What tools do you carry?

[dennis45]

Originally Posted by Jabber Jaw

What do most of you carry with you in the way of tools/tool box?

I just bought a Kobalt 227 piece tool set. Added pliers, vice-grips, wire cutters, assorted terminals, electrical tape, duct tape, zip ties, & assorted screw drivers!

Are there any specialty tools I should have?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Going to pick up my "new to me" Newmar Mountain Aire this weekend!

I'm on the weight reduction plan.

[heathtx]

In addition to normal size wrenches and socket sets, I carry big boy tool tools that go to 2" size. Of course, Voltmeter, spare parts, fuses, screws, spare serpentine belt and alternator belt. etc.

One thing I learned a long time ago is to carry about 6 foot of air bag line, rubber hose it will slip into and hose clamps if I ever need to make a repair.

I also have made a binder of fixes that I print out and put under tabs of 12VDC, 110VAC, plumbing, etc

[Indyspecrace]

I will add to everyone else’s list, a breaker bar for manipulating the belt tensioner in the event of a belt replacement

[rarebear.nm]

What tools and supplies to carry? IMO- this really varies a great deal. Some people are best off with a high limit credit card. I wouldn't want to close to them holding a hammer, real experience. Some of us do all of our own service and repairs others probably only a few light duty repairs. Every solution is fine.

The following pretty much my tool and supply list for our 5th wheeler. I don't carry every size of wrench, etc, just the sizes that are used on the rig. I do all/most of my own maintenance and service on my 5th wheeler. While working on the rig at home I try perform these functions out of my on-board toolbox, if I’m short something it will probably get added. I’m one of those guys that never met a tool I didn’t like, so my shop is well stocked. I carry what I think I’d need on the road for most things.

1. Multi bit screw driver with a wide assortment of special bits
2. Basic dedicated screwdrivers, square drive, Phillips, straight, etc.
3. Most of a Lowes pliers set, left a few things behind
4. 6, 8 & 10 in. adjustable wrenches
5. 8” vise grip pliers
6. Both 3/8” SAE and metric socket sets, my rig needs both
7. Both 3/8” SAE and metric combination wrenches
8. A combination set of ¼” SAE and metric sockets
9. Medium ball pin hammer
10. Wire strippers and crimpers
11. Allen head wrench sets
12. Tape measure
13. PEX hose cutter and crimper for steel PEX bands
14. Caulk gun
15. Grease guns, small and standard
16. 14” pry bar, use to do the last inch of lift when changing tires, makes life easy (never had a flat)
17. Digital multimeter
18. Infrared thermometer
19. Digital tire gauge and an analog tire gauge
20. Torque wrenches, I check my wheel lugs every morning along with tire pressures
21. Four-way tire tool
22. Long ½” breaker bar with another 30” pipe cheater
23. 12 ton jack
24. Cordless drill with charger & matching work light
25. Odd assortment of items used to change a wheel bearing
26. Utility knife & razor scraper
27. LED flashlight in toolbox and in each compartment
28. Split ring pliers, inside & outside
29. I use a CO2 system to inflate tires instead of a compressor, I frequently do not have 110v power for a larger compressor
30. Air blow gun and a extension blow gun (up to 22”) tire inflator
31. Hand held Propane detector
32. Hacksaw & spare blades
33. Small wood saw
34. And what ever I can’t recall

As for supplies and parts:
1. Full set of fuses
2. Spare bulbs
3. Electrical, duct, thernabond & teflon tape
4. Zip ties
5. Crimp ends for wires, custom selected for wires on-board
6. Spare length of 12Ga. Wire
7. Cable ties
8. Spare wheel bearings, seals, etc.
9. Bearing grease
10. Grease gun and extra grease for wet bolts
11. Propane pipe joint compound (the yellow stuff)
12. Disposable gloves
13. Rags
14. Silicone spray
15. WD40 (this is not a lube)
16. Spare PEX fittings and PEX clamps & short length(s) of PEX pipe
17. Assortment of screws
18. Roof repair materials
19. Caulk
20. Superglue
21. Butyl tape
22. C-clips for compartment door latches
23. Dicor self leveling sealant
24. Washers for water hose, spare wire mesh filter for the city water connection
25. Manuals for everything I’ve found manuals for
26. Hand cleaner
27. Roll of paper towels
28. All other things I can’t think of sitting here

I carry this stuff in four places, a regular plastic toolbox for the most used things, another box for the cordless stuff, another plastic box for rarely used tools and a large plastic tub for the spare parts. Small parts live in an assortment of plastic part boxes from Home Depot. I have avoided buying those assortment kits of parts. I select only the sizes and types that are actually used in my rig and in quantities that might be needed. With exception of wheel bearings I’ve used most of the stuff at some point or another.

[AbdRahim]

Portable air compressor, god for blowing off the top of the slides, blowing out the refrigerator compartment, as well as airing up the tires and airbags before leaving camp, after an extended stay.

I have heard serpentine belt, but I wonder how often has anyone used it? In maybe a dozen or more vehicles over the last 45 years, I think I have only had one belt break, just curious.

[PaulTNaples]

I carry the card with the number for the extended warranty company. Also carry Irish whiskey for the wait while the repair guy makes his way to the RV park. [emoji12][emoji12]

[Pigman1]

Originally Posted by Russ Silber

We carry a really good cell phone to call the [emoji65][emoji1]

Unfortunately, that tool doesn't work where we go. Alaska, Yukon Territory, and Sections in BC has no cell service for up to 100 miles. Oh yeah, it also doesn't work in about 13,000 square miles around Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia and around the VLA in New Mexico. Of course that doesn't count the innumerable places in north America where cell service just doesn't work due to lack of towers