Catastrophic Failure Imminent?

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  1. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    Is loss of wheels common in Ontario?
     
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  3. SmallPackage

    SmallPackage Road Train Member

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    Down here I know of maybe 4 times on big trucks in this state that were mentioned on news. It seems you can see at least one car or pickup sitting on the side of the road on a hub after a wheel off every week around here.
     
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  4. Shawn2130

    Shawn2130 Heavy Load Member

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    I’ve seen more flats, loss of wheels for campers, boats and enclosed trailers than big trucks.

    Same for cars and pickups.

    Especially farmers. My goodness, broken hubs, snapped axle shafts, flat tires, broken tie rods, hitch pin goes awol and the wagon dives for the ditch.

    But they never make the news or newspapers for all to see.

    If a big truck loses a wheel in Ontario, it’s reported in some newspapers or on the news for all to see and tell everyone this is why we need more Big truck enforcement on Ontario’s roads.
     
  5. Old Man

    Old Man Road Train Member

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    There should be no question, if you can’t afford to replace it when you found it, you got problems.
     
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  6. User666

    User666 Medium Load Member

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    I'm running it on the steer axle with new retreads.
     
  7. feldsforever

    feldsforever Road Train Member

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    Having been behind a flying retread. I won't use em. But that's just me. To each there own.
    Whats worse a blown tire or a lost wheel?
     
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  8. Casimir66

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    I remember talking to an older driver in the '90's. He was 71 yo.
    He was driving a Freightliner cab over.
    I happened to notice his front left aluminum wheel had cracks between multiple lugs. I didn't bother to count them.
    Could have been half of them or all.
    I told him he should get it changed.
    He didn't seem all that concerned about it.

    I seem to remember there were some defective wheels at that time and heard my company was checking wheels for cracks and replacing bad ones.
     
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  9. Dino soar

    Dino soar Road Train Member

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    I was driving a truck one time that the wheels came off.

    Not something you want to happen, believe me.
     
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  10. User666

    User666 Medium Load Member

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    I've been seriously considering recapping virgin Goodyears for my drive and trailer axles. Haven't sat down to crunch the numbers yet to see if it would be worth the savings though. I've been doing some research and it seems if one takes care of them and has been the original owner of the casings they work out well. Of course, I haven't tried that theory out personally yet.
     
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  11. Casimir66

    Casimir66 Light Load Member

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    At Crete, once the original tires wore out, it was recaps after that. Except for the steers , of course.
    Recaps held up better than they did in '90's.
    I read an article many years ago. It claimed that they had improved their ability to examine casings and could better detect any problems.
    I thought it was bs. Just wanting to sell some retreads.
    Well, over the years it seems blowouts got a lot less common.
    Plus, treads on the highway are bad for public relations.
     
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