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What's in your TOOLBOX? - yamajason - 02-27-2016
What are some of the unusual but useful things in your Toolbox or parts box?
I have this assortment of corks and some Tough Duck Tape to patch a fuel tank hole or leak
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00ES3UE9C/
Got this after I picked up a reefer trailer with + shaped hole stabbed in the reefer fuel tank. Load was junk, $158,000 loss, and a $8,500 Hazmat Cleanup fee for the diesel spill.
RE: What's in your TOOLBOX? - gatow900 - 02-27-2016
a bar of soap from the 99cent store work good to
RE: What's in your TOOLBOX? - yamajason - 03-23-2016
I am trying to find a great tool organization system for taking the tools on the truck, yet easy enough grab and take under the truck.
Problem I have with most socket organizers is they dont have enough spaces for a COMPLETE SET of tools...like missing a 1/2" drive 10mm space. The socket rails work, but I am wondering if someone has a better idea. I have considered making a plastic case that has a spot for everything, but those seem very difficult to make in the home garage. Would be easy with clay, then bake...but too heavy. Maybe wrap sockets in plastic wrap, apply a wax to the plastic so it wont bond to...say fiberglass.
If you think you have a good idea, or a way to improve one of the existing ideas please share.
For Wrenches I like the wrench organizers, or a piece of solid copper house wiring in a circle like a key chain.
Ideally, I would only have sockets that fit the bolts and nuts in my truck and trailer, a combo rail of SAE & Metric, but who knows every socket size needed...unless they have years of mechanic experience and truly the master.
RE: What's in your TOOLBOX? - kryten - 03-23-2016
Here are a couple of ideas I came across a while back.
Easily custom made to fit what ever tool box you have.
RE: What's in your TOOLBOX? - yamajason - 03-23-2016
Found this Navistar Document about Frame Fasteners etc. Huck bolts are unfamiliar to some of us, but there is a good write-up on them here http://bodybuilder.navistar.com/general/documents/saleinfo/ct471dates/20140228/ct471/series/durastar/Durastar_frames.pdf
RE: What's in your TOOLBOX? - yamajason - 03-23-2016
For the shop guys, I think this would be really useful...
RE: What's in your TOOLBOX? - Waterloo - 03-23-2016
Every truck needs at least TWO of these Needle Nose Vice grips! http://www.amazon.com/Tools-VISE-GRIP-Locking-Original-1602L3/dp/B0000BYD9A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458761189&sr=8-1&keywords=needle+nose+vice+grips
They come in all sizes, usually can be had for $5 at most hardware stores for the four inch ones... I have used these all over the truck, from blown heater hoses to limp to a shop, to blown seat air lines when they get eaten away by the scissor mechanism in the air ride seats. I carry four on the truck, and had two of them in operation the other night when I blew a heater hose... The two lines running to my TriPac, I did not know which line blew, or where the break was under the truck as it was 0230 on the side of the road. I was able to limp home after TA brought out the 4 gallons of coolant I needed to nurse her home.
Awesome Tool Set from Lowes! - Waterloo - 03-23-2016
Great tool set for the truck, have used this allot... All the right Torx bits, sockets etc... http://www.lowes.com/pd_573343-25428-86755_2z8vo__?productId=999909119&pl=1&Ntt=kobalt+tool+sets#img
Fantastic little drill motor! - Waterloo - 03-23-2016
Another tool, compact drill motor that packs a punch with long battery life! http://www.amazon.com/DEWALT-DCD710S2-12-Volt-8-Inch-Driver/dp/B0043XX87W/ref=sr_1_3?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1456570153&sr=1-3&keywords=dewalt+DCD710S2