What kind of stuff do all you "improvisers" carry around in your truck? I know I cant cary every tool or part I need so i keep the essentials with me:

duct tape: need I say more? good ol' Colorado Chrome
bailing wire: for the hot parts
bungees: gotta keep them body panels secured somehow
ether: kills bugs, sets a bead on tires, starts a decent fire , too
a big hammer: get the heaviest one you can dig up
channel locks: why bring all my wrenches with me?
fence pliers: nothin says "Desperado" like these babies
Gerber multi tool: screwdriver replacement
chain: You can make good dough pullin people outa ditches in the winter. I do it as a general courtesy, but some people will practically shove a $20 down you throat, or a case of beer if they know you good.

I once broke a U-joint and had to manufacture one from a lot of bailing wire and an entire roll of duct tape i limped 5 miles home and the dang thing held! I even pushed my luck and drove it another 5 to work the next day, where there were proper parts a-plenty and real tools. Anybody else got a redneck toolbox?

 

You only need two tools to fix anything.

First off, Duct Tape. If it moves and it shouldn't, Duct Tape it securely.

And last, WD-40. If it doesn't move and it should, soak it in WD-40.

That ought to cover it.

 

my tool box is junked up so bad

Fird off 2 rolls of Duct Tape and 2 bottles of WD-40,2 Jacks,One a floor jack the other is the Ford one,3 Gallons of 2 Stroke Oil,Lots of Wrenches,A Drill with tons of Bits,Gloves,2 jack stands,3 bricks "don't ask",3 different kinds of ropes,flashlight,hammer,half bottle of turtle wax,nails,a bow saw,some towels,small knife,wire cutters,air guage,i even got some super glue,

If I find anything else in there i will post it....

 

A five gallon bucket, plier's, various broken screwdriver's.small ball peen hammer. rusty butter knife, assorted lengh's and size's of rope. bailing wire, hundred's of rusted nut's and bolt's, ouch and a fishing hook?

 

Cell phone and a Triple A card.

 

Someone may have already mentioned this item, but no self-respecting redenck would be cought dead without a siphon hose in his truck!!

 

I didn't see anything about a baseball bat or a 12 guage. I do live in Alabama.

 

Nobody said Vise-Grips?????

 

a chain, an axe, a shovel, half a roll of duct tape, and some wire, plus whatever else is rolling around under the seat.

 

i have a concerned mother and grandmother. for christmas, from my grandmother, i got a 75 pc set of crafstman tools, includes six wrenches, lots of sockets, 1/4 and 3/8 in wratchets, screwdriver iwth bits and 3 extensions. my mom got me 2 rolls of red rags, 2 rolls of blue towels, and a plastic non locking toolbox better suited for her leather working tools than automotive stuff. i have a metal toolbox from my dad (i had to buy the lock) with 1/2 and 3/8 wratchets, sockets of all sized that were my grandad's (mostly electricians tools) and tons of allan wrenches. ball peen hammer, breakover handle, coupla 3/8 extensions, oil filter wrench and who knows what all else. the duct tape got lost in the 85 and haven't been able to relieve my family of another roll of theirs yet but i've got more than enough bailing wire for the next century i think becuz we have 4 horses and they eat plenty of hay! I have bailing twine (from the large round bails) that works great for those overflow buckets or seat covers that are stubborn. shoestring for when the horn falls off but no wd 40 though i've asked multiple times for some. i have a floor jack, traded dad the bumper jack for it, and a can of fix a flat and brake fluid and power steering fluid, quart of oil, gallon of 50/50 water/antifreeze and about a foot of gasoline hose and vaccuum hose. booster cables, droplight that runs off the battery, flashlight, and a 2ft long ice scraper with snow brush. i live in tx...go figure! i think that's about it ... hmmm....

 

well in additon to all that crap...........spare u-joints for the 76' a pipe wrench, my trusty .45 and oh yeah more WD-40

 

Oh yeah If you boys have ever worked rods(rebar)you know who you are, a few rolls of tie wire coated and plain and a pair of Klein rod pliers.

 

Hmm...you guys seem to have it covered...one exception here in the north - I carry a hockey puck - cause you never know when a game will break out and no one ever seems to have a puck!
(Yes, I do carry an assortment of tools including Duct tape, Electrical tape, siphon hose, fencing wire, a BIG flat screw driver, needle nose pliers and extra fluids!)

 

I have a few hockey pucks only I carry them in the Jeep they are the body mounts. Do you think the NHL will let us use a puck with a CJ-5 attached to it LOL

 

Socket sets, both metric and standard. Wrenches, both metric and standard. I thought my vehicle was "standard" until I found out I needed a 10mm wrench to bleed the brakes. Hm. I doubt very much I will ever use the 22mm one.

All kinds of screw drivers, a hammer and oil filter wrench. Most of the tools in there never get used.