Tool boxes

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:24 pm

I'm considering mounting a sliding drawer tool box. What tools would one take for an extended trip. 2,000 to 3,000 mile trip. Trying to figure out drawer sizes.

I've replaced quite a few seals so I figure I should carry a dozen of each.

Thanks Erik

krick3tt · Post by **krick3tt** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 8:37 pm

Erik,
I just made the trip from Seattle to Denver pulling my M416 trailer and the only tool I needed was a gas credit card. If your vehicle is in good shape you should be fine. But I carry all the original tools and the things that I use for regular maintenance, but I was on paved roads the whole way, no off-roading involved.

Morris

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:01 pm

Morris,

Hi I like to think my pinz is in good shape. I am just preparing for the worst. I have my wife talked into taking the pinz in the fall up to Vancouver and back.

EvanH · Post by **EvanH** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:22 pm

Erik,

It may also be a good idea to find friendly members of the lists you are on who live along the path. I have helped a couple of people I would not otherwise have met, and they would have been stranded.

One guy on a British car list posted his itinerary and got quite a list of volunteers to cover sections of the route.

-Evan (Utah, 20 miles south of the Idaho border)

russ · Post by **russ** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:49 pm

The best tools you can get are comfortable seats for a trip with the wife! You know you'll have help if you're within 150 miles of St. Pete (heck probably even further).

milesdzyn · Post by **milesdzyn** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:25 am

If you are trying to keep the tool kit to a minimum I would put these together into a tool roll.

1 - 2nd set of open end spanner wrenches 10-11, 12-13, 15-17 19-21 24-27
1 - multi tip screw driver
1 - 2nd pliers - box pivot with wire cutter
1 - channel locks - med or large
1 - small pry bar
2 - 10mm hex keys with a cheater bar
1 - locking pliers - med flat jaw
1 - cresent wrench - med

This assumes you have the tools that came with the pinz:

Spark plug tool
Lug wrench 19mm
Grease gun
Jack
Open ended spanner wrench set
Medium machinist hammer
Pliers

Optional extras:

Wire crimpers
Tire lever set
Tire patch and plug kit
Foot air pump
Metric socket set with 3/8 sliding bar handle and 6" extension (you could use a ratchet head but I like the simplicity or the sliding bar)
Swap out the second set of open end spanners with a metric combination wrench set.
Small magnetic parts pan.

Miles

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:52 am

Russ, it maybe closer to 500 if I get stuck in Atlanta in August.

Evan,when it got closer to the road trip I was planning on posting. Asking members who would like to meet and posible do a day of site seeing.

Miles, most of those tools I carry in my side tool box now. I was thing about pullers , volt meters, spare parts, ect.