Mr Ob1's Wild Ride

[ob1quixote]

Came back from a short trip to a flat track motorcycle race last night, and had an incident; all eight wheel studs on a dually rear side sheared off.

Thank the Lord no one was around me, and for giving me the correct reactions to the wild ride. I will assume we are all competent drivers, but no one here is prepared for a drop from a 33 inch tire to a 10 inch brake drum, and certainly not me! No one was hurt, and surprisingly little damage to the old bread truck, 1 lost tire/rim.

Not sure at all what the cause was, although some have thought maybe loose lug nuts. I dont know, there was no warning at all, and I havent checked the other wheels to see. I listen to the old machine, dont even have a radio, no warning at all.

Moral of the story; check your lug nuts/bolts, keep an eye on the driveline. I got lucky, I would hate to hear someone else didnt!

 

[becky1960]

On our last trip to the Fort last fall on the way back about 30 mi north of Disney we had two wheels on the the same side of our 5th wheel trailer shear off the lug nuts. Unfortunely a car behind us wasnt very lucky and caught one the wheels. We just had new tires put on our Dually and now I am thinking about them. Its a very long story about the 5th wheel and kind of expensive..