Side Box Must Haves

I have walked into a truck stop, opened the door on the bathroom and found such filth radiating from it that I turned around went back out, set up my bucket in the sleeper and then tossed the bags in thier dumpster.

 

And some one said Zip ties, get them in a few different sizes, you will use a ton of em.

Also JB stick weld is a good one to have, oh and carry spare headlights for your truck, you can be placed out of service for a headlight that goes out, finding another can be a real pain, make sure you have spares with you, and put them some place they wont get mooshed.

Also get a mug that fits the cup holder in your truck.

 

a strong sugjestion is get 4 blocks of wood, either 4x6" or 4x4's and cut a miter at the end. They come in really handy when you have to put chains on the truck.





Place the blocks behind the tires and back up on them, then you can pull your chains all the way around the tire and get them nice and snug with out having to try to back over the chain and make it all work.

 

Someone mentioned a strap wrench for your fuel filter, they're OK, but there is a wrench out there made by Channelock. It looks like a big pair of Channelocks, and the size I have will fit any oil/fuel filter saving maybe a little space, and won't play slippety slip like a strap wrench.
On the same lines, a spare fuel filter, and some alcohol for the winter time. Dump it your tanks to help remove water. Some guys use it their airlines to prevent ice from forming, or deicing them. It's not recommended anymore, but could be your only resort in an emergency.

 

oh and when you get on the truck they are putting you on, make them put a new canister on the dryer so you dont have to mess with it like say in the middle of december when your truck is all iced up and your brakes are locked down. That is a really bad time to find out it needs one.

Also I would strongly sugjest buying an air line, and putting a quick connect fitting right on your air tank, you can use to to run air tools and to air up your tires.

On the next truck I put togeather im going to install a 100' air hose reel in the tool box so it is easy to get to and use.

If you put a set of glad hands on a quick connect as well it can be used to release the brakes on a truck that is dead and wont start. This will be really handy if you ever have to go pick up a trailer that some one quit under and they left all the lights on the tractor on and the batteries are dead and it has no air, you run the air hose to the red line and push in the red handle and you can air the dead tractor up with yours all the way giving you more than enough air to hook a chain to it and pull it out of the way. or even pull start that tractor if you have to.

Carrying a good piece of chain with you is a good idea for this reason as well.

 

i dont think it was mentioned but chock blocks. however if you use the idea that MrBeast has then you would be all set for chocks. those blocks can serve both purposes

 

They do work well for that.

 

great pair of pliers to look at are knipex.....those in any size are hands down better than channelocks imo.......be safe