I want to start a topic of important tools to have on board in motorhome at all times. Here are the items i carry now in my 25ft class-c. Give me your recommendations of other important items one should keep onboard.
a) 4ft long pipe to use as breaker bar for wheel lugs.
b) small 12volt air compressor
c) 12-15 ton bottle jack
d) wheel chocks
e) tool box
f) flares, roadside reflectors
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Electrical connectors, wire, ring terminals, butt splices etc..
Rescue Tape, good for temporary patch on almost any thing.
Good Emergency Road Service Contract.
If it aint broke don't break it If you do HIDE IT!
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A couple of large heavy gage plastic leaf bags, great in case you have to put away 'dirty' dumping stuff, or kneel in the mud or snow to change a tire or chain up. And they can also be made into a passable rain poncho.
A few large scraps of 'sacrifical' carpet to go under the drive wheels as traction mats in slick spots. Before such use, they can be carried as carpet runners if they're not too grungy.
Heavy tow strap. Jumper cables.
Some kind of shovel, from a folding entrenching tool to a genuine dirt-mover.
Etc, etc, etc....
Jim, "One good turn.... gets most of the covers."
'06 Tiger CX 'C Minus' on a Silverado 2500HD 4x4, 8.1 & Allison ('Loafer's Glory'); '07 Forester 2.5 ( the 'HANDBSKT'); '95 Toyota SR5 V-6 4x4 pickup, ARB locker, Bilsteins, Warn hubs & M8000, etc;
'94 968, M030 swaybars ('DOPPLER')
I don't plan on doing any repairs while traveling. Our MH has a spare; we have Emergency Road Service and a cell phone. We've had a couple of tire failures and a failed fuel pump (the one in the gas tank). The longest we ever had to wait was about an hour, because the driver went the wrong direction and had to come back to get to us.
My wife keeps a plastic tool box with a couple of screw drivers, tack hammer, fasteners, string, clothesline in the kitchen.
I have an inexpensive tool kit of wrenches, sockets, pliers in a molded plastic container: makes it easy to take inventory to be sure everything's put away. I always keep a couple of rags and cleaners.
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The one "Tool" that I use the most is some sort of flashlight, or those 12V plug in Utility lights.
Instead of those mini compressors I went with a CO2 tank, which allows me to bring air tools for the spare, but also is great for filling tires on bikes, vehicle etc.
I think the best way these days to make up a tool box is to buy a tool box and put it in the motorhome. Anytime you need a tool to do something buy it, when done add it to the tool box. It's not like the old days of camping when you might have to go 50 miles to buy a tool. Today most likely your never more than a couple miles from a store.
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