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  1. Steeleandsonfarms

    Steeleandsonfarms Light Load Member

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    What tools should I carry with me on the road? I own my own rig and am just getting into this. I'm thinking along the lines of:

    3/8" socket set
    100' of air hose
    glad hand to air line adapter
    air chuck and spare valve cores and core tool
    screw driver set
    metric and sae end wrenches(up to what size though?)
    16 oz. ballpien hammer and 3 pound mini sledge


    What else do you all think I need?
    Aside from tools, what else should I have?
     
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  3. WMGUY

    WMGUY Road Train Member

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    wire cutters/strippers but connectors, electrical tape

    i carry SAE wrench's up to 1 1/16

    heavy duty jumper cables

    zip ties

    extra lights

    ohhh i know there is more but my brain is giving up
     
  4. Oscar the KW

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    I carry 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 for socket sets. Wrenches up to 1 1/4. You know there is some big bolts on a truck. Screw drivers, alan wrenches, torx, hammers. If I can't fix it with this stuff it can wait until I get home or I'll take it to a shop if its a safety issue.
     
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  5. sixthgear11

    sixthgear11 Light Load Member

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    i've got a tool for everything that i might possibly have to do. every time i'm home, and need to fix on something, i gotta go to the truck to get a tool, cause all thats left in the garage is a couple screw drivers.
     
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  6. Superhauler

    Superhauler TEACHER OF MEN

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    and i dont mean this as a joke. a good roll of ductape!!
     
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  7. Oscar the KW

    Oscar the KW Going Tarpless

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    That is a necessity, you never know when that stuff will get you out of a jamb.
     
  8. sixthgear11

    sixthgear11 Light Load Member

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    dont forget zip ties
     
  9. Oscar the KW

    Oscar the KW Going Tarpless

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    Also know as Alabama chrome.
     
  10. wideload

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    jb weld. the putty type in the tube ypu pinch off and kneed into a ball. it works for everything. i have blown air lines. dump the psi, squeeze some jb into the hole and them form a ball all around the line and let dry a half hour. it will get you home. had one i forgot and ran it a year. luckly never got found. it looks.just like a glob of dried grease. lol

    i carry all that was mentioned plus a multimeter, test light, certain 3/4" drive sockets. just the main ones. hub nuts, lug nuts etc. pry bars. i also change my belts and hoses when i buy a truck and.put all the old ones in the side box
     
  11. wideload

    wideload Heavy Load Member

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    jugs of oil and coolant (or water if.not wonter)

    fuel filters
     
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