Tools for trucking

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  1. Bama Roadrunner

    Bama Roadrunner Light Load Member

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    What tools should I use for when I'm in the road? What tools should I bring or should I buy a set of tools?
     
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  3. Txdriver77

    Txdriver77 Medium Load Member

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    screwdriver with different bits, pliers, adjustable wrenches, socket set, vise grips, claw and rubber hammer, prybar/crowbar, pushbroom(dryvan), duct/electrical tape. whatever you can fit in a small to medium tool bag.
     
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  4. Boattlebot

    Boattlebot Road Train Member

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    I get by with a small socket set bigger vice grips and one of those 8 piece multi bit flashlight screwdriver dodads.
     
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  6. 51.50

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    Rubber snubbers, spare bulbs, flashlight,
     
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  7. Txdriver77

    Txdriver77 Medium Load Member

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    almost forget to mention work gloves. extra glad hand seals, pens. get a block of wood incase you ever high hook the king pin, a small 4x4 will do the trick. step stool or ladder. save your grocery bags and use those as trash bags while you're out driving.
     
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  8. Boattlebot

    Boattlebot Road Train Member

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    Oh if your pulling reefer get a load strap or two of your own. The one with etrack hooks. They work a metric #### ton better then load bars.
     
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  9. CrappieJunkie

    CrappieJunkie Wishin' I was fishin'

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    This. Plus I had a multiman tool. Actually used that more than anything. I would add duct tape and electrical tape. Wire strippers and wire nuts that merge 2 wires.
     
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  10. Ridgeline

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    Company driver = nothing

    You call the company and have them get it fixed.
     
  11. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Duct tape, some basic tools and WD-40.
     
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