What's in your "go" bag or box?

[tiger95]

Seeing all the big organized tool boxes on here is great. But I was wondering, what do people keep in the tool box/bag that they pick up on a moment's notice to fix something around the house or go help out a buddy?

For me its the following:

Crescent wrenches
Hammer
Various pliers
Electrical Tape and duct tape
Box cutter
Flashlight
Non-Contact Voltage Detector
Cheap HF Multimeter
Assortment of zip ties, wire caps, small screws nails etc...

 

[KCarGuy]

Screwdrivers
small-large vise-grips
small-large adjustable wrenches
open-box end wrench set
Electrical tape
box cutter
wire cutters
fluke meter
wire ties
hammer
hacksaw
allen set (SAE-Metric)
LED Flashlight
Garage door greese
Small plano container of Hardware
Socket set w extentions

All in a Big Boss soft Case (in my Van)
A loaded 4 drawer Craftsman box in my Basement
Everything else in my Garage

 

[Slip_Kid]

My goto bag is my Veto LC bag, it works well for my job (HVAC Tech).

 

[slicktoptt]

I grab this and a few pliers.

 

[scirockin16v]

I too have this set, and various other **** in my "go box"

also contains a few ratcheting wrenches, a milwaukee 3/8ths cordless impact, hammers pliers, tape measure.

all in a snap on tote that was given to me by a friend

I spend lots of time on boneyards with it

I'll snap a pic later

 

[Professur]

Around the house, it's an electrician's pouch with several solid screwdrivers and a multibit, linesman's pliers, measuring tape, adjustable wrench, drywall saw, electrical tape, and there's usually a voltage tester on it somewhere.

For the car, it's a mid-sized box with a full kit of 1/4 and 3/8 sockets in metric, solid drivers, pliers, vise grips, side cutters, metric and imperial wrenchs, et at.

 

[TAMPAGT07]

I grab these two bags, and I am ready for anything.

 

[mkdive]

I grab these two bags, and I am ready for anything.

Nice!

I have many bags, some are trade specific. I can pull the bags and post photos? I don't have any pics of those. I have a plumbing only bag that has lots of ferrel pullers, angle stop wrenches, stem pullers, seat wrenches, pipe cutters etc. An electrical/comm bag, (lots of fluke and harris gear).

And then a general goto bag that holds a surprising amount of tools:

Road box pics:

 

[arkangel06]

I grab these two bags, and I am ready for anything.

Oh god I could go for a sip of that skyy right now!

 

[bindernut]

Tampa, I think you have the best one by far!!!!

I don't keep one made up. I have several small plastic & metal tool boxes. I just fill on up with whatever I think I will need.

 

[FNFS2000]

Hmm, my mind went elsewhere with a go bag. Extra mags, light first aid kit, chainsaw blade with loops on the ends, iodine tablets, small tarp, etc etc.

 

[sberry]

Slip Kid, I like that bag. I have my own version and keep some trinkets in it too, nuts, bolts, clamps screws, few connectors. It rides on my truck seat.

 

[arkangel06]

Sberry thats what the inside of my truck is going to look like

 

[mkdive]

Hmm, my mind went elsewhere with a go bag. Extra mags, light first aid kit, chainsaw blade with loops on the ends, iodine tablets, small tarp, etc etc.

lol, M4, SP89, P245.....etc

Cant stand the iodine tabs, I prefer a steripen, and pretreat with a MSR filter.
I have one of "those" bags set up also. Moments notice....and I'm good to go for a week or more. Even have food, spare leashes collars, etc for my dogs in it.

 

[sberry]

Rest of it. Miller Maxstar in purple bag.

 

[sberry]

Inverter wiring. The whole thing is a to go box.

 

[LoneGunman]

I'm glad a few other members thought the same thing I did.

lol, M4, SP89, P245.....etc

Cant stand the iodine tabs, I prefer a steripen, and pretreat with a MSR filter.
I have one of "those" bags set up also. Moments notice....and I'm good to go for a week or more. Even have food, spare leashes collars, etc for my dogs in it.

 

[Tim Cowan]

Three screwdrivers, channellocks, needlenose, dikes, & hammer in hand and roll of plastic elec. tape; packed into the pants pocket........Any more makes my back hurt. If this don't fix it, drag it in.

 

[Michael Bryce Winnick]

FUel line
electric tape
hose clamps
imported sockets and ratchets
imported adjustable cresent wrenches and a set of imported box end wrenches
a voltage tester
a plug wire
a spark plug
a coil
a timing wrench
screwdivers
gloves
a rag
My good stuff never leaves the shop or is lent out. The tool sale stuff gets me home from the side of the road. I like to cruise until a dash light comes right before I have to coast to the side of the road. When I repair a car you get a 30 foot-30 second guaranty- which ever comes first. The stuff at the shop fixes the problem when I get home.

 

[FNFS2000]

Don't care for the tabs either, but they are compact and always there, if I know I'm drinking "wild water" I bring a filter- Its just not always with.

 

[EZH]

I grab these two bags, and I am ready for anything.

That's too funny.

 

[Scout Driver]

My road box/junkyard attack box.....

set of Stanley screwdrivers. (like 'em a lot) still from USA
3/8 and 1/4 drive standard depth sockets
1/2 drive standard and deep well sockets
Northern tool 3/8 ratchet and a 1/4 drive reducer
older Stanley 1/2 ratchet
Pittsburgh flex handles
a set of Stanley off-set, double box-end wrenches (use these a lot)
punches and chisels
a couple pry-bars
driller's hammer
a few combo wrenches in /32" sizes
ratcheting screwdriver and bits/sockets
Stanley hacksaw
Vise-grips
Needle-nose and regular pliers
flashlight
battery wrench
valve-core tool
gloves
paper towels
crescent wrench
probably a few items I am forgetting....

Anyhow, its nothing fancy or expensive. Just good quality tools that I got at modest prices. It all fits in a 26" toolbox and has never failed me yet!

Scott

 

[DHCrocks]

Slip Kid, I like that bag. I have my own version and keep some trinkets in it too, nuts, bolts, clamps screws, few connectors. It rides on my truck seat.

I hope you never get into an accident. it's like a death trap in your cab. you'll have hammers, wrenches all kinds of projectiles just looking for some flesh to tear open. Seriously, all those loose objects should be secured someway. I've gotten into an accident before where the glove box poped open and thew it's contents into the back seat. I can just imagine what will happen when that hammer takes a whack at your calf or a screwdriver comes for your head.

 

[Dust]

I used to carry a road box in my older cars, and actually used it. Now that they both off the road, and I'm in a newer truck, I don't really need one. The only thing I could really use is a breaker bar and a 7/8ths socket for changing tires, because really, what kind of repairs am I going to be able to do to a 4.7L SOHC V8 on the side of the road? That's why I'm a premium AAA member.

My go-to at work changes depending on my needs. Most of the time it's just a couple wrenches, latex gloves, rags, strap wrenches/filter claw, ratchet, and extensions, because I usually just need it to do oil changes on the four post rack. So my bag is usually empty.

 

[Brad54]

This is the Montezuma box I won on the contest here.
Prior to this box, I had a 3-drawer Craftsman Rally box and a full socket kit in a second box (the blow-molded black plastic briefcase-type box).
It ALL fits in the Montezuma, and it's the smallest Monte they make! In fact, I was able to add a couple extra things to it that I didn't have before, including a few more sockets.

I'm finally getting around to dropping the box off at the pinstriper's house this weekend, and once it's back I'll do a full write-up on it here.

Since winning it about 6 weeks ago, it's gone to Virginia with me and has been used on a road-side fuel pump replacement, and did some serious work on a junk yard stripping parts off a couple of early Cutlasses.

It's my road box, my "Come over and help" box, and my junk-yard kit.

-Brad

 

[egdede]

The only true roadside repair I've done in the last 10 years was diagnosing and bypassing a bad relay to my electric fan. Ran a wire straight off the battery terminal to the fan. Ran the car for 5 years with the fan always on.

 

[Brad54]

The only true roadside repair I've done in the last 10 years was diagnosing and bypassing a bad relay to my electric fan. Ran a wire straight off the battery terminal to the fan. Ran the car for 5 years with the fan always on.

My daily driver is a '62 Chevy Suburban. My wife's is a '61 Corvair station wagon.
The wagon is pretty nice, and was redone by someone else. I've been redoing the sub for 4 years, and mechanically it's great. But it's still 50 years old, rebuilt with parts-store parts. The fuel pump on the new crate motor was only 2 years old and it catastrophically died.

But that being said, I don't hesitate to take the cars anywhere. We live in Atlanta, and the Corvair has been to Toledo Ohio, Charlotte NC twice, Martinsville VA once and down into Atlanta all the time since buying it in November.
The Suburban has been to Alabama, Martinsville two weeks ago, Joplin MO and Gainesville Florida last summer, West Palm Beach the summer before that, Maxton North Carolina, etc. etc.

In my case, a road kit is as necessary as a jack and spare tire.

-Brad