What's always in your truck bed?

[Alan]

I keep a toolbox, jumper cables, tow strap and random bungee cords back there permanently. You never know when you'll need them. I had to help three different people last month with stuff from my bed. What do you keep back there all the time?

 

[Raven]

During hunting season......blood

 

[RB II]

In the tool box is a myriad of stuff. Tool bag, bag with impact wrench and sockets also 4 way lug wrench I have had for 40+ years for flat tires, cordless grinder and cut off wheel, long cable with loops for locking stuff in the bed, high boy jack, at least one machete, 12” bar Stihl tree climber model chain saw, chain and tow strap and multiple ratchet straps to name a few things.

In the bed is always a 45 qt Yeti cooler (generally full of cold Miller Lites and waters), a sharp shooter and round nose shovel.

Probably the most peculiar thing is a Bois De Arc limb about 3’ long and 1 1/2” thick. Think Billy Jack club. Hardest wood in Texas, been back there probably 20 years (in one truck or the other) and the bark is still on it!!!

 

[Old Gun]

Floor jack, ropes, rubber boots and a bucket. I also keep a four-foot section of steel pipe to use with the 4-way wrench. I have literally bent a 4-way removing a wheel after the tire shop installed it with an impact wrench.

 

[Top 'O Texas]

depends on which of the 4 i drive.

work p/u for farming
tire tools for changing irrigation tires/wheels, jumper cables, electrical supplies, hydraulic oil, chains, tractor oil, hydraulic oil for tractors, electrical test instruments, fuses and a transfer tank of diesel

dually for hauling hay and equipment
66gal external diesel tank for extended runs, tools (for whatever is needed) and odds and ends (i keep wooden blocks, chains, straps in the box on the trailers.

short job p/u (extra work p/u for kids helping on the job)
some of the same as the farming p/u, but with less items for parts runs.

leisure p/u
for traveling, extended whatever's needed times, sports games for traveling to kids events.

i'll probably be getting 2 more as 2 maybe for kids working to help?

 

[Drycreek]

A bed cap first of all, the camper type. The cabinet/storage that is on its fourth truck now, and lots of “stuff” that I may or may not need. Depending on season, hunting stuff, empty ice chest to hold a quartered deer, a few one pound propane tanks, water either in an ice chest or not (depending on outside temps). All that is in the dry and can be locked. Not the best picture, but you get the drift.