I mostly use my truck for longer trips, sometimes vacations with my truck camper and sometimes 2+ hour each way work trips into pretty rural areas. My long time practice has been to try to keep a pretty complete tool kit as well as some spare parts (heater hose, serpentine belt etc) with me. In general if I find myself needing a particular wrench etc while doing maintenance at home then I try to have it in the truck if practical. That said, with this Dodge I feel like my tool bag is getting kinda huge. This thing has metric fasteners, a few SAE, torx, etorx hex and that one darn 10mm 12pt socket needed for the starter. Plus on my last adventure replacing the vacuum pump I needed probably 4 different combinations of 15mm wrenches/sockets/extensions just for like 6 bolts.
So with that winging out of the way what do you guys carry with you on road trips and how do you organize and store it? I currently have two bags, one with the most universal tools and one for the more in depth potential repairs. Universal contains:
* Set of short metric sockets + extensions
* Set of deep metric sockets
* Stubby and normal 3/8, long/extendable 1/2 ratchet stubby 1/4 inch ratchet.
* Short 1/4 sockets
* Set of stubby wrenches
* A few larger metric wrenches
* Torx sockets
* Short and long screwdrivers with bit sets
* Several different kinds of pliers (long nose, standard, wire cutters etc)
* Medium and small adjustable wrenches
* Double ended sockets for lug nuts.
* Multimeter
* Tire pressure gauge
* Tire plug kit
* Fixed blade knife
* Razor Knife
* Duct tape, zip ties, hose clamps etc.
Secondary bag has:
* Better wrench set (flex head ratcheting)
* Crows foot sockets (for lines etc)
* More largish wrenches
* Some SAE Sockets and wrenches, mostly to help others on the road
* Large pliers
* Hack saw
* Ratchet straps
Separately I have a jack, breaker bar, and tire inflator.
From the first list I carry all but the double ended sockets for lug nuts and the tire plug kit. From the second list I carry some SAE Sockets and wrenches, large pliers, 2' braker bar, and tire infl
I mostly use my truck for longer trips, sometimes vacations with my truck camper and sometimes 2+ hour each way work trips into pretty rural areas. My long time practice has been to try to keep a pretty complete tool kit as well as some spare parts (heater hose, serpentine belt etc) with me. In general if I find myself needing a particular wrench etc while doing maintenance at home then I try to have it in the truck if practical. That said, with this Dodge I feel like my tool bag is getting kinda huge. This thing has metric fasteners, a few SAE, torx, etorx hex and that one darn 10mm 12pt socket needed for the starter. Plus on my last adventure replacing the vacuum pump I needed probably 4 different combinations of 15mm wrenches/sockets/extensions just for like 6 bolts.
So with that winging out of the way what do you guys carry with you on road trips and how do you organize and store it? I currently have two bags, one with the most universal tools and one for the more in depth potential repairs. Universal contains:
* Set of short metric sockets + extensions
* Set of deep metric sockets
* Stubby and normal 3/8, long/extendable 1/2 ratchet stubby 1/4 inch ratchet.
* Short 1/4 sockets
* Set of stubby wrenches
* A few larger metric wrenches
* Torx sockets
* Short and long screwdrivers with bit sets
* Several different kinds of pliers (long nose, standard, wire cutters etc)
* Medium and small adjustable wrenches
* Double ended sockets for lug nuts.
* Multimeter
* Tire pressure gauge
* Tire plug kit
* Fixed blade knife
* Razor Knife
* Duct tape, zip ties, hose clamps etc.
Secondary bag has:
* Better wrench set (flex head ratcheting)
* Crows foot sockets (for lines etc)
* More largish wrenches
* Some SAE Sockets and wrenches, mostly to help others on the road
* Large pliers
* Hack saw
* Ratchet straps
Separately I have a jack, breaker bar, and tire inflator.
A tow strap and related bits
Jumper cables
Jump starter