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PA turnpike near Breezewood lost set of tandem wheels hits car

Discussion in 'Questions To Truckers From The General Public' started by ike229, Sep 13, 2010.

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  1. Mar 30, 2011 #41
    Allow Me.

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    I once lost my single screw drive tires on the drivers side in Long Beach, Ca. after just coming off the freeway and on to a surface street. They separated and one tire rolled about a block and hit a wall, the other flopped into the northbound lane and laid flat where a 4 wheeler hit it (straddled it) and did some nasty damage but no injuries. With a single screw, I was dead in the water. The companies insurance paid out. If I remember correctly, the lug nuts failed.
     
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  3. Apr 14, 2011 #42
    ahappytrucker

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    What do you mean hard to track?? With 16 years on the road and 7 more in the repair business...it is not that hard to track who a tire belongs to. Each DOT casing whether used or new has a unique identifier on it. Everytime a new or used tire is sold, that DOT number is documented.

    Also, most parts are tracked the same way with a unique part identifier along the part number. My dad was with the Mn DOT for 43 years and spent a lot of time investigating truck/car/ and train accidents. There is almost always with certainty a way to track evidence left behind at an accident to the other party.

    When in doubt, contact the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Safety Investigations Unit. They could help you out tracking who the missing pieces belong to. And if there is a active police report, then there is an investigator who can also help assist the investigation, not withstanding the insurance companies who have the resources to track down the perpetrator.
     
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  4. Apr 17, 2011 #43
    ike229

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    Happy Trucker,

    Thank you for your post, as of today we are still searching for the owner of the runaway tandems that struck my car. Could you please elaborate on the unique identifier on the casing of this tire? Is this identifier a separate number from the DOT number? Do you by any chance have a picture, or a sample picture you could pull up online showing these numbers and their locations on a tire?

    Thank you for your help.

    ~Mark~
     
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  5. Apr 18, 2011 #44
    Hardlyevr

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  7. Apr 19, 2011 #45
    ike229

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    Hardlyevr ,
    Thank you for the photo.

    I take it that the DOT # is the 8 characters following "DOT" and the unique identifying # is the "228" at the end.

    Please correct me if I am wrong.

    Thank you for your help.
     
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  8. Apr 19, 2011 #46
    chopper103in

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    the "228" on that tire is the week of the year that it was made------tire was made 22nd week of 2008. the 8 charaters before is the dot id # to that specific tire model that tells where its made and tire specs


    also the driver lost a set of duals not tandams, if the driver lost his tandams he would be dragging frame
     
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  9. Apr 21, 2011 #47
    Powell-Peralta

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    So how did the video tape go?
     
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  10. Apr 25, 2011 #48
    DP Transport

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    Contact the tire companies and tell them your story. When you buy a tire the numbers on the tires are recorded for recall purposes etc. They might be able to put you in contact with the owner. Also check with the companies that do road service on the turnpike and see if you can find them that way. The TA and the All American do road service out of Breezewood and there is another outfit I think is named Smith Transport.
    Hope this helps
     
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  11. May 16, 2011 #49
    Leftlane larry

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    MarkSteven, FYI truck driving is not a profession it is a trade. A profession would indicate a college degree. Just sayin...
     
    Leftlane larry, May 16, 2011
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