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    Posted: 14 Feb 2017 at 5:26pm
Most of the stuff I carry in Pod is in appropriate sized storage bins. Not just on floor. I also tow with pickups so I have on board storage boxes in bed, I carry jack, tool kits and hitch/tire stuff. I do have a road service contract with USAA, I would recommend a road service contract. That way you're not changing a tire on the interstate at rush hour. I do carry a Dewault half inch impact wrench and by the way don't forget several types of tie wraps to include heavy duty ones.
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Any decent medium sized general tool kit will have most of the implements you need.

Two items you absolutely have to add are a torque wrench of at least 100# capacity, and a ground fault plug-in indicator to test the output of a camp ground riser.

The use of the torque wrench should be obvious-  Every lug nut upon departure and, in the course of any lengthy trip, at rest stops along the way.

The circuit tester will indicate any non-standard condition of the electrical supply riser.

Techtrek also recommends a tester to see if there is a charge on the trailer frame, if I recall.  I have one, and I know the function, but the nomenclature escapes me.  Perhaps TT will jump in and expand.

Other suggestions posted above are certainly worthy of your consideration.
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guys file tip point off the phillips screw driver and  it will fit and hold better 
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I recommend a medium-weight axe (not a hatchet), in addition to the previous.
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Wow. All good suggestions.  I see I should have gotten a larger trailer. One with more outside storage...lol
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A small floor jack and a torque wrench
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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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Posts: 316 		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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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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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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