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What's in your tool box? #5987323 10/21/15 04:08 PM
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Seems like everytime I go out I forget something when I go out to do the rounds to check/fill feeders/game cams etc. and then I either have to drive back for it or do without it, or the dreaded "this will work" fix. So I just put a "new to me" toolbox on my ranch truck and trying to organize everything and make sure I have everything I need.

I'm gonna add to my list below as you guys post so that if we wanna look back at a nice list it'll all be at the top here..


Wasp spray
off (bug spray)
WD-40
Tow straps and chains/tie downs
Paracord
bundle of rope
rebar pieces/sledge hammer
tool bag with lots of hand tools/screwdrivers
roll of bailing wire
fencing pliers
bungee cords
12v tire inflator and repair kit
ax
machete
crescent wrench
lopers
hand saw
bar oil
premix
toilet paper
duct tape
work gloves
self tapping screws
tape measure
utility knife
empty feed sack or trash bag for trash or to plug up feeder if box removed
Bee, Pillow, and blanket
tow hitch (ball mount or hook)
come-a-long

electrical kit:

flash/head lights
digital multimeter
wire strippers/crimpers
gas soldering iron
electrical tape
butt connectors
spade terminals
small screwdrivers
heat shrink tubing
big and small tie straps
AA batteries
6v feeder batteries
spare sd cards
spot for extra game cameras
lighter
WIRE NUTS

What do you guys keep with you at all times?

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all of that plus a 12v tire inflator and flat tire repair kit, a digital multi meter, a small ax, a machete, flash light, a lighter, and lots of tools



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need to add some rope to the list of
at least 3/8 dia.
at least 100 feet or two 50 foot sections
and a container of drinking water larger
than you normally carry on you.

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Electric kit(wire stipers/crimper, variouse connectors and some extra wire)
spare battery
solar panel
Screw drivers/self tapping screws


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DUCK TAPE !!!!!!

Re: What's in your tool box? [Re: shadams] #5987377 10/21/15 04:39 PM
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I hate tool boxes... I carry what I need in a backpack...

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Multi tool, covers hammer, screw drivers, pliers, file, knife, bottle opener, pick...wrench.. etc
black tape
Rope
Sd cards
TP

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add a Qt of readymix gas and extra baroil for the chainsaw/weedeater and batteries to the list.


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Re: What's in your tool box? [Re: shadams] #5987423 10/21/15 05:01 PM
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Yalls definition of checking and filling feeders goes way beyond mine I guess I try to make minimum noise while doing this and get in and out... If a branch is down I will not move it unless its in the road and I can not drive around it... ill tend to it when season is over

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I wasn't so much thinking of a toolbox just for checking feeders just some basic tools for around the ranch. To save the trips back and forth.


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I like to have lopers cause I hunt the ground mostly and use branches to build blinds out of cedars. I like to be flexible but I usually only keep some basic tools with me.


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Zip ties and a crescent wrench

Re: What's in your tool box? [Re: Navasot] #5987517 10/21/15 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted By: Navasot
Yalls definition of checking and filling feeders goes way beyond mine I guess I try to make minimum noise while doing this and get in and out... If a branch is down I will not move it unless its in the road and I can not drive around it... ill tend to it when season is over


For sure....at this point most everything is good to go. This is just so I (people reading the post) might get some ideas of what you guys have for general property maintainence so I can put it in there now instead of being out there and needing it...TP!!! good one!

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I am not much on having everything, all of the time.
The bin in the Ranger is usually good for tie wire, pliers, channel locks.
If trimming trees, running traps, fixing/checking feeders, building a pen, fixing a fence etc. I take that stuff only as needed and get it out of the Ranger.


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Don't forget some wire nuts.

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Extra bolts/nuts... I took the box off last week to take home and clean out the dirt dobbers. When I went to install it Sun afternoon at 4:00 I could not find the bolts. I could swear it put them on the brackets but they were nowhere to be found. Luckily Ace is 20 minutes away and open on Sunday.

Add trash bag. When I took the box off I shoved a trash bag into the feeder and used bailing wire to hold it in place to keep corn from spilling.

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Bee, Pillow, and blanket.

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Originally Posted By: sallysue
DUCK TAPE !!!!!!
up Replaces most of that crap, add baling wire and you're GTG


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Re: What's in your tool box? [Re: shadams] #5987546 10/21/15 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted By: Txduckman
Add trash bag. When I took the box off I shoved a trash bag into the feeder and used bailing wire to hold it in place to keep corn from spilling.


Oh thats a good one. I hunt around for a stick the right diameter and cram in there. Another tip I was taught. empty feeder bag, tear off a square and put it in between the battery and timer box door to keep the battery terminals from shorting against the metal door. (if of course the batt has to go in sideways)

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Beer pillow and blanket. Does this forum have an edit?

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Metric and Standard combination wrenches
Needle nose and standard vicegrips
adjustable wrench
lineman pliers
flat and phillips screwdrivers
standard and metric 1/4 and 3/8 socket set
tape measure
utility knife
bit driver and 50 piece bit driver set
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Ratchet straps
spare scissor jack
toe hitch (when not in use)

and... duct tape


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Most of what everyone else listed I also carry.

Add:
6 pound flat head axe
folding tree saw
Come-a-long (actually 2)
Tractor jack
t-post driver
bill doogie
snatch block for the winch on the truck
clevis

Half the reason I drive a 3/4 ton is to carry all my daily tools.

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Re: What's in your tool box? [Re: shadams] #5987583 10/21/15 06:45 PM
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I might be in the minority, but I usually take corn when I go to check and fill feeders.


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I can tell right know my 4 wheeler is not big enough to carry everything listed and the truck tool box is not big enough.

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