Fred, I carry tools, and rarely if ever need to borrow one, I just avoid redundancy and overkill, I have wheeled rigs that have no storage area compared to you luxury jeep limo guys in your cj7s and Yjs and Tjs and the ultra stretched limo the XJ. I have to get dogs, daughter and wife into (until my current xj) my cj3a and Cj5 on every trip.
Then in my old suburban tow wagon I carried a few extra parts.
Suburban:
Under the back seat, one long side one short side front axle shafts with u joints.
A jack stand.
big breaker bar.
Camping gear.
Jeep:
On my 51 willys, the most modern parts are 1971 rear d44.
and a narrowed 1978 wag d44 both with ARBs and 5.89 gears.
The engine swapped in in 1966 by Mile high jeep in Denver was a 63 buick 225 odd fire, that the only thing I did to it was 4bbl intake and Holley injection (for a while I ran point ignition with the EFI). This part of the list goes on... The point is you guys are wheeling stuff that was built within the last 10-20 years or newer with far less likelyhood of failure simply due to being later model.
Most of what you guys are driving have service manuals to figure it out too.
My tools were selected for what bolts are on it.
I did not carry extra tools to fit others rigs or just throw sets in for lazyness, I had no room.
Two bolted in ammo cans and what fit in the under the passenger seat tool box. In those compartments...
Under the seat...
welding rod and cables for my on board welder
starter (with an automatic tranny)
spare rear driveshaft
pry bar
hammer
breaker bar with socket for wheel lugs on it.
110 drill and bits (worked on my welder)
Tool box A:
in the bottom
a length of 16g wire and a few butt connectors
nuts and bolts
shorty end wrenches just to fit what I run so like 4-5
Sockets and extentions in zip lock bags.
two pair vise grips.
one multi bit screwdriver.
allen wrench to fit hubs
snap ring plier
hub socket
other ammo box
u joints
one spare Holley injector
tire plug kit/tools
tire gauge
shop rags
flash light
snatch block and clevis
remote for winch
under the back seat
scissor jack.
Bungied to roll cage tow strap and tree strap
All of this was stowed so none would move in roll overs.
Nothing except a can of peanuts ever fell out in any of the 6-7 roll overs that jeep survived.
"Rookie" may been too harsh and I'm sorry for that.
When I was a rookie I used to carry too much, I learned not to.
Fred, I've never been the guy that needs to borrow tools or holds up a group, don't lump me in with other "mechanics".
True, I could not go camping out of my willys because there was no room for anything.
When I ran the Rubicon in 91' I had all of my gear, tent sleeping bags, tools under the wheelwell level of my cj5 and a plywood board with shag carpet over that for the dog and the cooler. No roof racks or jambos. ultra light.
I have used just about everything except that starter on my trail rides. If not for me, someone else happily.
I just got the xj, and installed a 3.5 RE lift on it and "wow" 31 x10.50 BFG ATs. I'm just now figuring out what I need to carry in it.
The front ARB is going in this weekend, and the rear axle is in the works, something cool like a HP 44 or shaved d60.
SD
