In the 1840-60's when people travelled west, what equipment/provisions would they have needed eg tools,foodetc

Wagon

well if you are part of the donner prty you had each other for food

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Farming equipment to plow the land, seeds for different kinds of crops, harvesting tools like a scythe, kitchen utensils, plates, dinner ware, bowls, a cast iron pot to hang over the fire, cast iron skillets, bellows, tongs, string, rope, clothes, long winter underwear, boots, shoes, homespun socks, leather, linens, rifles, powder, powder horns, gun cleaning equipment, blank journals, pins, hair curlers, a covered wagon, extra wheels, horse shoeing equipment, needles, clay pipes, quills, nibs, slate, chalk, a Bible, how-to pamphlets, sewing patterns...

Single men could travel lightly carrying ever thing they needed to survive.
Families intent on setting up a homestead needed to carry quite allot if they were traveling to a remote destination.A wagon or a line of pack animals would be used in that case.
Tools: Shovel, axe, scythe, basic carpentry tools,knives
Extra heads for tools like axes and hammers were carried.Handles could be made along the way.
Food: Flour, salt pork,dried beans and fruits, some onions and potatoes.
Weapons: Whatever they could afford. Rifles were terribly expensive
Hardware: A few nails, some raw iron to fashion metal objects.
Cooking utensils: not much more than a kettle a frying pan and a "Dutch Oven"(a covered cast iron pot that was surrounded by coals used to bake bread ect) were most of what was needed for meals