Tool kit and possibles gear for truck during hunting season

[Gobbler36]

Hey Rokslide, just wanted to see what everyone’s thoughts are on gear. You should always have in your truck during hunting season. I drive an F150 and have some basic tools but looking to go over what else I could throw in a tote to always have in my truck. I hunt in the mountains of Idaho where heavy snow could be possible so I always have chains and a shovel and some basic tools but what are you guys carrying?

 

[ODB]

Tow strap, shackles, an extra spare tire (it is NO fun jacking/getting to the underneath tire on a tundra when a rear tire is totally flat), I always have a spare box of food/water/stove/fuel in the back that is separate from my normal stuff. I also keep several moving blankets in there which can be used for many different things. Jumper cables. This year I will add a plug kit and pump, just because. Always an Anker extra battery.

 

[dtrkyman]

Plugs, gorilla tape, cheap pump,standard hand tools.

Tow strap, make sure you’re stock jack gets you off the ground with a lift and bigger tires, don’t ask how I came up with that!

Jump pack, I have an Imazing or something like that, have jumped a few trucks with it, not mine yet.

Good leather gloves.


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[Mcribs]

You better have a saw. Either battery powered chainsaw or hand saw. Never know when the snowfall gonna drop trees across the road.

 

[RockAndSage]

Hey Rokslide, just wanted to see what everyone’s thoughts are on gear. You should always have in your truck during hunting season. I drive an F150 and have some basic tools but looking to go over what else I could throw in a tote to always have in my truck. I hunt in the mountains of Idaho where heavy snow could be possible so I always have chains and a shovel and some basic tools but what are you guys carrying?

Something to put under the tires for traction.

I'll usually toss a handful of tire-width plywood lengths, along with a few 2x4s of various lengths, in the back of my truck before a trip offroad. The plastic traction boards you can buy do work great, but the different length wood boards can be a bit easier to work with sometimes. Chains are great, but it's easy to make the mistake of not putting them on as early as you should (ask me how I know), getting into snow at higher elevations that has mud underneath, and then it being a huge, nasty PITA to put chains on. Various sized wood boards give you options at various stages of getting unstuck with just a jack and a shovel.

But if you need to work on your truck or get underneath it in snowy conditions, make sure you have a waterproof tarp to lay down on, and wide, rugged chocks to put under at least 2 tires.

Only other thing besides what people have mentioned, is silicone pipe wrap in case of a hose leak, and a NOCO jumper battery.

 

[Gobbler36]

All awesome suggestions!

 

[bigunit]

Zip ties. Hose clamps, tie wire. Tire plugs and compressor

 

[Steve300xcw]

make sure you’re stock jack gets you off the ground with a lift and bigger tires, don’t ask how I came up with that!

Some of the sprinter van jack's are pretty tall....35" tire

Some

 

[HairyScandinavian]

Most important to setup for the most common situations. Flat tire, slide off the road and stuck, dead battery. I carry a pretty good toolkit in a medium DeWalt box all the time due to various trailers and boats and things that always need something. The most used items are the DeWalt high torque impact (change tires quickly while Elk are waiting to get shot), tire inflator that runs on the same battery, and the NOCO jump pack. Tire plug kits are dirt cheap so nobody should ever be caught without them. Snatch strap is real nice if somebody will pull you out, don't let them hook it to their trailer ball though, pull hitch pin out and insert the loop where the hitch goes and use the pin to secure it. For self rescue where there are no other people it'd be real nice to have a winch and a high lift jack. If you have a winch switch the snatch strap out for a tow strap.

 

[RockAndSage]

The most used items are the DeWalt high torque impact

+1 to this, big time.

 

[hibernation]

I like to keep a set of cheap work gloves and a small rag, bandanna, or old hand towel in with the tool kit too. You end up getting someone else unstuck, or moving some brush, it's nice being able to clean up a little after.

Otherwise, jumper pack and compressor definitely get the most use.

 

[TaperPin]

A clamptite tool can reinforce cracked ax handles, replace hose clamps, and anything you need to put a cinched down wire on. Even with bare 14 or 12 gauge copper electrical wire which is easy to work with, it will hold 120 psi on an air hose.

Bring a little wire along.

The new code readers that also display sensor data is a must have for me. It’s been two years since it was last used, when a family friend was stuck in a parking lot and her car would try to start, but wouldn’t run. How would you tell what it was? Headlights were bright so there was decent voltage in the battery, smelled like gas in the exhaust, and it cranked evenly so compression wasn’t in question. One person tried a simple code reader and it just showed misfires, but that doesn’t give any idea what it was. A squirt of starting fluid had it running for a few seconds so the ignition was ok and it’s a fuel issue of some kind. What’s your next step - a fuel pressure test?

Hooking up the scanner to read sensor data, in only five minutes it showed the temp sensor was reading way hot so the computer was trying to start it with lean injector pulses. Easy peazy. Fuel pressure test or testing injector function wouldn’t have solved it.

 

[RockAndSage]

A clamptite tool can reinforce cracked ax handles, replace hose clamps, and anything you need to put a cinched down wire on. Even with bare 14 or 12 gauge copper electrical wire which is easy to work with, it will hold 120 psi on an air hose.

Bring a little wire along.

Man, that is a great tip, I'd never heard of the Clamptite. But there's been a few times I've wanted to wire-wrap something far tighter than I could actually get it. Just put one in my Amazon cart.

Also reminded me of just how many old Hawken rifles I've seen in museums and online that had wire and/or rawhide wraps along the stock's wrist.

 

[TaperPin]

Man, that is a great tip, I'd never heard of the Clamptite. But there's been a few times I've wanted to wire-wrap something far tighter than I could actually get it. Just put one in my Amazon cart.

Also reminded me of just how many old Hawken rifles I've seen in museums and online that had wire and/or rawhide wraps along the stock's wrist.

Other than holding pressure well, a great feature is how low profile it is and if the ends are cut and bent in carefully there’s nothing to snag skin. Works great on garden hose or air hoses.

The less expensive one has an aluminum body/steel nose with a simple wing nut, and the high dollar one is all stainless with a nice handle. A lot of DIY designs are out there.

 

[justinspicher]

I carry six rv leveling squares for using my jack and a piece of 2x6”. Otherwise I have the same goods everyone else has mentioned.

 

[DuckDawg22]

Water bottles and baby wipes. Found this Xfinity X1 flashlight and it's awesome, 5000 lumen and doubles as a phone charger if you needed one in a pinch

 

[Jimmy]

I am not as much in danger of heavy snow like you are, but under the back seat I have a backpack with couple water bottles, some food, dry socks and change of clothes. Other odd stuff that doesn't take much room like a space blanket and poncho. Flashlight, etc.

I remember as a small kid we witnessed a bad car crash. My dad stopped and he and my mom ran over with blankets and stuff to help the people injured.