Best tools to keep on hand

I like to keep a minimal set of tools on hand in my vehicles. I was wondering if anyone has figured out what the best set of tools for their 2nd generation taco would be.

 

Here is my inventory:

• 9mm handgun
• flashlight (I like the Mag light 4D)
• shovel
• duct tape
• tire inflator/sealer canister and an electric air compressor (tankless)
• tire plug kit
• fuses (various AMP)
• flares
• gas can
• hi-lift jack
• spare wiper blade
• spare super-charger belt
• water (1 gallon)
• leatherman multitool
• misc handtools (adjustable wrench, vise grips, standard and philips screwdrivers, 10mm and 1/2in sockets and wrench, wire snips, electrical tape, rags, hand cleaner)
• AAA membership card

 

Oh I forgot jumper cables. I've never needed them myself but have used them many times, more then I can count, to help others.

 

Same but I shoot 10mm, don't have AAA just friends with trailers

 

Well I hear 10mm is the new 9mm ;-)

 

I need to setup a go bag for the Taco some day. Researching jumper cables has proven scary - apparently everything under $50 is crap. lol

I'm surprised nobody has listed a spare magazine yet. Prefer .40 personally.

Cell Phone
Firearm
Pocket Knife
Light Jacket
Thermos filled w/water

 

10MM is just the REAL mans .40


troof, check the history

 

I need to get back into 9mm to keep my shooting costs down.

 

like I said............troof

 

The jacket is a good idea. I used to keep a wool blanket I'd gotten at an Army-Navy store in there but it ended up smelling moldy and never got replaced. And I like the "go bag" idea. My goodies are permanently under the rear seat storage except for the shovel and jack are in bed. I worry about leaving the gun in there all the time, a duffle bag for trips is a good idea.

 

Let's put it in the simplest terms imaginable: there is no reason whatsoever to choose 10mm Auto for a carry gun, unless you live in an area with lots of large predators or dangerous game species.

 

I live near the most dangerous kind.....................people

 

Here in Montana we have big animals (bears, lions, moose). I carry a .40 though because I'm generally in the city. And it's plenty for the world's most dangerous animal. I do have a .45 I need to go break in though!

^ Exactly...

 

Hmm good thread, sub'd

 

Americans ?

 

Lol, silly Canadians.

Where in B.C. are you? my parents have a cabin in Desolation sound

 

South Coast

 

thas right, big dumb animals.....................just look at our "leader"

 

I have a Kimber 1911 full size in 10mm... My go to hiking gun. But I live in interior Alaska. This state will kill you if you're not careful

 

yes, Darwin is alive and well there................I think he got overwhelmed in California and split..... AK seems like more sensible people in regards to staying alive.