Hi Guys
Do any of you when your out on the road, weather it be making local or international deliveries, carry a small tool kit for road side repairs or do you call recovery ■■? and should someone consider getting one
Nope, just phone our fitter who will get someone out to repair the truck.
im new school, i dont get my hands dirty, phone call for me 
You are required over here to carry
certain tools when carrying ADR-HAZ
so that you can do a repair job if it
is within your capabilities , change tyre
refit new mirror etc ,how ever with the
increase in electronics you need to be a
PC wizard, and you find mosts firms say call
out the repair van as it works out cheaper
noadays, and your employer is the one who
supplies the tool kit, unles he or she is a
Schwabe (its, not a swear word),
i always carry some tools, as i want the job done correctly.
there are too many fitters and not enough mechanics at the main dealers.
i think any hgv driver who can’t or won’t fix minor faults shouldn’t be behind the wheel.
i was being escorted through the wallasey tunnel last year when a brake diaphram blew on the trailer so i came to a halt in the tunnel. got out, quick repair with a tie wrap, and away i went. if i hadn’t done this then liverpool would have come to a standstill.
I carry bulbs etc. plus good old fashioned botching kit (screwdriver, crowbar, gaffer tape, insulation tape, brake chamber winding key, etc etc etc.).
We’re supposed to just get the workshop to call someone out, but some things just ain’t worth losing 2 hours unpaid time over. 
i always carry a tool kit, if i can bodge it i wil, better to get to a safe place i.e. truck stop, services, or even near shops incase you are there hours.
Lucy:
I carry bulbs etc. plus good old fashioned botching kit (screwdriver, crowbar, gaffer tape, insulation tape, brake chamber winding key, etc etc etc.).We’re supposed to just get the workshop to call someone out, but some things just ain’t worth losing 2 hours unpaid time over.
Exactly like lucy says , why wait 2-3 hrs for a burst suzzie !
10 min job and your away , no call out so boss is happy , !
when i were tramping id carry airlines elec lines bulbs spanners to change airlines torc bits and a small toolbox
i carry spanners ect to do basic repairs just to get me out of trouble or to somewhere safe. being a fully trained mechanic it aint a problem.but i will say if you are not mechanically minded just leave well alone as you can do more damage than good 
Yep, I usually have a small quantity of odd tools for small jobs that might need doing.
I always carry tools, spare suzies, lightbulbs, fuses etc… Maybe its because Im “old school” or maybe its because I was originally trained in the Army albeit many years ago. The problem these days is as trucks have become more high tech there are more and more things you simply cant repair at the roadside. Mind you I still loathe changing wheels - why is it always raining or snowing when i have to do one?
I’ve got a limited range of tools and a limited knowledge of how to fix things, but sometimes I can get myself out of trouble.
Occasionally I have to tinker with some bit of plant or other to get it going again, I can call the fitter and get him to explain and I can effect the repair myself.
I not only carry a reasonable sized tool kit ,i also carry a selection of spares as well.Water hose bandage,universal injector pipes,fan belts etc.
I spend time in some of the remotest parts of scotland where the phone is useless but even if the phone did work a mechanic could be 4 hours away.So carrying this amount of kit and knowing what to do with it is essential.
Limeyphil said
i always carry some tools, as i want the job done correctly.
there are too many fitters and not enough mechanics at the main dealers.
i think any hgv driver who can’t or won’t fix minor faults shouldn’t be behind the wheel.
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I totally agree.
whats a tool kit? im employed as a driver not a fitter we dont even carry spaire air lines suzzies
malcolmj:
whats a tool kit? im employed as a driver not a fitter we dont even carry spaire air lines suzzies
militant. are you french?
malcolmj:
whats a tool kit? im employed as a driver not a fitter we dont even carry spaire air lines suzzies
All i can say to that is ,if you came to my place (and probably a few others) looking for a job with that attitude you would’nt get very far.
When i had my own Scania 112 i used to carry spare airline, mirror head, aswell as the usual bulbs, fuses, etc. + my full cantilever tool box.
Brake light switch went kaput once so just temporarlity wired up a manual switch.
A friend who used to run Italy in the 70’s/80’s even used to carry a spare cylinder head (seperate on Volvos then) & once changed one at the side of the road.
Now i’m an employed relief driver often on a different unit every week, its not practical to carry tools aswell as day bag, night out gear bag, maps, etc. so i just have a small bag with a few bulbs, spare lenses etc. in it.
I do think it makes a lot of sense for a unit to carry a mirror glass/head & an airline.
Well I’ll tell you.Used to work for a guy who when you rang up from the furthest reaches of Europe with a problem ,would say,‘Your there boy and I’m here’,then hang up.
You sorted it.
But if you are over the water a few simple tools are handy but what I have always found the handiest is a set of jump leads,have received extreme thanks on many occasions from many nationalities just because of the leads.
where would one go to learn about basic hgv repair stuff then? id like to learn a bit just for my own sake. Is there any part time courses about? where did you lot learn? its not as if I can sit around watchin our yards mechanic as thats not what my boss if paying me for.