Air Compressor and other essentials recommendation?

[Cocles]

I will be acquiring my first Raptor in the coming weeks. While it'll of course make the obligatory trips to the mall, I intend to take it out regularly on the fire access roads around my area. No heavy duty rock crawling, just easy stuff for the most part. I'm planning on keeping the truck stock, but there are a few items I want to be able to toss inside when I head out into the dirt. Specifically:

Air-compressor and Deflator
Recovery boards
Two-way Radio

Is there anything else I should bring so I'm not that annoying newbie who shows up grossly unprepared?

For the air-compressor, what do you guys recommend? I keep finding models that go under the hood, but I'd prefer a portable one I could just take out of the car. I'm thinking it'd make sense to make use of the AC outlet in the bed. The truck will have 37's. Any suggestions? Also, is there a deflator people like? I just want to be able to watch the PSI as I let the air out.

For the recovery boards, Maxtrax seems to be the way to go. Is that correct? Any specific ones you guys like?

And finally, the radio. Is there any standard radio one is expected to have?

Thank you for your help!

 

[Nex]

Yes, Maxtrax.

I run a PCI mounted radio in my truck, and have a Baofeng handheld to give out to whoever I am running with. The handheld will do you fine to start with. I upgraded the battery and antenna.

Baofeng UV-82c Walkie Talkie

Affordable entry level walkie talkie ideal for travelling out of cell range, backing up vehicles or handing to the new kid without losing sleep if it isn't returned. An upgrade from the UV-5R, the UV-82c has a louder 1 watt speaker, a more solid case with larger buttons and a new chipset and PCB...

www.pciraceradios.com

Get quality kinetic rope and soft shackles. I run Billet4x4 stuff.

USA-USA-USA 1-1/2 inch X 30 ft Safety Orange Kinetic Energy Recovery Rope with Heavy-Duty Carry Bag (Bigger Truck Recovery) https://a.co/d/d0qo26X



I run a CO2 tank instead of an air compressor, but an ARB compressor is good to start with.

Add a few other items to your must have list:
Shovel
Axe
Quality first aid kit (and know how to use everything)
Lots of water
Spare clothes
MREs or other meals incase you are stuck overnight.
Spare lug nuts
Tire plug kit
Off road jack if you can swing it (pro eagle, harbor freight)
Gloves
Jacket
Flashlight, glow sticks
Have motherfυςkiդց fun


There are TONS of rabbit holes you can go down regarding off road gear. But I think the above list is a good place to start. You can always add more later. No one ever says that they have enough off road gear.

 

[John M BUNMAN]

A good stater kit

Thread 'Off-Roading Essential’s - What I Carry on the Trail'
https://www.fordraptorforum.com/threads/off-roading-essential’s-what-i-carry-on-the-trail.89902/

 

[John M BUNMAN]

ESSENTIALS…IMHO, just don’t loose your mind like me
GARMIN IN-REACH, NEVER, NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT!
MaxTrax- See above
KE Rope and Soft Shackles
The Beaver- I personally don’t carry a Raptor Beaver except at the Off-Roading Adventure to Starfuxks. That Mfing Chovel is DANGEROUS AS FUXK!!
I WOULD DEFINITELY SHRED MY TIRE, TRYING TO DIG OUT USING IT!!
The important thing is for the Bucks Trips, it is ONE KOOL AZZSZZZ, RUGGED LOOKING CHOVEL, THE TRD SKINNY JEAN MFERS WILL BY ALL OVER YOUR RAPTOR, TAKING PICS AND GETTING THE BEAVS BRAND NAME!!
They will have their own Beaver ordered from Amazon B4 you can get your soy-goat milk-1/2 cafff-Venteee-Latte @ 112degrees

**Get the LONG Handle Chovel from Home Depot as well as the Short handle. Your back will thank you later **

 

[Nex]

Good call on the Garmin. I forgot to add that to my original list.

 

[John M BUNMAN]

A few QUALITY compressor options.
Im to lazy to air down except in my really aggressive situations, ie: I’m getting stuck in the sand every 50 yards or basketball size Rocks, otherwise I run 32 daily for street and trail so I have 2-Smitty built’s ( yes I’m that OCD guy that has redundant systems for almost everything I am in Off-Roading Therapy though, so I got that going for me, which is nice )

The Strap-..On…..errrrr, strike that, the Strap is for DRAGGING NOT YANKING, imho

 

[RaptorWizard]

I bought a Desert Armor Beast. I have only used it once so far and it was pretty quick. It is portable and connects to your battery with clamps. I think EZ flate has a similar one called the MOAB. Both of these are knock offs of a Napa version I believe. I plan on using mine a lot more in a few months.

Beast Portable 12v Air Compressor

The new improved Desert Armor Beast V2 is here and still lives up to its name. It’s the highest output compressor on the market and fills 33-35in tire in about 1 min. It can be used on any vehicle with a 12v battery source and are designed for tires ranging from 30″ to 42″ diameter.

desertarmorshop.com

 

[Cocles]

A lot of great info, guys. Thank you!

 

[gxgn]

Solid recommendations above on gear to carry. For the compressor I recommend the Milwaukee 18v and 2 batteries. Much easier to carry, doesn’t get as hot as others, much less noisy. You can also use the battery for your impact wrench. In addition it also works as a deflator .

Milwaukee M18 18-Volt Lithium-Ion Cordless Inflator (Tool-Only) 2848-20 - The Home Depot

FASTEST 18V CORDLESS TIRE INFLATOR. The Milwaukee M18 Inflator delivers fast, accurate, easy inflation with the portability to take anywhere. Optimized for Passenger, Light Truck, and Other Medium Duty

www.homedepot.com

 

[gxgn]

Another nice to have is an iPhone 14pro- it gives you 2 years of satellite emergency communication and you don’t need a gear in anymore.
if you get serious about communications you can get a license and install a ham radio with aprs ~ this would allow your fan to track you on aprs.fi