I know we all do different things, but I'm curious.
What do you keep in the truck besides tools?
(Devoid the old lunch bags and soda bottles)

Usuallly keep old work boxes, 4x4 boxes, 12'2/G and the usual assortment of wire nuts,screws and bolts. Also a pair of bib overalls (to keep from ripping pants up in attics and to keep pants clean) and an old jacket. Also have a drool cup on the dash (tobacco chewer).

The trucks I've had I always tried to keep a little bit of everything. various fittings up to 2" for flex rigid and emt. A "Baskin Robbins" assortment of breakers and fuses. Bushings, lugs, split bolts, tape, 3M mastic pads, "boy butter" pipe, paint, caution tape, electricians hand book, NEC, wire, sta-con terminals, wirenuts, screw kits, length of chain, assorted bell boxes and covers, numerous devices and a lot of other stuff I don't remember until I need it. And I don't even do much service work! Sounds like a bunch of crap but it all fits neatly if you organize it right and has had me come out like a hero more than once!
Wirewiz

we are the trade of a bazillion widgets, most of which i have somewhere in my truck....

I have a little bit of everything including plaster and a vacuum. It seems that even with all the stuff in there every once in a while you can come up short on something I have no drool cup, no empty coffee cups, and no other assorted garbage. Im not really into the "boy butter" seen but I don't discriminate against that kind of lifstyle. I keep the neatest and cleanest (inside and out) truck I have ever worked from and one of the neatest at the supply house. Some guys ask if I actually do any work. It just makes the day much less stressful to be able to get in and get what you need without having to dig around. It also leaves a lasting impression on the customers, some of which are snooty multi million dollar home owners.

OK I'll ask--

"boy butter"??

I'm not sure I need to know ... but I'm with Redsy. ????

Yellow 77

Thanks, electure.

I thought about that, but it was stated as "boy butter pipe"

i agree with all, a little of everything and lots of coffee.

Various Breakers, various Romex, a "full network" of #12 THHN (black, red, blue, white and green), Some #10 THHN, various and sundry fittings (pvc and emt), lots of cut-in (zip) boxes,1/2" & 3/4" EMT and PVC Conduit as well as 1-1/4" and 2" PVC, 1/2" and 3/4" cable straps etc. etc... In the cab, I've got trade magazines and catalogues to read during lunch, a GPS (a fun way to keep mileage), an angler's scale (to weigh and inventory rolls of wire), toilet paper (the porta john's always seem to be empty or soggy) a first aid kit (band-aids and tylenol), jumper cables, a tow rope, oil and coolant, and a roll of ubiquitus (sp?) duck tape.

I'm sure I've left something out...

Keep in mind, along with tools, this all fits in a Nissan.

Sorry for the "boy butter" comment not out to offend any one, I heard that from a guy I worked with years ago and it has always stuck. Yes, Yellow 77
wirewiz

I do service work which includes low voltage and fire detection systems as well as electrical. I try to keep a little of everything on my van ('95 Ford 250 van) and hope I don't have to make to many trips to the supply house!

In the days when I worked “outside” not “inside” I kept my van stocked with everything that I could fit in. I’m sure that it was loaded more than twice its rating. I hated to be caught without that last something I needed to finish a job. I had so much stuff the other guys nicknamed my van NOAH’S ARK because they figured I had two of everything. Boy those were the day!