bare necessities tool kit

I'm REALLY not a mechanic, don't have many tools, but I've been jeepin for about 9 years.  I've gotten pretty good at trail driving, got myself unstuck a few times and all with hardly any equipment other than the goodies I added or paid someone else to add to my 2000 TJ.  I've read about all the stuff I need to take in case of emergency.  I have some of it.  Can anyone give me a name and source for a bare minimum tool kit I can purchase for not much money?  I know, big question.  Pls keep answers simple and like I said, cheap.  Thanks.  

Got a Harbor Freight where you live?  
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Yep, Harbor has cheap tools and some of them actually work.  That said, a trail kit is someplace they probably should not reside.  When you are broke in the boonies, the last thing you need is a blowen up socket or stripped out ratchet.  This is where you should pay the $ and buy good tools-Craftsman, Proto, SK, Mac, Snap-on etc.  You can find these used at a lot of pawn shops for reasonable prices.  Willy Worthy had some good advice in his "Willy's Workbench" pieces on trail tools in JP's sister publication Four Wheeler.  

napa tools are pretty good and they have a lifetime warrenty, for your jeep id reccomend a wrench wrap and a tray that they snap into so they dont rattle and drive you nuts on the trail thinking something broke (dont ask how i know)  
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Try northern tools. They have a web site along with a franchise of stores.  
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got a k-mart ? they have craftsman tools under a different name that have same warranty with less price also dont think just tools straps comealongs and a good jack are some things to spend good money on youll never know what u might need til u dont have it ... and if you think a come along is stupid try winching yourself backwards with a front mounted winch  
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Keep an open mind when it comes to this stuff,but don't go cheap when it comes to sockets and wrenches or spare parts like drive line components but remember to also to keep some extra fluids for you and you ride a blanket to lay on is a good dual purpose thing to carry flash light and extra batteries straps is another and there is the tools that you like use when you work on things.  
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raid junk yards for extra parts most jeep parts are interchangeable in close model years and even if you buy expensive parts ie axles drive shafts etc you should keep originals so you have spares it sucks being stuck on the trail and instead of payin some one to install a part call a friend that knows how and get them to teach you it is a real treat learning how to wrench and read up on the things on this website there is a lot of info on your jeep here and you will learn something new everyday if you wanna do something new to your jeep just ask and someone is sure to help  
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not only the founder of the white trash mafia im also a member

94 yj over the limit and out of control

Check out westward tools, there cheap, have a lifetime warranty, sell many different size kits, and are a good quality tool. Just remember that no one tool kit is going to have everything you need.