I cant win!

[Blazin]

Plowing my driveways today with my new truck. Heading up the hill to the ski area at the end of my road to plow an apt. building I do. All of a sudden the left rear of my truck dropped about a foot and both my left rear tires passed me ! 7 of the 8 lug nuts were laying within 20 feet of the truck. Studs were fine, nuts were fine??? Rims egged out a touch. I have a feeling someone loosened them. The other side were a little loose too!

[okuma]

Dang....... BLAZIN' CAT......LOL.  (wow)

you have more live than an alley cat there buddy....  you have surpassed the nine lives of a cat and still counting......hahahaaaa   lmao .  (Wow)

I am glad you are ok again......

[Redneckchevy]

Glad your ok....Think some one is messing with you?

[werewolfx13]

Its the narguls, ornery little buggers. ....

Sorry to hear about that, does that truck have steel wheels or aluminum? Aluminum rims are prone to the lug nuts loosening up, especially with temperature fluctuations...

[86 chevy silverado]

Two buddies of mine had the same thing happen to them while they were plowing, both newer ford f-350/450 mason dumps. Just the rear. One of them had this happen twice now. The wheels and studs had to be replaced.  I've been scratching my head on that one since. Somehow the lugs are backing out or the studs are stretching under extreme use. I haven't figured it out yet.

[VileZambonie]

That sucks...Had you ever torqued the lug nuts on with a torque wrench?

[Blazin]

It has aluminum wheels. I didn't torque them but checked them all with a breaker bar the day after I brought it home. I checked and all the front lugs were tight yesterday after putting the rear wheels back on.
 My girl friend moved into a house the first of Dec. A few days later she was snow scooping some the driveway, a guy pulled up and asked her if there was a problem? She said no why.
" Well I plow this driveway " She told him unless it was included in the rent she couldn't afford to have it done, & she wasn't going to pay to have it done. He got all pissed off and peeled out when he left. A few storms later I was plowing the driveway and he pulled up in the road, stopped, and shinned a very bright spot light on the back of my truck while I was backing out to make another pass. After a few minutes he left, I could read his door, and was what she said his truck had on the door. Come to find out he lives right up the road. I am thinking he might have walked down and messed with it.

[VileZambonie]

hmmm that sucks! Better keep an eye on them or set up a hidden camera and see if he does it again. What year is your truck?

[Blazin]

I do a quick visual check on my rig no matter what they are, my truck, Camry, Lumina van, or 55 before I get in them, or while I am cleaning the snow off. They might not have been tampered with. It just doesn't seem to add up that when I cleaned the snow off in the morning I saw them all on there. No staining spinning out from the nut on the wheels which you see with loose lug nuts. That indicates to me they were not loose the night before when I drove over to her house.
 86 K30 this rig.
http://nh.craigslist.org/car/527401964.html
I picked it up last week. I have put about 1,500 miles on it since I got it. there is no way the lugs have been loose for over a week. I would have noticed it.

[VileZambonie]

Nice Rig! Since you have aluminum dual wheels you should torque them to 145 lb-ft and then recheck them after you drive it periodically. The steel wheels won't loosen up as easily on their own

[Blazin]

The lug nuts say 140 FT Lbs right on them. The inside dual is steel. I think I am going to get two more Alcoas this spring.

[JJSZABO]

How about some locking lugs?  They will at least keep the wheel on.

Good Luck Blazin - hope you catch the guy.

[JRConnieK10]

Man that stinks I was hoping to see progress of that truck I it sure looks like a good truck to have around I could think of alot of things to use it for. And as far as the other guy maybe he just needs an ol' fashioned talking to. If ya know what I mean.

[Fordeatinz71]

that sucks man!  yea, the aluminum wheels do have a tendancy to loosen up, but i dunno man, that's some odd occurances.  i think you might need to show him why messing with you/your GF is a bad idea.  and i second the locking lugnuts idea.  maybe splurge so you can put 4 on each wheel, that way if the other 4 are "loosened" you will have 4 tight ones that will get you to your destination safely. 

[Dragon]

It has aluminum wheels. I didn't torque them but checked them all with a breaker bar the day after I brought it home. I checked and all the front lugs were tight yesterday after putting the rear wheels back on.
 My girl friend moved into a house the first of Dec. A few days later she was snow scooping some the driveway, a guy pulled up and asked her if there was a problem? She said no why.
" Well I plow this driveway " She told him unless it was included in the rent she couldn't afford to have it done, & she wasn't going to pay to have it done. He got all pissed off and peeled out when he left. A few storms later I was plowing the driveway and he pulled up in the road, stopped, and shinned a very bright spot light on the back of my truck while I was backing out to make another pass. After a few minutes he left, I could read his door, and was what she said his truck had on the door. Come to find out he lives right up the road. I am thinking he might have walked down and messed with it.

Sounds like you got an idiot that is in a "pissing contest" of the deadly kind, he'll keep it up until he gets the driveway back, or one of you gets seriously injuried in the process (If not just severe property damage! )....

Glad you and your truck are Ok Blazin, just becareful of that idiot!