Not the hills; the cell phone reception.  Take a look at Verizon's service
map and notice the service coverage in Nevada.  Las Vegas, Reno, and Tahoe
are pretty well covered; rest of state is not.  Pretty typical of The West.

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
|Tom Hargrave
|Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 10:15 PM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: tools to have onhand...
|
|Understood - I pretty much travel between Milwaukee WI and Huntsville AL -
|not too many hills between here & there but the snow can get interesting.
|
|
|
|Tom
|
|www.towercooler.com
|
|
|
|
|
|From: Jake de Villiers [mailto:crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com]
|Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 11:09 PM
|To: Tom Hargrave
|Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
|Subject: Re: tools to have onhand...
|
|
|
|Urban Easterners vs Westerners
|
|When you break down/get stuck/injure yourself in the mountainous West, all
|the cell phones in the world won't help you!
|
|You'd better have a better plan that that.   And maybe a chainsaw.  ;)
|
|
|
|
|On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote:
|
|I drive a lot - over 50K a year and can say the best 2 tools to take on the
|road are a cell phone and a list of friends.
|
|A wireless internet connection rates a distant third.
|
|Tom
|www.towercooler.com
|
|
|
|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
|Larry Alofs
|Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 9:42 PM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: tools to have onhand...
|
|I'm not clear whether you are talking about your whole collection or a
|set to take on the road.  Except for a breaker bar and socket for
|lugnuts, I don't take any half inch drive stuff when traveling.  I do
|take some silicone rescue tape and some strapping tape.
| How about combination wrenches ( box and open end )?  Vice grips: 5"
|needle nose and 7" curved jaw with cutter.  Screw drivers?
| How do you turn the bolts on your CV joints?
|
|Larry A.
|
|On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Harry Hoffman
|<hhoffman@ip-solutions.net> wrote:
|> Hi All,
|>
|> So, it's been a while since I've owned a VW (only T2 before now). Since
|> the breakdown I've decided to make sure I'm prepared, tool-wise, so
|> here's what I've got.
|>
|> I'd appreciate any pointers on things I'm missing or things I'm carrying
|> that don't make sense
|>
|> Tools:
|> Socket Wrenches: (1) 1/2" drive, (2) 3/8" drive
|> Sockets: 6mm-21mm 3/8" drive
|> Deep Sockets (3/8" drive): 9mm-19mm, 21mm
|> Large Sockets (1/2" drive): 27mm, 28mm, 30mm, 32mm, 36mm
|> Torque Wrench (1/2" drive)
|> Cheater Bar (1/2" drive)
|> Open Ended Wrenches: 6mm-19mm
|> File Set
|> Magnetic Pullers: (2) with Mirrors
|> Adapters: several 3/8" and 1/2" adapters and extenders
|> Allen Wrenches: Up to 17mm
|> Small ball peen hammer
|> hacksaw
|> mallet
|> metal clippers
|> Dwell/Tach tester
|> pocket multi-meter
|> Inductive timing light
|> battery charger 120v
|>
|> I have everything fitted into ziplock bags. It's amazing what you can
|> fit into a toolbox when everything is nicely organized. We'll see how
|> long that lasts ;-)
|>
|> Cheers,
|> Harry
|>
|
|
|
|
|--
|Jake
|
|1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
|1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'
|
|Crescent Beach, BC
|
|www.thebassspa.com
|www.crescentbeachguitar.com
|http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27