Trailer tire came off

I won't do it, but you are about to be read the riot act about not performing an adequate pre-trip inspection.

 

Oil isn't shared L to R on trailer axles.

 

I would chain it up.
Depending on the damage and availability of a axle surgeon,you’ll likely be sitting a couple days.

 

That's pretty serious, dude. It's entirely possible, there was no way of knowing or preventing that, a bearing can and will seize, but more than likely you will get the blame for not checking axle hub oil. Quite frankly, you dodged a bullet there, my friend, hopefully the duals ended up in the ditch, and not in some families minivan coming home from church,,,or whatever. Bearings usually fail from metal in the oil, causing a seal failure, and oil all over. Was any service done recently? I've seen axles chained up before, but I think today, a cop will require a wrecker or service truck. Just looks bad, chained up axle, therefore in their eyes, it must be. I wouldn't move either these days, and sadly, I bet the company hangs you for this.

 

I’ve had similar situations. If you can limp forward a short distance to a safer place to get it off the road, do so. But otherwise get those triangles out and flashers on and have them send help. If you feel like it’s an unsafe place but you can’t move, call the police so they can close off the lane for you.

 

And don’t forget there will be a few that will flame him for parking on the shoulder. Lol

 

I recovered a trailer from the 2nd rest area on I-80 in Indiana, same thing happened to another driver. The company called a wrecker to chain the axle up and I ran it all the way back to Pittsburgh PA. Granted, that trailer was empty. I would've never done it with a loaded trailer, that'll add way too much stress on the fully supported axle and end up causing far more issues.

 

had that happen when I was a container yanker.

company said drive on in to the rail head. 120 miles. loaded heavy.

I chuckled and told dispatch ain't gonna happen!

they sent a road repair out to chain up the axle and was again told "bring it on in"

ummm.... nope, there's a closed convenience store about a mile down, I'll drop it there if it can't be fixed today, (which I knew wasn't going to happen with a container), and bobtail back.

went back 2 weeks later to get it.