Touching lugnuts at pre-trip

I lost 3 lugnuts after getting a trailer tire replaced at a Petro. Company mechanic said they were likely over-tightened. They weren't loose when I checked them with my hand that morning (or if they were loose, I wasn't able to turn by hand.) Glad that corporate is doing something about this (apparently) common problem at their shops.

 

No...Ive Yet to to see any driver throw a Torque Wrench on 18 wheels before they roll ( including myself) sh## no time they want you to roll where theres no time to even take a leak.,or risk being late.Thats weird you say this...because i seen 2 wheels and tires on 18 hwy off of I90 today.

 

I knoww I'm not taking my 500$ torque wrench on the road with me. specially not when I already need to calibrate it yearly at 100$ a pop. all the vibration will throw its calibration off in about a week. once it's off calibration, it's no better then a big 1/2 inch ratchet.

 

I doubt that little bit of vibration will hurt the calibration. Mine's be in my service truck for the last 4 years and its still fine. Bush roads, mines you name it.

 

You would be suprised. mines one of the most accurate ones on the market. It's the knee in use in nuclear power plants due to its acurecy. I dropped mine on the floor and had to recalibrate, the paperwork I had on it showed I was 73% worse then factory fresh...


Snap on

 

Mine's a Mac. I keep it in its case and tucked away tight in one of my tool cabinets.

 

I check, it's part of your pretrip and it's not like it takes that much extra effort.
The only time I've ever found a loose nut was picking a brand new kenworth up at the Portland factory(I think) and both steer tires had 4 loose nuts on exactly the same pattern.

 

Never been a fan of mac. just always had better luck with snap on stuff

 

Snap on never shows up often here and he does not give anyone a deal. Mac is conveinient since they have a store 10 minutes from our shop. I don't know what happened to the Matco guy though. Haven't seen him in close to a year. He was the best dealer in town IMO.

 

Yea you gotta find the right snap on guy. a lot of them have a bug up their ###