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<blockquote data-quote="olroadbeech" data-source="post: 2387191" data-attributes="member: 52145"><p>Hammer comes in handy with a bar to break loose brakes in the winter. Hit the pads at a 90 degree angle works most of time. Can of de-icer too. Better yet before you park the trailer ride the brakes about a quarter mile to heat up the drums and that will dry them.</p><p></p><p>extra socks , flushable wipes can really come in handy in the boonies , whistle , pepper spray , cell phone charger, trail mix or protein bars , first aid kit , book or magazines to read in case of wait time or breakdown , swiss army knife , some tools to do minor repairs in boonies. large wrenches in case of changing small air line between trailer and dolly if exchanging trailers in middle of nowhere . done this 4-5 times because of pinched lines or bubble in line. carry spare air line with glad hand. </p><p></p><p>also winter , carry blanket or sleeping bag , extra water , etc. just think what you would need if you were broke down for hours. I had a water pump go out and had to shut off motor and it was zero degrees. had to wait 5 hours for tow truck but had sleeping bag . some of our runs were in the middle of nowhere for trailer exchanges so we had to be depended on to take care of any problems. saved a lot of road calls this way.</p><p></p><p>year round had one backpack but in winter had two. saved me many times to carry all this stuff and the other stuff that feeder drivers have listed here. you will also learn from experience what you need to carry.</p><p></p><p>it's better to have something and not need it than to need it and not have it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="olroadbeech, post: 2387191, member: 52145"] Hammer comes in handy with a bar to break loose brakes in the winter. Hit the pads at a 90 degree angle works most of time. Can of de-icer too. Better yet before you park the trailer ride the brakes about a quarter mile to heat up the drums and that will dry them. extra socks , flushable wipes can really come in handy in the boonies , whistle , pepper spray , cell phone charger, trail mix or protein bars , first aid kit , book or magazines to read in case of wait time or breakdown , swiss army knife , some tools to do minor repairs in boonies. large wrenches in case of changing small air line between trailer and dolly if exchanging trailers in middle of nowhere . done this 4-5 times because of pinched lines or bubble in line. carry spare air line with glad hand. also winter , carry blanket or sleeping bag , extra water , etc. just think what you would need if you were broke down for hours. I had a water pump go out and had to shut off motor and it was zero degrees. had to wait 5 hours for tow truck but had sleeping bag . some of our runs were in the middle of nowhere for trailer exchanges so we had to be depended on to take care of any problems. saved a lot of road calls this way. year round had one backpack but in winter had two. saved me many times to carry all this stuff and the other stuff that feeder drivers have listed here. you will also learn from experience what you need to carry. it's better to have something and not need it than to need it and not have it. [/QUOTE]
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