Emergency Roadside Jack Recommendation

Hey All. I bought my 2015 used and it didn't come with the emergency roadside jack or wrenches. Thanks a lot previous owner. Does anyone have any suggestions on decent roadside jack that they use? I'd love to find a bottle jack I could put under the seat or in the rear seat compartment. My truck isn't lifted and I don't have any plans on lifting it so I don't need a jack with a lot of travel.

Thank you!

 

Did it come with the tool kit? If not, you want that too.

 

No it didn't. A tool kit is on my list too.

 

you might have luck finding a factory jack and tool pouch for cheap on ebay

can get some supplementary ideas here as well: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/we-know-youre-good-at-jacking.508689/

 

Awesome thank you!

 

If you search for "toyota tacoma jack and spare tire tool kit" on Amazon, you'll see the tool kits. They're anywhere from $30-$60. You want one with the curved "hook" on the end of one of the extensions. That's used to raise & lower the spare.

 

100% get the hook for the spare.

Buy any 3 ton bottle jack thats small. I bought one for my taco and kept it after I sold the truck. It's always a good thing to have.

 

Some Tacos came with a locking gizmo on the spare tire winch. If your truck has that, you also need the tool for it. There are about 10 different ones.

Also, some bottle jacks leak if you lay them on their side.

 

Mine didn't come with it, but I bought it from a Toyota dealer and added it. Probably a good idea to crawl underneath to see if the truck has the lock installed.

 

I would buy a replacement Toyota set thats meant for a Tacoma (from Amazon or whatever). As others have said you already need hook and tool kit to get the spare down. Adding the factory jack keeps it simple, keeps the weight down, fits under the seat, doesnt leak, etc.

Also, if your truck has wheel locks make sure you also have the keys for those too!

 

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone! much appreciated

 

rockauto has the spare tire tool kit for about $22 (plus shipping, which is cheap). I didn't see an OEM jack there, but you could just get a cheap bottle jack. That would be easier than OEM anyway

 

Damn, I started looking around on ebay and LKQ and these jack/tool kits go for more than I expected, anywhere from $90-$190. I would see if a local junk yard or pick and pull has any tacomas you can snag this out of. I agree just buying an OEM kit.

 

I would get a 25” breaker bar and socket for the lug nuts.

 

I got one of these bolted upright to the bed rails . I have a compact folding 4-way wrench strapped to it along with a cordless impact gun in the cab.

 

This is the one I have too. I have it in a plastic storage container in the bed of my truck under my tonneau cover. 1000x safer than the OEM jack

 

The main value of the original jack, IMO, is that there's a rattle-free way to travel with it built into the truck. Calling the other stuff a "tool kit" is kind of optimistic. More "spare kit".


I do not accept that an aftermarket hydraulic bottle jack is three orders of magnitude safer than this -- with product liability concerns and corporate values, I trust Toyota to have delivered a functional and safe jack. The best it can be? Probably not. Acceptable? Certainly.

 

Gears > Hydraulic

Hydraulic seals can fail anytime.

 

You've obviously never been blessed with the use of a VW widow-maker...

 

Hah! I've never trusted any jack enough to put myself in a place where the name "widow-maker" would apply. I'd advise anyone to do the same, no matter what jack.

I've owned two VAG products in my life, when I was younger and less educated by experience. No more. Toyota only for me as my main drivers now.

(I'll keep my 1962 Triumph TR3, though, and its original jack is one of the more sketchy looking, although it works surprisingly well!)