CaptainSolo
Senior Member
As much as I travel with my boat, for tournaments or just fun fishing new lakes, I have grown to have quite the collection of spare parts and tools to be able to work on my boat when on the road. Here is a handful of the things I never forget to bring with me.
1) Spare Trailer Hubs- I usually have two spare hubs with me at any one time. All you need is one bad experience with bearings keeping you on the side of the road, and youll never want to be in that position again.
2) Spare Prop and hub- This should be obvious but I know several people who dont carry a spare.
3) Baking Soda- Ever have a battery leak into your boat? I had a bad experience with my first boat where the battery got punctured by a loose screw and leaked all the acid into the boat. Since then, I have carried baking soda with me to clean up any acid spills. It sounds like an unlikely issue, but if it happens to you youll never want to leave home without some Arm and Hammer.
4) Spare Transducer & Mapping Cards- Ive had many transducers get damaged or just stop working, so I usually keep a spare with me on long trips. I also keep a variety of Navionics cards, not only for different features, but also because I have "sausage fingers" and Ive lost a micro sd card or two trying to take one out. I also keep a collection of them to help a friend out if they need one- which happens quite often.
5) Bottle Jack- Changing out a flat sucks by itself, but having an easier option to your truck's crappy crank jack has treated me very well over the years.
Ive obviously got many other tools and spare parts, but these are some of the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
What are your "never leave home without" items?
1) Spare Trailer Hubs- I usually have two spare hubs with me at any one time. All you need is one bad experience with bearings keeping you on the side of the road, and youll never want to be in that position again.
2) Spare Prop and hub- This should be obvious but I know several people who dont carry a spare.
3) Baking Soda- Ever have a battery leak into your boat? I had a bad experience with my first boat where the battery got punctured by a loose screw and leaked all the acid into the boat. Since then, I have carried baking soda with me to clean up any acid spills. It sounds like an unlikely issue, but if it happens to you youll never want to leave home without some Arm and Hammer.
4) Spare Transducer & Mapping Cards- Ive had many transducers get damaged or just stop working, so I usually keep a spare with me on long trips. I also keep a variety of Navionics cards, not only for different features, but also because I have "sausage fingers" and Ive lost a micro sd card or two trying to take one out. I also keep a collection of them to help a friend out if they need one- which happens quite often.
5) Bottle Jack- Changing out a flat sucks by itself, but having an easier option to your truck's crappy crank jack has treated me very well over the years.
Ive obviously got many other tools and spare parts, but these are some of the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
What are your "never leave home without" items?