Newbies! Don't Forget a Toolbox!

DUCT TAPE!!!!!
wire strippers and liquid electrical tape have served me well
a 'test light' for 12v wiring (3 bucks)
"T"bits (or star) whichever you call them
vice-grips are very hand when trying to get tandem pins to release (as is a BFH)
not really a "tool" but handy are a set of ratchet straps
blue RTV silicone and super glue
a set of very small screwdrivers (IE eyeglasses) for the prongs on your pigtail for the trailer

 

Screwdriver "set" with interchangeable bits.
Hammer (2 pound or better is good)
Channel lock pliers.
Vice grips pliers.
Wire stripper pliers.
Needle nose pliers.
Crescent wrench.
TWO 9/16" wrenches for brakes.
Set of allen wrenches.
Duct tape.
Electrical tape.
Utility knife.
Zip Ties.

I keep all those in a 50cal ammo can.. except the hammer.

 

all good thoughts--but IMHO--take that cresent wrench and THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW!!!!--I know it is adjustable but--they almost always do more damgage that good--blow the x-tra $20 bucks and while Im no craftsman fan(they do work)buy a set or box/open ended wrenches--use something that fits--you will be much happier in long run.
Just my$.02

 

I agree and in allot less pain, crestant wrenches and the open end of a wrench tend to slip off at the worst possible time, so flip 'er over and use the other end, your knuckles WILL thank you lol




American Trucker

 

Couldn't have said it better--not to mention what you will have to go through once you've rounded that bolt head--#### there goes my day! LOL

 

Add a couple feet of electric wire of different gauges, useful when some thing shorts/burns/gets cut and is to short to just tape back together.

Add rubber bungies too
at least 2 pair of vise grips, go the xtra $$ and get real vise grips not fake ones.
A small Scotch brite pad (red) for cleaning trl pigtail connections, DO NOT USE STEEL WOOL OR WIRE BRUSH!
Chalk or spray paint to mark tandem holes
Spray silicone and penatrating oil
Tail lights and the pig tails for
A couple of automotive fuse's even if your truck has breakers, useful for plugging into a wire end plug and temporaly bypassing a defective sending unit. (low engine coolent comes to mind)

DON'T FORGET TO TELL MECHANIC/BREAKDOWN ABOUT YOUR TEMP REPAIRS AND GET THEM FIXED PROPERLY

 

This getting good--course by the time Uturn gets all this--I am afraid he is gonna need a snap-on race bottom box--LOL--of which I am a horrible example--I have a 4x4x4 stainless box mounted between my trailer tandems--that has gotten compltely out of hand!
All kidding aside--great advice--so let me add couple of easy things
--set of gladhand rubbers--especially if you are dropping and hooking
--bottle of rubbing alcohol--works in many mysterious ways LOL
--can or 2 of brake clean
--bar towels(use as shop rags or cleaning rags or even polishing rags)
--may want to pick up spare 7/16--or(as I like) 3/8 drive breaker bar and 12pt(can use on a six sided bolt also)7/16--keep handy just for brakes
--also carry at least one spare headlight--or headlight bulb-depending on truck and one spare tail--might need 2 depending on how your trailers are wired and set up
ok enough for now.
but we might have to see how fell we can get this box! LOL
Seriously UTurn--all these are a great start--probably all u will really ever need!
Oh Wait---JUMPER CABLES--no lighter than 10 gauge--25ft minimum
Ok Im real really done for know LOL