Tool box

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Contemplating which tools I need to keep in the boat. Taking a minimalistic approach. Thoughts?

List

  1. Wire cutter big enough to cut the hook out of my ear/finger.
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Zip ties

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@Boomer

Thisā˜ļøplus a multi head screwdriver. Thatā€™s about all the tools, besides my fishing pliers and release devices I have on board. The dikes/cutters came in handy a while back when I hit a ghost trap. Needed to cut it off my prop.

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Match the hatch so to speak. Carry the tools youā€™ll need to work on your boat.

Check the fly wheel cover on your engine if you need to remove the cover. Get a socket to match this.

Sockets or wrenches for the battery connections, any terminal connections

Backups of important fuses

Extra wire and wing nuts - not a lot, just a stop gap if needed

Trauma shears can cut pretty much anything - priceless to have onboard

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If youā€™d like that wire cutter to be functional when you actually need it, spray it down with some silicone or Boeshield and vacuum seal it, then put it in the boat.

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I keep a flat&phillips head, channel locks, spark plug wrench & plugs, and zip ties.

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When I was flying in the Navy I did more trouble-shooting on the plane with my Swiss Army knife than anything else. I now carry a stainless multi-tool sprayed with film and carried in a zip lock bag in my box. Also some zip ties, a few spare fuses and a tow policy on my skiff insurance.

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Vice grips

Screw drivers

Wire cutters / crimps and some spare terminals and connectors. Spare fuses.

Zip ties.

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I keep a small waterproof Kobalt tool box in all my boats. Itā€™s maybe 6ā€x14ā€x10ā€ or so. Fairly small, If i canā€™t fit it in there then I donā€™t need it.

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Big screwdriver that I can use to release the hydraulic trim on the outboard.
Wrench to tighten battery terminals.
Paracord
Whatever is in the little kit that came with my Tohatsu

In my truck I keep the stuff to deal with the trailer.
Hub
Torque wrench
Sockets that Iā€™ve checked ahead of time
Breaker bar

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Might add cotter pins for prop issues - maybe a prop wrench too.

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A leatherman

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CA carries a linesman pliers for doing the hook cutting

OR

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Big screwdriver that I can use to release the hydraulic trim on the outboard.

This is a good one. Takes a good size bladeā€¦ But if you have sponsons, itā€™s even more important to find and keep the right one.

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Thatā€™s amazing! Iā€™ve been hooked, by a small fresh water hook/Fly and the string method was used. This getā€™s added to my tool boxā€¦

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What I carryā€¦

1.) I took an old popping cork and created a Pee Hole clearing tool for when you hit a mud patchā€¦the bobber has saved me a few times when Iā€™m hanging off the end of the skiff clearing a clog.

2.) 1/2 doz zip tiesā€¦I especially like the super big, thick and long 36" get a home cheapo along with 1/2 doz normal long ones for anything that needs to be tied down.

3.) normal tools, dykes, Phillips and flat heads, etc.

4.) as mentioned above, fuses

5.) I carry a back up key to the egnition

6.) lots of rags in vacuum sealed bags for emergency.

DC

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I keep my tools in a gallon zip lock bag. With my newer boat its overkill - on my old boat I used these tools often unfortunately.

  1. Wire cutters
  2. Flat head (big and small)
  3. phillips head (big and small)
  4. crescent wrench x2
  5. Small set of vice grips
  6. pliers
  7. Zip ties
  8. Few yards of a small gauge chicken wire
  9. lighter
  10. heat shrink electrical connectors
  11. about a foot of spare fuel hose
  12. fuses
  13. cotter pins
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Funny you should say that. I got sand in my pee hole and my buddy had a piece of copper wire in his tacklebox he kept just for the occasion.

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yep, it worksā€¦I actually cut a good one when it first happened years agoā€¦got the same one in the box for 5 yearsā€¦it works.

Dc

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Weed Whacker string

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