So possible the guy effectively caused this by messing around w his truck?
Highly possible.
So possible the guy effectively caused this by messing around w his truck?
Unless there is a good reason to widen the stance and a high quality spacer is used, 100% agree. If your truck needs more, upgrade the suspension.IMO all of them are dumb AF on trucks when they’re used to widen the stance.
Wide stancing,....a well known technique.Unless there is a good reason to widen the stance and a high quality spacer is used, 100% agree. If your truck needs more, upgrade the suspension.
On the Beltway in DC circa 1995 at night saw a tractor/trailer wheel rolling along the road, glowing red-hot.Couple of years ago I saw a tire come off a semi from the opposite direction. When the tire hit the first pothole/bump, it went flying at least 70-80 feet up in the air. Landed in the ditch and wobble/bounced into the woods. This was on I-80 east of Merle Hay Rd.
There used to be, circa 1982 or so, a creep who routinely did the Larry Craig reach under the stall routine in the men's head in the ISU student union.Wide stancing,....a well known technique. View attachment 111394
Larry Craig's 'Wide Stance' Excuse Gains Prominence in Lexicon
Among the most famous excuses ever given for questionable behavior, 'I have a wide stance' falls somewhere between the favorite 'the dog ate my homework' and President Clinton's 'I didn't inhale.'www.foxnews.com
This is the one that I was reminded of. I love it so much. It's just a "chef's kiss" of a video
That's almost guaranteed. Him or the shop he had his tires replaced at.So possible the guy effectively caused this by messing around w his truck?
My brother was in an accident with one of his roommates back in the '80s northwest of Ames. The little car they were in was totalled. When I showed up with my mom to see if he was okay a few days later he showed me (definitely not my mom) the wheel and part of the assembly that they went back and found a couple of days later. It was about a quarter of a mile down the road and about a quarter of a mile into the field. If it hadn't been in the early spring before crops were up they probably would have never found it but the farmer would have been pissed when he did.Found a whole wheel, tire and brake drum assembly from a tractor trailer out in the middle of corn field off of highway 20. Was close to 1/4 mile away from the road. That thing had some serious energy to get that far.
So many of the half ton lifted bro trucks won’t make it past 75k miles just due to all the stress put on them they aren’t designed for. I’m even more amazed when I see people pulling heavy loads with a lifted bro truck with a 12 inch drop hitch.You’d think the tire would be wobbling before coming loose. I may or may not have forgotten to tighten my wheels down after a brake job on my truck in the college years and there was a definite wobble. I pulled over and had two lug nuts left and found a couple on the shoulder along 30.
My guess is he had cheap wheel spacers or his dumb lift caused enough stress that a ball joint or tire rod let loose and caused enough stress at high speed that it sheared the lugs.
Either way, I’m sure backyard mechanic skills caused a potential life altering accident. I always get nervous around lifted or lowered vehicles.
So many of the half ton lifted bro trucks won’t make it past 75k miles just due to all the stress put on them they aren’t designed for. I’m even more amazed when I see people pulling heavy loads with a lifted bro truck with a 12 inch drop hitch.
I get a laugh when I drive past Ames Ford as it appears all they sell now is new half tons with 8 inch lift kits. Nothing like spending extra money on an already expensive new vehicle just to get less lifespan and worse mileage out of it.
Then there's this.