What tools and gear should you get to be prepared on the road?

Duct tape
Electrical tape
Wire and butt connectors
Bailing wire, coat hangers are garbage
Filter wrench
Two long tools, I had a super long big screwdriver and a long crescent wrench, for peeling off blown tires on outer wheels to single them out.
Big F'n Hammer for beating frozen brakes
Spare fuel filter(s)
Spare headlight and other bulbs

 

A vise grip to clamp off a leaking air line on the brakes, if you have a brake air leak.
Also, a box end wrench to fit the cage bolt on the air chamber so you can release the spring brake if needed. A socket won't reach far enough onto the bolt to work.
A micro torch to unfreeze brakes if iced up.

 

doesn't the company have to pay for some of that like light head lights and fuel filters and things like that ?

 

Air hose for low tires, and I have found that a set of larger wrenches is a blessing. Air line antifreeze and a flashlight .

 

Don't forget a crowbar. I found putting a crowbar against frozen brakes and hitting it is a hundred times easier than beating on the drum.

 

And don't forget a large empty bottle with a screw on lid that won't leak if you do leak.

 

A folding campers shovel and a bag of rock salt in case you get stuck or can't pull away from the dock because of ice.

 

Gotta have vice grips for those fabulous trailers that the handle won't stay in place when you have to move tandems.

 

Nobody said the driver had to buy those. Just a good idea to have them.