Well except it wasnt funny!
Got to a job, then had to go off and get some materials. So got in the tipper truck and happily drove along the bypass. Turned off onto a residential road which has a slight downwards incline, so i was touching my brakes. Next thing i had no brakes. Next thing i can hear a grinding noise as the truck starts to slew across the road towards the kerb. At this point having shouted to my lad "Ive got no brakes" I look in the passenger door mirror to see sparks coming from the rear wheel...area. At this point my lad shouts "Weve got no wheels" Only for him to point at our wheels which are maintaining speed, as we slow down, merrily bumping along the road past us. We finally come to a stop about 5 yeards from a pedestrian crossing. Our wheels come to a stop about 300 yards down the road.
Luckily there were no pedestrians on the road and no parked cars. The oncoming traffic was stopped by a HGV which saw them coming. We got out of the truck and saw a large groove running up the road about 200 yards long where we had run on the axle. The brake hub had come off, as had the twin whhels on the back passenger side. Luckily no-one was hurt or hit.
The wheel nuts had completely sheered off of the threads. The recovery guy looked at it and was at a loss as to how it had happened. His comment was "Now i dont see this every day!"
The tyres were changed 4 months ago and its been serviced two months ago (rear wheels werent touched) so ive absolutley no idea how it happened.
Suffice to say im bloody lucky and even more lucky that no one else was hit by them. Im off to look at a new truck and definetly some new underpants!
Got to a job, then had to go off and get some materials. So got in the tipper truck and happily drove along the bypass. Turned off onto a residential road which has a slight downwards incline, so i was touching my brakes. Next thing i had no brakes. Next thing i can hear a grinding noise as the truck starts to slew across the road towards the kerb. At this point having shouted to my lad "Ive got no brakes" I look in the passenger door mirror to see sparks coming from the rear wheel...area. At this point my lad shouts "Weve got no wheels" Only for him to point at our wheels which are maintaining speed, as we slow down, merrily bumping along the road past us. We finally come to a stop about 5 yeards from a pedestrian crossing. Our wheels come to a stop about 300 yards down the road.
Luckily there were no pedestrians on the road and no parked cars. The oncoming traffic was stopped by a HGV which saw them coming. We got out of the truck and saw a large groove running up the road about 200 yards long where we had run on the axle. The brake hub had come off, as had the twin whhels on the back passenger side. Luckily no-one was hurt or hit.
The wheel nuts had completely sheered off of the threads. The recovery guy looked at it and was at a loss as to how it had happened. His comment was "Now i dont see this every day!"
The tyres were changed 4 months ago and its been serviced two months ago (rear wheels werent touched) so ive absolutley no idea how it happened.
Suffice to say im bloody lucky and even more lucky that no one else was hit by them. Im off to look at a new truck and definetly some new underpants!
