Your Semi Truck Parts Room Will Keep You Rolling
You have your own truck to earn a better living than a company driver but here is more to it than just earning more money, you also have to keep it. Don’t always be at the mercy of Bubba’s Truck Repair on a Sunday afternoon. Carry a good set of tools in your truck and know how to use them! Also carry a few common parts that are prone to failure, parts that are cheap to buy at home, but will break the bank buying and having them installed by someone else on the road. Here are a few items that are a good idea to keep stocked in your truck in case of an on the road breakdown or emergency. Even if you can not install them yourself it will still save time and money just having them available.
- Spare alternator
- A spare set of belts
- A selection of lights
- Fuel filters
- Jumper cables
- One spare unmounted tire, if you have the luxury of a place to store it
- Selection of fuses and relays
- A spare idler pully
- Zip ties or tie wraps
- A roll of duct tape ( these last two will fix a lot of things with no tools )
Posted on Thursday, December 31st, 2009 at 1:35 am
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hi just saw your semi truck parts room those parts are life savers just want to suggest a few things one is hockey tape i broke a rad hose going up 69 pulled over and called around 4-6 hours was the estimate time for a wrench to get there being a co. driver i cant stand waiting so i proceeded to look in my bag and found a roll of hockey tape ya know it got me up to and back from sudbury and never leaked it is for extreme cold conditions and available in different sizes a must have in any tool kit also a few brushes fr your alternator if you cant carry one with you are great in a pinch i got 200000k out of the one i patched up with simple industrial type brushes keep shiny side up