What do you think? Tool Update

[stiles watson]

Ok, here's the final inventory:

• Set of SAE and Metric combo wrenches
• 1/4', 3/8" & 1/2' drive socket sets
• Assorted Phillips and Flat Screwdrivers
• Hammer
• Adjustable wrench (3 sizes)
• Locking pliers (3 sizes)
• Wood Chisel (3 sizes)
• Pliers: Needle-nosed, Regular, Side Cutter
• Wire Striper
• Hacksaw
• Staple Gun
• Hot glue gun
• Putty knife
• Machete
• Hunting Knife
• Tape; duct, electrical, teflon, masking
• Digital Multimeter
• Spare fuses
• Combo rasp & file
• Rope & twine
• Power Drill & bits
• Dremel
• Circle saw
• Shovel
• Axe
• Jumper cables
• Combo Compressor & jump starter w/tire guage
• Whet stone
• Sabre saw
• Plumbers putty tape
• Leaf Blower for roof and slide tops
• 50' Electrical extention cord

What should I add and what should I put in the garage sale?

[harleyrider]

I would also add to your list some plastic ties and maybe a roll of eternabond tape,and a good torque wrench.

[Glenn and Lorraine]

Well lets see....
I got all that but the machete.
Add to that....
A bow saw
2 Claw Hammers
Rubber Mallet
Wet/Dry Vac
Collapsable Rake
12 foot pruner for them small hard to reach limbs.
Small Floor Jack
12 ton Bottle Jack

BUT I still gotta get a good Torque wrench.

[Northstar]

Thanks for the great post. I am going to start on my own list. Happyrving......

[Trailer Trash 2]

quote:Originally posted by stiles watson

Ok, here's the final inventory:

• Set of SAE and Metric combo wrenches
• 1/4', 3/8" & 1/2' drive socket sets
• Assorted Phillips and Flat Screwdrivers
• Hammer
• Adjustable wrench (3 sizes)
• Locking pliers (3 sizes)
• Wood Chisel (3 sizes)
• Pliers: Needle-nosed, Regular, Side Cutter
• Wire Striper
• Hacksaw
• Staple Gun
• Hot glue gun
• Putty knife
• Machete
• Hunting Knife
• Tape; duct, electrical, teflon, masking
• Digital Multimeter
• Spare fuses
• Combo rasp & file
• Rope & twine
• Power Drill & bits
• Dremel
• Circle saw
• Shovel
• Axe
• Jumper cables
• Combo Compressor & jump starter w/tire guage
• Whet stone
• Sabre saw
• Plumbers putty tape
• Leaf Blower for roof and slide tops
• 50' Electrical extention cord

What should I add and what should I put in the garage sale?

I think with all that stuff you are putting on the list your going to need another trailer to tow behind the main trailer. I used to carry a lot of stuff to fix just about anything that could brake, or be able to help fix my fellow RV'er an a campout, I found that I was carring stuff I never ever used, I had almost every kind of plumbing conector for the sewer line ever made. it can add up all to fast, good luck with your list, thin it down a bunch, do you realy need all those sockets?

TT2

[Montana_657]

Ahhh ... maybe the wrong list but I don't see a hyraulic jack and a great big honkin lug nut wrench ...

I sorta like the ability to change a tire without assist.

[Glenn and Lorraine]

quote:Originally posted by Gruffy

Ahhh ... maybe the wrong list but I don't see a hyraulic jack and a great big honkin lug nut wrench ...

I sorta like the ability to change a tire without assist.

Got 2 hydraulic jacks and forgot to mention the "great big honkin lug nut wrench".

[DHenry]

I would eliminate the leaf blower and use a broom, sabre saw, shovel, circle saw and machete from this list as I don't see why I would need these items. The rest seems to be a very reasonable tool list, especially the jacks and lug wrench that was suguested.

[Treecounter]

dump the blower, I think a fifty foot extension cord is a bit much. I carry about the same tools. but only one adjustable wrench. Didn't see a short handled shovel. We carry one for emergencies. I.E. digging clams leveling the rig when a 2X6 is too much. It fits in the generator compartment. It looked like my list other than that. Treecounter

[OntMont]

I think you need to add a red Robertson (square head) screwdriver. Many of the screws used in RV's are this type of screw. (Robertson screwdrivers are colour-coded yellow, green, red, and black in order of increasing size). Although they are very common in Canada, they are harder to find in the U.S. So get one and keep it with you.

I do carry a torque wrench, but stopped carring a jack and lug wrench because that is what I pay the Road Service Club for.

I also would not carry a leaf blower, but 50 ft of extension cord is often necessary in State/Provincial parks where the power post is sometimes a long way from the pad.

[Bob & Lee]

I have all of the items listed plus. when I moved out of my house with a 2 car garage full my wife limited me to the front cargo hold on the trailer and the tool box on the truck which is a large one, so whatever I could get in I brought. But I think being on the road and living in a perment park are two different things you keep things you may not use everyday. Where we stay I have a 12X12 storage shed w/elec so I have a small freezer, we store our winter cloths in the summer and then trade them out I have a floor jack, jack stands, skill saw 2 or 3 ext cords, Batt cahrger, compressor w/paint attachments,C clamps, wood clamps the long ones, a small work table about 4X4 that sits on two of those plastic saw horses, a small nut and bolt asst bin,I think like when I had my house I keep stuff incase I need it but if I go on the road I will need to weed it down, But I think I will still need to keep some things at my daughters you know JUST INCASE I NEED IT.

[OntMont]

Did not notice a measuring tape either, I think you will need one if you are going to use all those other tools.

[Glenn and Lorraine]

Got 3 of them. 1-12', 1-25' and 1-100ft

Man I got just too many tools. Gotta have a [s]garage[/s] [s]yard[/s] basement sale

[Montana_657]

He who has the most tools wins!!!!!!!!

Don't forget the axe to make a statement on dark Saturday nights.

[sreigle]

Good point on the tape measure. We have the usual array in toolboxes and drawers but I carry a small one in my pocket that runs out to about 42 inches. I use it to make sure we have clearance for the slides before we unhitch.

[8.1al]

How about a step ladder and a utility knife?

[stiles watson]

Thank you for your list evaluation. Do have the shovel, square driver, torque wrench, plastic ties, utility knife, a curved linolium knife and the 25' measuring tape. I keep a multipurpose tool by Shrade on my belt. Decided not to take the floor jack and jack stands, just too heavy and I do have a road service to call on. The rubber mallet will be added. Had one just didn't include it. I am sure that over time I will eliminate some items, but I used a surprising number of the tools on my first shakedown cruise.

[sreigle]

Stiles n Dianna, if you still want to have a jack in case you need it, a bottle jack works great. I got a 6-ton jack at Walmart for something around 30 bucks. It's been awhile so maybe it was 40. That let me get rid of the big floor jack I was carrying in the truck's toolbox. I use the bottle jack when I adjust the Montana's brakes and when I shoot a little grease into the bearings (rotate the wheel when doing that). Just remember to not jack it up with kingpin tripod in place. It does nasty things to the tripod. Twenty five bucks worth, in my case.

[Glenn and Lorraine]

quote:Originally posted by 8.1al

How about a step ladder and a utility knife?

Got them also.
Got one of them folding ladders by Cosco. Converts in to a Step Ladder, Extension Ladder, Stairway Ladder, and Scaffold

And the list goes on and on and on and on and ................