Gadgets to have on the truck...

Discussion in 'Swift' started by Hamshoe, Jan 30, 2011.

  1. Hamshoe

    Hamshoe Medium Load Member

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    Gonna get me some of those gloves with the fingers tips cut off...I am a bad ###...
     
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  3. johnsmith

    johnsmith Bobtail Member

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    crutchfield is good but the cheapest place i have found is onlinecarstereo.com some of there stuff is 1/3 the original price and still brand new
     
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  4. dieselgrl

    dieselgrl Light Load Member

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    You're a Swifty, go fast gloves are not gonna make you a super trucker lol :biggrin_2559:
     
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  5. hunnerbunner

    hunnerbunner Light Load Member

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    you realize that with the fingertips cut off you'll still skin your knuckles when you fall outta the truck on the freeway. DAMHIK.
     
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  6. Hamshoe

    Hamshoe Medium Load Member

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    Well maybe if I wear them while hanging out in the truckstop...peeps will think I am a super trucker..bad ###
     
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  7. capthook

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    Also and why:
    Hammer: for so many things but especially for those stubborn tandem pins.
    The head needs to be smaller than the pin hole else it won't push it past the rail.
    Also serves as a 'protection unit'. (I used to be a framing carpenter so look out!)

    Visegrips: again, for tandems release arms that won't stay pulled.
    Pull the arm, then lock the visegrips as a 'stop arm'.
    A second smaller pair is good for gladhands that won't stay put.
    My extra 2 pair serve as a 'passenger seat stabilizer'. It was like that chair Jodi Foster
    sat in in the movie contact.... rockin' like crazy and loud as heck!

    Cardboard: folded right and inserted tight to stop those rattles and squeaks.
    Ah the sound of silence now that those 10 have been silenced.

    Droid X: (or other smart phone)
    Makes Mr. Spock's tri-corder look like a slide rule!
    Email, internet, Gps, maps, points of interest, camera, video camera, calculator,
    office word and excell, picture viewer, mp3 player...... etc
    The apex of human achievment! ! ;)
     
  8. capthook

    capthook Light Load Member

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    - windshield washer/squeege
    got an aluminum collapsable/telescoping one for $5 at Walmart.
    And a painting roller tray for $2.50 (for water/rinsing)
    Fits in my side compartment.
    Now that spring/summer bug season is here, can pull over anywhere for a quick scrub.
    Beats waiting in line at a Pilot for 15 min.
    The other day in TX, ran through a swarm of... locust maybe?
    In 20 min- could literally barely see - no truck stop for 60+ miles,
    and a scale house just up the road. Got pulled in to weigh.... would have probably
    been pulled into the house if not for the cleaning lol.

    - post it notes
    - hole punch
     
  9. Rug_Trucker

    Rug_Trucker Road Train Member

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    Post it notes are good for keeping track of your HOS during the day.

    I was told an ice scaper work wonders on bugs when you wet the windshield down first.

    What do you use a hole punch for?
     
  10. inkeper

    inkeper Road Train Member

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    Probably June Bugs. Big brown horrible looking creatures that sound like a 22 when they hit your windshield. Leaves a brownish film if you try to use your wipers and washer fluid to clean them off. This is just the beginning of the season for them.
     
  11. capthook

    capthook Light Load Member

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    Hole punch for putting BOL's etc in 3-ring binder.

    June bugs (April bugs lol) - must be. Huge black splatters - ugh.
     
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