Essential tools for the trail

Sign of the times...

 

You kinda answer your own questions. What repairs have did you make on your other rig when on the trails? If you want to be prepared to fix something with a 14mm and a hose clamp then I guess you should probably bring those. There’s no magic MacGyver combination of tools that you can put in your lunchbox and fix anything that breaks. Bring whatever you need to make any repair you plan on making I don’t how you drive or where you go so I have no idea what’s going to break. If you don’t know what the “basics” are then nothing I tell you to bring is going to help you anyway.

 

This is exactly right and my point as well.

We take a family camping/offroad trip every year for about 2 weeks at a time and we have some long weekends in between at places like Moab that we drive to sprinkled in..I could tell you the long list of tools I bring but I bring them because of the wheeling we do with everything necessary to replace a CV to include bringing a spare CV.

100% of the time my tools are used to fix the janky trailer queens.

Another thing is, I cant think of a single time where I really needed to just "tighten" something. More often than not, a part fails and all those tools mean nothing unless you have a replacement part.

The only regular tool I bring with me are two torque wrenches. One in case I need to install the spare, the other is to check my beadlocks which are done before and after trails and every 250 miles.

A couple years ago we used car batteries to stick weld a LCA crack in the middle of a trail on an early model 4 runner. Does that mean you need to bring a stick welder, no.

 

So you do bring tools...unlike the arrogant comments of, “you should check your rig, bring a friend and if you don’t know what you need...bla, bla bla.” Seams like you just don’t want to take the time to list anything but rather put down a guys who are trying to improve their load out. I guess I should have suspected nothing less from TW.

So I guess the bottom line is that we just need the lug wrench that came with the vehicle and a tow strap for your buddy to drag you to the main road to wait for a tow truck.

 

I think you have some insecurity issues if you think me or anyone here is "putting you down." We are all saying the same thing, only you can know what to bring.

What you did not seem to comprehend is I only bring tools on hard/extreme rock crawling trails that you and your truck would never be on to repair/replace parts that break not simply "loosen up." For everything else I bring two torque wrenches.

Do you plan on snapping axles on the off-road trails you are driving? If the answer yes, then you should already know what tools you need in order to conduct a CV axle swap.

If you are concerned about your propeller shaft bolts being loose, then bring a socket for them, you don't need me or anyone here to tell you that.

This speaks again to your insecurity. I think you need some more experience in the saddle to understand where we are coming from.

Here ya go:

 

So now I have no time in the saddle and insecure because I ask what are essential tools. You know nothing about my experience. At least a few on here were willing to help and not just say get some experience your on your own. If you don’t have anything constructive or helpful why are you here.

You miss the point of this post, and I believe this forum.

 

I think he was just suggesting to prep before you go. Though not everyone has a friend to bring along. In any case things I listed like basic tools but also tire repair, extinguisher, first aid kit, Max Trax should be fine. But prep for where you go and you don't seem like you'll be going to encounter something treacherous. I just do rock crawling so I take more tools than the average Tacoma driver.

 

Good luck man, you need it.

 

Thats one thing i hate about this forum is some people feel the need to overly joke or belittle the OP for some reason. We are all here because we share the same interest which is our love of Tacos and the trucks. Lets stay on topic and stay constructive here and avoid passive aggressive comments

 

Stock axles, yota axles?

 

That's just the internet man. It exists everywhere. Gotta learn to not take it personally, just nod your head and keep movin. Don't even entertain it, unless your curious, but either way, don't take it personal

 

Well everyone needs to be right. lol Tis life. I just ignore it.

 

your the man! ..If that is what you need to hear.

 

Very sad man, just sad.

I've helped literally thousands of people on this forum. I tried to help you here. If you don't want my advice then thats ok with me, move on, there are plenty of comments here to pick through.

 

Your the man...thanks for the help

 

Lol he's right. Only YOU know what you need! I take totally different tools depending on the trip. If I combined all the tools I have taken and put them into one kit I would have no room in the bed!
Light offroading means zero tools for me because experience has taught me I am not going to break anything. Rough rocks? I take some tools but usually a jack and a strong back to stack rock gets me through.
Seriously, the guys who need tools are:
Old trail rigs
Trailer queens
Heavily modded trucks.

New Stock trucks or mostly stock guys are not going to do stupid shit, hence minimal tools. I don't know any better way to describe it and only you know what you are going to be doing.
I mean... should you take a bottle jack or hi lift? I have both but have never taken both. I have 42 types of shovels lol but I don't take them all but have taken most of them one at a time of course over the years. Sand shovels different than snow is different than mud is different than dirt. Good luck man and if you think this place requires a thick skin, go over to Ih8tmud.com but, you are probably going to get your feelings hurt even tho that is where serious experience resides.

 

He is not lying. There are two types of people here... those that answer questions and those who ask. Unfortunately the ratio is about 90% askers and 10% correct answerers. @JoeCOVA is an answerer.

 

Even if it's a light trail, like a fire road up the mountain and back, I usually bring my basic tools. Never know if something might pick that day to give up the ghost like an LBJ or something. Then again those have a knack for failure on 1st gens so we're a little more wary of it.

I always pack my gym back with good hiking shoes and some clothes/food/water no matter the trail level because if you have to hike out a ways, you're going to regret it if you don't.

Fortunately haven't had to yet but I've come across several vehicles on trails that were left there broken while the owner hiked out or hitched a ride back to town for parts, tools or whatever they needed.

 

Maybe @therealprotaco needs to ask what tools to bring for his Zuk???
Let me start... a crane to put you back on your wheels