Highway from Pleasant Valley planning to base there for the long run, I thought there was a furnace in the garage, but I misread the map and now I'm stuck with all this extra weight on me.

I could just drop all the extra gear and head back but I'm very low on food and I won't be able to find a lot of it except for rabbits and stalks, since I've been pretty thorough with looting the houses along the route.