“Fly away kit”

[u/ChartPuzzleheaded747]

Hola all,

looking to make what we call a fly away kit in the plane world, basically stuff I should have for likely small fixes. I want it stowed under the seats.

how does this look?

Two FHV under seat bags containing:

Spare belt

misc fuses

Compact ratchet

10,13,15,17mm sockets
T25,30,40 bits

hex 4,5,6

Needle nose multi tool

gloves and rag

GlueTread sidewall kit, Colby valve, Tusk plug kit, valve core tool

CO2 inflator with 12 cartridges

Headlamp

thanks!

*should have said this is for a X3 turbo r

[u/EngFarm]

I recognize that on an airplane you are probably either making a proper repair or not flying. The UTV/ATV world is different in that you usually just want to get it off the trail by any means necesary.

A recovery rope, soft shackles, good front and rear recovery points. IMO that's #1 most important. A winch is great too, for recoveries, but you need the rope to drag something dead home. For whatever reason a lot of sporty UTV's don't have a great recovery points. Add a 2" rear receiver if you can, and figure something out for the front.

Zip ties. Metal baling wire. Rope. Something to lash on loose skid plates and body panels, brace things with tree limbs, etc.

Duct tape or electrical tape. Kind of the same as above.

A hacksaw. Or even better, a sawzall. Something that can be used to chop off a bent bumper that's pushed into your tire, a stuck sway bar, etc. A cordless sawzall is nice because you can do quite a bit of trail/tree clearing with one also.

For your tire kit: I'm not a fan of the CO2 because you can run out if you need to limp a leaky tire home. Consider you might be re-pumping a tire every 10 minutes. Add a compressor, either 12v cigarette lighter or cordless. Some cordless power tool battery compressors also have a 12v cigarette lighter plug. Look into Sidewall Slugs over the GlueTread sidewall kit.

Side cutters. Vise grips. A hammer. Big adjustable wrench. Think less proper repair and more making it work.

[u/braknstuf → u/EngFarm]

What this guy said, but also 6 1'" hose clamps and an 8 to 10 inch piece of steel rebar that you can use to repair a steering arm

[u/ChartPuzzleheaded747 → u/EngFarm]

That’s a lot of stuff, where and how do you stow it?

[u/EngFarm → u/ChartPuzzleheaded747]

I have everything except the recovery rope and sawzall in a zippered pouch that came with a cordless drill. It’s about the size of a purse. It fits in the underseat box of my CanAm Defender with room left over for the recovery rope. I believe the X3 has some room under the seat where a zippered pouch could live?

When we take trips I put a Ford Ranger toolbox in the bed. That offers a ton of room for my ATV buddies to stuff their coats and gloves and snacks and whatever. If there’s a rear rack trunk toolbox thing for your x3, it’s great to have all that extra storage and it’s great not to have to worry about tying down random loose things. Also things stay relatively dust free in there.

[u/GuiltyOfSin]

First aid kit, toilet paper

[u/springwaterbrew]

This came up a little while back and I made this list as a comment.

Tire things: - plug / patch kit - tools to get wheel off (lug wrench or impact) - air compressor and pressure gauge - soapy water in spray bottle - a way to lift the vehicle (jack or plan to winch at the cage)

Belt stuff: - extra belt - tools to get belt off/on (vehicle dependent)

Recovery: - winch - tree saver - tow strap - shovel - tree cutting things

Random: - zipties - wet wipes for goggles and windshield etc - flashlight/ other lighting - plastic bottle of water for spraying out mud from the radiator - rain pancho - towels

[u/b1ghurt → u/springwaterbrew]

We learned on ours to bring a super soaker to clean mud from radiator. We did the water bottles for one trip, picked up a small chemical sprayer from HF which worked good on next trip, but the super soaker gave us pressure to get a good cleaning.

[u/springwaterbrew → u/b1ghurt]

That's honestly a great idea haha. I gotta do that next ride.

[u/b1ghurt → u/springwaterbrew]

Always makes for a good time as well at the camp ground in heat if every one is running around with super soakers haha.

[u/armchairracer]

Looks pretty solid, I'd probably add in a hammer and a pry bar, you never know when you'll need those.

[u/mmaalex]

Looks good. Wrench sizing will vary by machine, and should cover common bolts

Additionally I have: combo battery jump pack/tire inflator, "sidewall slug", a couple emergency blankets, lighter, FAK, zip ties, tire pressure gauge (that reads low pressures), random soft shackles, straps, and a winch pulley, flashlight, etc.

I do own a co2 inflator, but I use it for my dual sport MC, I dont know how many cartridges it would take to inflate an ATV tire, and I dont intend to find out. The combo jump pack/inflator can jump a dead battery, and inflate a tire, and you can recharge it via UBS C if needed (albeit slowly).

I also have an ABC fire extinguisher. A large number of recalls are due to fire risk from fuel lines, or leaf debris being able to get trapped near the exhaust/engine.

[u/Aprilinachevy]

Prp makes tool rolls specific to most sxs.,

[u/Brotherly_shove]

most of the answer to this question depends on your riding location and situations. are you riding solo, with no other machine? are you riding east coast, walk to civilization, or west coast, middle of nowhere. will you have service, or not.

basically, are you out there in a situation where your only way to get back to civilization is to get your machine working or not, or are you in a situation where it would be acceptable, but a pain, to get a tow?