When you travel in your RV, how many tools do you carry with you? Do you have cupboards and cupboards filled with tools? Just one large toolbox? A small toolbox? Just the bare minimum in case something goes wrong?
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If you have it on hand, you might never need it. On other hand, the guy next to you might.
Duct tape and bailing wire.
Where’s the “see the results” link?
I have the same question.
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Not enough to do an engine overhaul, but I can change anything on the engine and repair any electrical issues that have come up over the years. Just changed the Exhaust Manifold Gaskets at home with the tools I have in the Motor Home.
My 3/8 set of sockets and 1/4 inch set! Multimeter a must!
When I put together my tool box, I looked around my TT and added only the proper tools for the fasteners on the TT. No reason to carry tools that would probably never be used. You don’t need a complete socket set, only the ones needed for minor repairs.
Also, an assortment of screws, tie wraps, fuses, wire nuts and hose clamps. A torque wrench and sockets for the wheels, and a battery powered drill.
I chose a good set for most repairs. I figured if I need anything else, I can ask around the campground or buy it at a box store or if a Harbor Freight is nearby. If your not handy you may want to think again about owning an RV
You don’t need to be handy to own and use an RV, you just need a society that is willing to help you when you need it.
I agree, Russ.
I answered everything and then some. However, as we downsized from a 5th wheel to a class C , I pared down some. Now that we have downsized again from C to a B I’ll pare down again. I still want to be prepared for roadside emergencies. If I need tools in the campground that I do not have I’m sure it will not be hard to find someone who, as I once did, has everything and then some.
I haven’t been able to vote or see the survey results for weeks.
I’ve found out that I can see to vote only when connected via a WiFi (i.e. cellular data doesn’t work).
As a retired truck driver, I always carried enough tools to get temporary repairs done till I could get to a repair facility. In my class C I carry what I think I need. Pretty handy DIY guy as well, my wife is too. I do carry a battery charged drill and such. As the Boy Scouts always said, “Be prepared.”
A S02 screwdriver and a large pliers
I have the basic tools to do most repairs on my RV, but I also have a tool box in my truck with a LOT of tools.
From a compressor to a selection of screwdrivers, pliers and sockets. A leaf blower for those nasty sites left by others. WD40 and associated lubricants
As a retired Navy guy I look at RV travel as a ship at sea.
I carry a good assortment of tools but they are in my tow vehicle (Ram boxes) not the trailer. Most frequently it’s a screwdriver I’m after, especially the one that let me select which tip I want.
Can’t live without tool — 12V air compressor with tire chuck that can reach the inner dual tires. If you have dual tires, good luck finding a place to air up an inner dual without your own setup. Even most tire shops can only air them by removing the outer dual.
2 important tools. An volt meter and an air compressor
Never the right one.
Thats why Harbor Freight exists.
Regarding tools, I carry everything I may need plus extra led lights, duct & electric tape, electric meter, air compressor, flash lights, shovel, rachet tie downs, rope, and 24’nylon tow strap with hooks and rachet, caulking, grease, glue.
I have a medium size tool bag. I don’t actually keep them in my RV, I keep them in the diamond plate tool box on the end of my truck bed. There are also some tools that won’t fit in my tool bag, (eg. Torque wrench, large set of wrenches for changing out hitch balls, or adjusting hitch ball height).
The tool I use the most is the torque wrench, (since hauling RV’s as a pass time, I have to torque the lug nuts at pick up, 5, 10, & 25 miles, and a few times more before delivery).
Vice Grips
On board welder is comin’.
Atta Boy, George!
As we travel in a smaller vintage coach, I carry enough tools to deal with most issues. I have limited the collection (with a very few exceptions) to a single handled tool box. It is a very heavy tool box.
Motorhome Specialist RV gave us a suitcase-sized toolbox with a full complement of wrenches, screwdrivers, and similar smaller-sized tools. Additionally I have a smallish toolbag with additional stuff — voltage meters and small spare parts — plus my most often used tools. We also carry a Dewalt tool bag with a drill, impact driver, spare bits, and spare batteries. I am NOT handy, but DO try to follow Gaylord Maxwell’s advice to have sufficient tools to provide to those who ARE handy and who try to assist me in addressing problems.
I carry everything I can conceive of needing, that I have space for. I traveled to Mexico for years, to the same snowbird group. I was the go-to guy. Even carried parts for other rigs/brands. Never charged, my pleasure easing their anxiety.
I carry a full set of wrench’s, screwdrivers and pliars. I keep each group in separate plastic boxes – formerly “baby wipes” or some such thing (blue with a cover). The boxes are put in an old hard-side briefcase. I also have a long extension, a crescent wrench and open end wrench’s to 1″ in the briefcase. Heavy at 38 lbs. but I have had to use many of them a few times! Be prepared!
The one tool I can’t live without is a pair of channel locks. Whenever we move I need this tool to tighten connections, eg, water hoses.
Cordless drill and pop rivet tool for my Airstream
My tool of choice would be a multi bit screwdriver, 2 sizes flat blade and 2 sizes phillips, plus one 1/4 inch nut driver and one 5/16 inch driver.
I would say that there is two things that will play into how anyone answers. The first being if you are full timers of not. The second will be what type/size RV you have. Technically, I have very few tools “onboard” the RV. However we own a 45 ft DP and tow a car trailer behind that has lots of tools inside.
One million tools….
From Austin Powers.