Truck essentials?

A car trailer and a second Tacoma strapped to it? Seriously though, keep up with basic maintenance, check your fluids and for leaks regularly. Decent spare, air compressor, jack. Very basic stuff will go a long way. First aid, good light, blanket, tp. Today a cell phone and decent roadside plan would be more realistic in a major pinch. Almost forgot...a good gun never hurts.

 

Tow strap, tow chain, or something else?

Anyone carry or have needed more than one spare?

 

Definitely no need to carry a spare starter/alt. In the offroad section there is a really good list. Mostly you just need fluids, maybe belts, jack, jumpers, water etc.

 

That list is EXACTLY what I was looking for! Thanks. In other news, there's an offroad section lol

 

New set of shoe lases, double face tape, can of beans, box of tampons, fly swatter, and Connect 4 should you get really stuck.

 

I'm going to guess that you've never had to stay the night in your truck in a walmart parking lot, in another state, because something has gone wrong and the parts store closed 20min before you got there. For the space they take up, its good insurance, as long as one knows how to change a starter and alternator.

 

A cheap autozone alt or starter would probably work to get you home and be cheaper than a Toyota unit.

 

Honestly, i don't carry any of this with me. Living in Los Angeles, i forgo a toolkit for a AAA Premier card.

The water is usefull as it serves multiple purposes. But coolant, oil? Any reason to need a lot of these is going to require you to get to a garage.

 

This vvvv

Driving around LA isn't what hes talking about. There's few things worse than spending a cold night alone on a desolate highway in your truck.

 

Well the coolant was in case I blow a hose checking traps in January. Safer than water I figure.

As far as the oil, I'd need it for one if 2 reasons. A random oil change in the middle of nowhere or I create an opening in my motor for oil to escape from. Since the first wont ever happen, the second circumstance will probably require some major work at a shop. No oil for me now that I've thought about it.

 

It's good to have an extra quart or 2 but I don't think 5 is necessary. It also depends on how mechanically inclined you are. For example, I can change wheel barrings on the side of the road, therefore I keep a spare barring.

 

The most I'd tackle confidently right now is changing my cv axles on the trail. Never done a wheel bearing. How do you press those out/in with no lift?

 

Ball peen hammer, pry bars, chisel, hack saw blade, and nothing else to do...

 

Well then a AAA card + CB radio + bag of weed

 

bruh, you forgot the snacks... can nevvvver forget those

 

Cooler with beer. What I always take is fix a flat can.

 

Definitely a bag of weed. And papers.

 

Does fix a flat really work?

 

It will fix tire punctures, not a permanent solution. Obviously it won't fix huge gaping holes or sidewall punctures.

 

$10 Bluetooth Trouble code adapters? That is just too good to be true! They actually work?