OT Seen along the road pic

I can't believe this guy didn't see this coming. There is a lot of damage from running the bolts loose for a long time. Must have never even done a walk around. I'll be he's glad it happened leaving a truckstop and not doin 70 down the freeway. These are the right side rear drive tires.

If his name was Jeff He probably worked for me for about 2 months...'til I fired Him!

jon,


Where exactly was these pics taken ? Lovely country .

Whizkid

if his name was Mike from CA, i fired him 6 months ago for the same reason.

East side of Cheyenne Wy.

Must not have done a very good pre-trip inspection!

Grandson of the guy my dad drove milk truck for had that happen with all 4 wheels on one axle right after he inherited the trucks. Luckily for him it was the lift axle and he could still get into the milk plant, albeit a little over-axle.

Dayton wheels, not hub-piloted.

Locally a trucker had a wheel come off a stock trailer. It was dark and the wheel went into on coming traffic and killed a lady. It was the outer wheel on the trailer, and he didnt realize it until he got home and found the outer tandom missing. They never pressed charges but lawyers got involved...

An elderly lady near me lived next to highway 301, one day a wheel came off a Greyhound bus and hit her house. It bounced up and went into her bedroom through the wall. If she had been in there, it would have killed her...This inspires great confidence on the part of the traveling public.

My eyes aren't too good, but it looks like he's hauling at least 4 types of corrosive Haz Mat too!

Pretty sure if some DOT guy caught him and put him out of service prior tot he event there would be a few people grousing about overzealous DOT cops![/list]

i cant believe he didnt think something was wrong, only time i had experience with a loose wheel was back in my A model kenworth i pulled into a tireshop to have 2 new tires installed on the left front drive axle i could kind to tell from the showroom that the kid working on it was in new territory with a big truck sure enough i pulled out and got about a block and something was shaking the heck out of the truck, th ekid didnt fully tighten the inner nuts on wheel, just the outers, but it sure didnt take long to let meknow about it needless to say the tire store got "supervised" while they installed new nuts and wheel studs on the axle end fortunatly it didnt hurt the wheel

I came close to loosing a wheel once. I bought a new truck in 2005 and left Mn with it. It broke down in Albert Lee Mn, right on the border of Ia. I got that fixed and left but it was shaking a lot. I called IH and they said it was probly a bad tire and to stop at a tire store to look at it. When I got in the shop the tire guy was walkin around it and lookin for the problem and kinda kickin the tires. When he kicked the left rear drive tire it fell off. The rim had been damaged at the factory and was sheared off nearly all the way around the bolts. There was just 2 small areas holding it on and one of those was broke by the time I got to Des Moines. That was just the start for that lemon of a truck that ended up with Dart and IH replacing it with a new one when it was 4 months old.

Having been on the other side for a number of years and experiences, and if what Jon suggests, a lack of pre-trip or subsequent inspections is the case, who could argue with red tagging by law enforcement, hazmat, corrosives, even worse.

I agree with that 100%.

I know the single most important thing a driver can do is that pre-trip and periodically checking the entire truck and trailer, visually. I am under the impression checking lug nuts, even if just for sliding on the rim or rust marks, that would tip you off to a problem, was one of the basic pre-trip and periodic inspections a driver should be doing. I do it every time, a solid pre-trip and I will check tire inflation pressures. The farmer I drove the tandem sileage body truck, a '74 mack DM, was kept in relatively good condition, but with moderate loads of 15-20 ton, he would lose tires more than I thought should be happening, well it turns out some either had a slow leak or was low before he made a run. I ran that truck all summer and winter, for at least a year, and never one tire, its good measure to carry a pressure gauge. This truck was a rough riding truck, so I would often lift the hood and inspect the engine compartment. One afternoon I came back from a run, and was headed to load round bales of hay from the fields for the remainder of the day, I decided to stop into the shop, flip the hood open and take a look, well the darned alternator was about to come right off, that simple check saved the day, I went to the bolt bin, got what I needed, got it taken care of and went on with the rest of the day, I could have been stuck on the shoulder of a busy road, very unsafe and incurred a repair bill, or at least have someone come out with tools and supplies. I have found flat tires on the pre-trip, whereas someone was telling me to run with it, sorry jack, not on my watch. There is no substitute for an attentive driver.

No doubt they weren't torqued correctly... I had a set come loose a week ago and destroy the wheels. You know what... it happens. It can happen quickly. Mine were fine an hour before. I just caught them starting to wobble as I came up to a stop sign so I was fortunate enough to catch it before it got the pilots worn out... so I got them tight and got home before changing the wheels.
Now I have two new wheels and the torque wrench I should have had before...

Rod

Could that have been a orange tractor? I wont mention name but you guys know the ones that have those dumb hubcaps that hide wheel nuts .

jon ,

My guess was that it was out west somewhere .

thanks,
Whizkid