Baystate Jeepers

1 bag @ 16”l x 10”w x 8” h
1 bag @ 12”l x 8”w x 6”h

You will be filling these with essential tools for use on the trail. These do not include recovery gear, first aid, baby diapers, or food. They will only include the bare bones essentials for emergency field wrenching to get a jeep back on the trail and out to civilization, within reason.

What do you take?

I'd let it come down to the room you have available. The 16" will let you carry a long 1/2 drive ratchet or small breaker bar and some bigger wrenches or prybars and keep them in the pouch. You never know what you will need so the more you can reasonably take the better prepared you will be.

You could also pack both depending on your trip. I travel a lot and have 2 tool bags I bring depending on where I go and for what reason. A hard pelican case on wheels for the big jobs and a small tool pouch for inspections or small repairs.

This post is more of a hypothetical question.

Both bags will be filled with tools, location within the jeep has been predetermined. What tools to you take on the trail, what do you leave home. Take everything to be better safe then sorry, or take a minimalist approach and hope nothing major needs doing...

Looking to see what people would take.

If major most dont carry parts to fix anyways.

BlackNBlue-ISH wrote:This post is more of a hypothetical question.

Both bags will be filled with tools, location within the jeep has been predetermined. What tools to you take on the trail, what do you leave home. Take everything to be better safe then sorry, or take a minimalist approach and hope nothing major needs doing...

Looking to see what people would take.

Ahhhhh... Hypothetical.

For around here I carry the basics for parts along with some fluids and recovery gear. I have a 2dr with the rear seat in it so I would probably stuff the crap out of the small bag and hope I could fit it in. And of course my Premium AAA card that has 4 - 100 mile Roadside Assistance calls per year with one tow up to 200 miles.

Me...
I would put a couple of the largest pry bars I could fit in there and as beefy as possible, could even strap one inside the handle at the top of the curve to the larger bag so it doesnt have to be in the bag.
I would want a couple phillips and standard screw drivers.
Electrical pliers
Small assortment of wire and some insulated terminals with roll of tape
Roll of Duct tape (or 3)
Small stack of napkins and a rag or three.
I would pack a bit set ie torx and such.
a 1/4 and 3/8 ratchet set thou I would go thru the sets and remove stuff not needed for the jeep
Need a BFH and a smaller hammer
I would bring a couple adjustable wrenches as well
Pipe wrench would be helpful
Cheater bar
Flare kit for brake line
Lug sized socket for breaker bar
1/2in breaker bar
1/2 to 3/8 adapter.
Spare strap to tie down as needed when working.
I would want to have some spare parts, such as U-Joints, some brake line and some flare fittings
Do we need to account for some spare fluids?

That would be the start of things and I would see what space is left.

Awesome list Jim, the fluids are accounted for elsewhere in the storage system.

Who else?

Well , I have a tool box in Mona so its not so restrictive as your bags. I carry a bearing for each point on the Jeep , One upper and lower Balljoint , U-joint for all points , a complete hub , and two complete front axles . I have the tools that would be required to do such repairs. The socket set I have is just cheap and should be replaced. Other than that , I think Im ready FjR68

Jim:
With regard to the brake line flare kit, I'm guessing this made your list for a good reason. Is the most common risk that a brake line gets cut by a rock, stump or other obstacle? And when that happens, does the entire braking system fail, or is it just the single brake or two brakes on the same axle?

Depends how many times you press the brake pedal before realizing there is a problem. A hammer used the right way or pair of vice grips will get you off the trail too. I have made it home that way also.

Mark, what do you have in Pumpkin for tools on the trail?

Everyone I need. Everyone is different, there are many ways of doing things. Some people can carry 10 tools and still do as much or more than someone with 100 tools. Key is not to only have the tools but actually know how they work and how to use them.

There are a couple members that have mad skills when it comes to a particular trail repair. I have yet to see something break and never have been not at least gotten off the trail. Whether it be someone having the part or just eliminating the broken part to get you home. This club is solid ! We used to have a parts store on most of the runs , but John has to run the family business and the chain guy Joe has a boy scout meeting . To see some of the ways things were fix is just amazing . FjR68