kcm.MN
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Absent Minded Farmer
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Hmmmm.... der Nederlanders are at it again I see. Is that a branch guard on the front of the cab?
Mike
Mike
Texasmark1
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Well at least he didn't break the axle.
I was doing a tire rotation on a Ford van I once owned and it was late and I was in a hurry. Thought I was finished and went out for a road test on the
gravel road going by my farm at the time. i made it out he driveway and had just made the left turn to get onto the road and left rear of the van made
some noises and I felt a bump bump. Got out and I had completely forgotten to install the lug nuts; wheel fell off. Surprise surprise.
Quick run back to the shop, dragging the floor jack (heavy) nuts and lug wrench. Got her fixed before any traffic came by....phew.
I was doing a tire rotation on a Ford van I once owned and it was late and I was in a hurry. Thought I was finished and went out for a road test on the
gravel road going by my farm at the time. i made it out he driveway and had just made the left turn to get onto the road and left rear of the van made
some noises and I felt a bump bump. Got out and I had completely forgotten to install the lug nuts; wheel fell off. Surprise surprise.
Quick run back to the shop, dragging the floor jack (heavy) nuts and lug wrench. Got her fixed before any traffic came by....phew.
Kansasredneck
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I had a Ford F-350 that I put a dump bed on. About the fourth trip I made with a load it sheared off the lug bolts on the right side. Had a chore replacing them. Happened a second time. Turned out that the rims were mixed. Ford used coined rims back then. One of the rims was a Chevy. We installed spacers since I was running 235-16 tires to keep them from rubbing.
Well, it happened a third time. Turned out that the Chevy rim was warped.
On the second and third occurances I caught it before they all sheared. Scary none the less. With #3 I happened to see something bouncing down the road and identified it as a lug nut. Immediately pulled over and stopped.
Well, it happened a third time. Turned out that the Chevy rim was warped.
On the second and third occurances I caught it before they all sheared. Scary none the less. With #3 I happened to see something bouncing down the road and identified it as a lug nut. Immediately pulled over and stopped.
Roger Tomfohrde
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Funny story that ended well. One of my supervisors at the factory had a part time business hauling gravel to people with a small C70? truck and maybe 5 yards top dump bed. He hauled a load
of dirt down to the next town south of us and then got new rear tires put on at the tire shop there. H e was bringing a load of sand back when a tire passed him on the highway where on the
right there was a drop off into the river. He looked at the tire and thought it looked like the ones he had just put on the rear when the truck dropped to the left and he basically drove
into the ditch away from the river. Stopped and it slowly leaned over to the left and rolled onto the side. The guy did not tighten the lug nuts down well enough and the left side fell
off. He said getting the truck upright was easier than getting his tires back from the ditch by the river. He said there was nothing major damaged, no one hurt and he was back in business
in a few hours.
of dirt down to the next town south of us and then got new rear tires put on at the tire shop there. H e was bringing a load of sand back when a tire passed him on the highway where on the
right there was a drop off into the river. He looked at the tire and thought it looked like the ones he had just put on the rear when the truck dropped to the left and he basically drove
into the ditch away from the river. Stopped and it slowly leaned over to the left and rolled onto the side. The guy did not tighten the lug nuts down well enough and the left side fell
off. He said getting the truck upright was easier than getting his tires back from the ditch by the river. He said there was nothing major damaged, no one hurt and he was back in business
in a few hours.
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