Lug Nuts

I don't know anyone that carries a 33mm socket and braker bar to check lug nuts in all my years I've never had one I needed to check!

 

Never had a Budd wheel come off, seen plenty of wagon wheels (Dayton style) come off though. If you see rust streaks coming down the rim from the nut, chances are, it might be loose.

 

[QUOTE="semi" retired;4217420]Never had a Budd wheel come off, seen plenty of wagon wheels (Dayton style) come off though. If you see rust streaks coming down the rim from the nut, chances are, it might be loose.[/QUOTE]

best indicator of a loose lug-nut right there.

 

Hand check a few lug nuts if you see any grease, cracks, ect. Usually it's a loose nut behind the wheel.

 

I carry both the 1-1/2" 6-point socket and the 13/16" square socket that I need for my lug nuts. I also have a 40" breaker bar and a 36" cheater pipe. With those, a can of spray lube, and a pair of 30" tire spoons, I can change any tire on my tractor. Just got to remember the left side threads are backwards...lefty-tighty, righty-loosey. Forget that and ya ain't EVER gonna bust 'em loose!

The trailer is company equipment...and hub piloted. Most I'll do on it is pull off a flat outside tire off the rim with the tire spoons (single it out) so that I can safely drive somewhere for them to have it fixed.

 

As long as your mty. Otherwise you'll be over weight on that axle.

 

Regs allow you to proceed to a safe location to have repairs made if the defect occurred while underway and it would be safer to proceed than to sit where the defect occurred.

In other words, as long as the tire isn't throwing chunks all over the road (which it isn't because it has been pulled off the rim) and as long as it isn't capable of coming off the rim and rolling freely down the road (which again, it has been removed), as long as the other tire is in good condition, it is safer to proceed than it is to sit on the side of the road. Yes, I have been pulled over while driving like that by a cop who didn't know any better. After I explained what I was doing and he insisted that I couldn't do it, he called his "DOT guy" and after 45 minutes on the phone with him, he came back, looked at the other tire, and sent me on my way.

When you know the rules of the game we're playing, it is amazing how many exceptions are out there. DOT sure ain't going to tell you about them, though...