Thread: What your truck needs.

Nothing worse than getting caught out with vehicle related trouble. What are the essentials that we should all carry in our trucks, utes or whatevers.

Torch that works and a spare battery.
Something to light a fire with.
Jumper leads and not those noodle ones.
Snatch strop or tow rope with assorted shackles.
Knife.
Assorted spare rounds in the centre console. Driving back down from Double hill up the Rakaia and a mob of Chamois crossed the road in front of us. Of course all the rifles were empty. My brother grabbed a round from the ashtray and attempted to load a 30.06 into his 270 as they dashed back up the hill unbothered. So make sure they are the right ammo.
My uncle always carried a small folding pruning saw. Heaps of applications for that. My Grandfather always had an axe and a shovel in the back of the Landover as well as shingle screens. He was hard core though bless his soul.

What else?

Since you are in Auckland I would suggest probably a Z loyalty card for every time you buy a latte can't miss out on the free ones

Originally Posted by Bonecrusher

Since you are in Auckland I would suggest probably a Z loyalty card for every time you buy a latte can't miss out on the free ones

Fuck that is rich coming from a tauranga resident!

(And I can say this, as I am not a jaffa for another 8 weeks......)


And bp has better coffee..... (and I just brought a few M litres of Z diesel and I did mention their coffee was Shit - and they agreed.........)

Originally Posted by Beaker

Fuck that is rich coming from a tauranga resident!

(And I can say this, as I am not a jaffa for another 8 weeks......)


And bp has better coffee..... (and I just brought a few M litres of Z diesel and I did mention their coffee was Shit - and they agreed.........)

I work in Auckland ... a good selection of CDs for the hours you sit in traffic then

I always have a ratchet tie-down or two in the boot

Originally Posted by Dorkus

I always have a ratchet tie-down or two in the boot

i used to but mother in law kept escaping from them

Shingle screens?

12v air compressor most usefull 4wd tool ever.

Water container.
Toilet paper.
Electrical tape.
Small tarps to lie down on.
Spare fuses, wire, nuts bold and screws.
Tow rope and snatch strap.
Shovel.
TOOLS! Make sure you can get the wheel off if a tyre place has been over zealous with the rattle gun.
Rag for the windscreen.
First aid kit.
Fire extinguisher, I keep forgetting to buy a new one, never think of it when I'm in the shop.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Water container.
Toilet paper.
Electrical tape.
Small tarps to lie down on.
Spare fuses, wire, nuts bold and screws.
Tow rope and snatch strap.
Shovel.
TOOLS! Make sure you can get the wheel off if a tyre place has been over zealous with the rattle gun.
Rag for the windscreen.
First aid kit.
Fire extinguisher, I keep forgetting to buy a new one, never think of it when I'm in the shop.

Warehouse had Orca 1kg dry powder at $20...Mitre 10 Mega had some at $18.99 (?) of their house brand. We used our extinguisher before christmas and still have a lounge (albeit with a few scorch marks) from a lithium 18650 that did a great impersonation of a sky rocket in the house. Get one for each vehicle and a couple for the house / garage....you never know.

My most used piece of kit is a gear bag with spare cold weather garments, a couple of old towels, Warehouse shower proof over trousers/jacket and some woolen hats. The number of times family and friends have dived into that bag to borrow some warm gear is amazing.

Hope I never have to use the likes of the trauma first aid kit or fire extinguisher [although have put out two vehicle fires over the years, neither of which were mine].
I also leave the PLB in the truck glove box when not hunting. Always know where it is that way and you never know when you might be on a country road and come across an accident and need to call in help without cell coverage.
Another good thing to practice ahead of time is how to get a GPS position off our phone that you can relay to emergency services. Again, if you come across an accident a GPS location will get services to the location way quicker than a verbal description of "three mail boxes up the second road on the left after the blue shed, next to a red shed, across the paddock from the pond".

Originally Posted by timattalon

Warehouse had Orca 1kg dry powder at $20...Mitre 10 Mega had some at $18.99 (?) of their house brand. We used our extinguisher before christmas and still have a lounge (albeit with a few scorch marks) from a lithium 18650 that did a great impersonation of a sky rocket in the house. Get one for each vehicle and a couple for the house / garage....you never know.

Having attempted to extinguish a fire recently with a large dry powder id have to say they are pretty useless for most fires apart from lithium battery fires..dont know how useful they'd be in a vehicle fire, one of the. Volunteers on here should know more?

Originally Posted by specweapon

Having attempted to extinguish a fire recently with a large dry powder id have to say they are pretty useless for most fires apart from lithium battery fires..dont know how useful they'd be in a vehicle fire, one of the. Volunteers on here should know more?

All depends on the type of fire, Iv put out two fires with dry powders and found em very effective and very messy / hazardous to breathing.

Hyd oil/sawdust in a forklift and turps spilled all around my feet inside a vessel while plasma cutting.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

All depends on the type of fire, Iv put out two fires with dry powders and found em very effective and very messy / hazardous to breathing.

Hyd oil/sawdust in a forklift and turps spilled all around my feet inside a vessel while plasma cutting.

Dry powder ext can save the day in a road rage situation. At our Fire Ext course, the instructer said he'd squirted someone in the face who was angry, and it neutralised the situation straight away

Originally Posted by specweapon

Having attempted to extinguish a fire recently with a large dry powder id have to say they are pretty useless for most fires apart from lithium battery fires..dont know how useful they'd be in a vehicle fire, one of the. Volunteers on here should know more?

dry powder is ok but is horirbly corrosive to alluminium so it needs to be washed off asap. BCF is awesome but the green police have banned their use.

A Chauffeur
Fuel filter
Socket our ring spanner set
And a 1.5 meter length of 40 mm steel tube.