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    Posted: 13 Feb 2017 at 8:25pm
newbe question.  What items do most Podders carry in their tool boxes?  I mean beside the basics like screwdrivers, crescent wrenches, etc.  
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Posts: 146 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Feb 2017 at 9:00pm
well lets see what this old guy carries other than the basics. Small wire stripper and connectors,volt and amp meter,a set of jumper cables (so you can help the guy next to you start his car)  hammer, extra tent stakes for the guy that left his at home. baling wire so you can tie up the tail pipe that got broke when you backed in. a pair of vice grips. small tube of calking, a pair of channel locks. will check in the morning to see if I carry any odd stuff Thumbs Up
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Posts: 92 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Feb 2017 at 9:03pm
Thanks for your reply.  
What this old fireman remembers is two of the most important things we carry in our wild land apparatus is, bailing wire and toilet paper...lol
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Posts: 317 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Feb 2017 at 8:50am
Screwdriver with square head most of the factory fasteners have this type.

Square-recess/Robertson

Meantime this profile is virtually defunct in Europe, but very common in the USA. It is still used by electricians to open electrical switch cabinets or by motor mechanics working with vintage cars.

The four surfaces are at right-angles to each other. The opposite sides are parallel. Due to the small drive area, the square-recess profile is not effective for transferring high torques. At the same time, the lever-arm is very small.
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I would have to disagree with the idea that the square-recess profile is not effective for transferring high torques. It is very much superior to the Phillips-head screwdriver. I don't know how many screw heads I have had strip out when the cross-tip of the Phillips-head screwdriver experienced cam-out and reamed out the head. I have not had that happen when the square-tip was fully seated in the recess--only when I did not have the driver lined up with the recess when I could not see the head (removing the stereo unit, for example) where it removed the black paint on the top of the screw head but did not strip out the recess.

See this article on different screw drive types. It is quite informative.
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Posts: 446 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Feb 2017 at 9:38am
add: 1. a "real" lug wrench and a hydraulic jack.  2. Duct tape.  3. fuses  4. jumper cables 5. flashlights
6. can of "fix a flat"  7. chocks  8. rain poncho  9.  still thinkin'
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Posts: 317 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Feb 2017 at 9:46am
Originally posted by StephenH

I would have to disagree with the idea that the square-recess profile is not effective for transferring high torques. It is very much superior to the Phillips-head screwdriver. I don't know how many screw heads I have had strip out when the cross-tip of the Phillips-head screwdriver experienced cam-out and reamed out the head. I have not had that happen when the square-tip was fully seated in the recess--only when I did not have the driver lined up with the recess when I could not see the head (removing the stereo unit, for example) where it removed the black paint on the top of the screw head but did not strip out the recess.

See this article on different screw drive types. It is quite informative.

I just copied that to get the correct name for the drive not to make a statement.
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Posts: 6418 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Feb 2017 at 11:19am
Unfortunately, what you copied gave me the impression that you were saying that Robertson screws were inferior. I did not know it was just copied. My apologies.

It turns out (from the article I cited) that the cam-out of Phillips screws is intentional. It is frustrating though when one needs to drive a screw and it strips out the head instead.
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A small floor jack and a torque wrench
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Posts: 92 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Feb 2017 at 2:15pm
Wow. All good suggestions.  I see I should have gotten a larger trailer. One with more outside storage...lol
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