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Skriven 2016-01-10 08:08:49 av Dave Drum (1:18/200)
     Kommentar till en text av Stephen Haffly
Ärende: Re: Wheeling
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-=> Stephen Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 SH> It was the whole wheel. I could see the wheel inside the tire when we
 SH> passed it. Before it came off, I saw sparks, which is some thing that
 SH> just a tire would be unlikely to shed. Since we did not stop to look
 SH> closer, I don't know what part broke, but I do know it was more than a
 SH> tire. While we did have a dash cam, we had only recently gotten it, so
 SH> I did not have that particular video segment saved for later review. It
 SH> was also at night, so even then, the video might not have shown what
 SH> happened adequately.

Fair enough. You were there, I was not. I have never seen a big truck lose a 
single wheel - it would have to be a rather unique set of circumstances to 
cause that to happen. You can get sparks from steel belted radials that have 
been word down to the belts - by whatever means. I have seen that a number of 
times and had it happen to me once. Apparently that is *not* what happened in 
your instance, though.

 ML> My friend Nicholas (who was supposed to have attended the
 ML> concert last night but was sick, so I didn't get to see
 ML> him) apparently was once behind a truck that lost a wheel
 ML> apparatus, and someone here, perhaps the Shipps, have
 ML> reported similar. It sounds as though these incidents
 ML> happen enough that people should consider a more reliable
 ML> fastening for their auto parts.

 DD> Worst I ever had happen to me was with a racecar trailer. One of the
 DD> tandem wheels on the left side of the trailer came off the rig (broken
 DD> spindle/nut) and pulled out to pass me. I was slowing for an
 DD> interstate highway ramp and watched it zip past, hit a guard rail,
 DD> bounce high in the air and spin like a
 DD> half-dollar waiting for someone to call heads or tails. That was a lot
 DD> less dangerous than a semi-rig's wheels would have been - the size was
 DD> more like passenger car sized wheel and tyre. We pulled over, picked
 DD> up the free agent wheel/tyre and chained up the axle until we could
 DD> limp to a repair shop. Nothing hurt except my wallet.

 SH> Must have been something to see. I'm glad the one we saw did not do
 SH> likewise, and that I had the sense to back way off when we saw the
 SH> smoke around the tire and saw the sparks. We were also intially being
 SH> hit with what I now belive to be rubber particles from the tire. I
 SH> initially thought it might have been salt/sand from road clearing. I
 SH> did notice one paint chip on the hood. Whether it was from this or some
 SH> other piece of road debris, I don't know.

Perhaps whatever sawed the wheel off also ate parts of the tire. I am trying 
to put something together in my mind that would fit that set of facts and 
their outcome - with scant success. Just happy no one was hurt. You are, too, 
I'd imagine.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Mud & Snow Tire Cake
 Categories: Five, Desserts, Cakes, Dairy
      Yield: 9 Servings
 
      1    German chocolate cake mix
      1 cn Sweetened-condensed milk
    3/4    Jar of caramel fudge topping
      3    Heath candy bars (crushed)
     12 oz Carton of whipped topping
 
  Prepare the German chocolate cake per the package directions.
  While still warm, poke holes in top of cake with a fork. Pour
  a slightly warmed can of sweetened condensed milk over top of
  cake. Spread the caramel fudge ice cream topping onto the cake.
  
  Spread the whipped topping over the cake.
  
  Top the cake with the crushed Heath candy bars.
  
  From: http://www.recipesource.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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