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yobarr


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Apparently this fella declined all offers of assistance,and chose to continue his journey as a 3 wheeler,plus brake drum! The recently departed wheel was abandoned on the roadside.Experience tells me that he wouldn't have got far before the brake drum disintegrated,but it takes all kinds,I guess.Cheers760AEEB0-B7A7-42F5-85EA-EDC6F328B33C.png

 

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He probably won't do it a second time after the repair bill..... or maybe he will.



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Whenarewethere wrote:

He probably won't do it a second time after the repair bill..... or maybe he will.

 What I don't understand is why he chose to leave the wheel on the roadside? Cheers



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Nutcase!

 

Apart from the fact that one can put a new tyre on the rim, it is the same as people leaving their rubbish behind expecting others to clean up after them.



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There was obviously loose nuts on that wheel, and probably a loose nut, behind the steering wheel

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In too much of a hurry to get over the border? Wonder if he had his pass in order?

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Hes nuts !!

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Aus-Kiwi wrote:

Hes nuts !!

 Hmmmm.....seems his problem is that he has no nuts? Cheers Graeme



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Do we let them in if they're not all there?

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Whenarewethere wrote:

 after the repair bill

What would you wreck doing that?  Would you need to replace the suspension?  



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I have seen a rim steel rim that had been going round and round without a tyre and was a perfect circle just shy of the stud holes It pays to keep a constant check on whats going on down the back Cheers

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It's not as if he had a shortage of share wheels & if he had TPMS he could have simply moved it to the spare. Easy.

Probably the sort of person who would prefer to keep upgrading televisions.

 



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Maybe the van wasnt his

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Do you think that answers the questions Jebs?

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If the van wasn't his the excess is going to hurt!



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jebs wrote:

Maybe the van wasnt his

 Probably hired it from Camplify. biggrinbiggrinbiggrin



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Probably quite easy to happen - stereo up high so no noise from the caravan plus no difference in the 'feel' of the van behind as it's a tandem wheel setup which are more stable and possibly the brake drum was not skidding on the road due to rocker suspension design.

Plus we don't know the full story !!

Good Luck.



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hako wrote:

Probably quite easy to happen - stereo up high so no noise from the caravan plus no difference in the 'feel' of the van behind as it's a tandem wheel setup which are more stable and possibly the brake drum was not skidding on the road due to rocker suspension design.

Plus we don't know the full story !!
Good Luck.

 Hi Denis....Because I am not flash on computers,those pictures are actually screen shots from a video.As I said in the first post,the driver had been stopped,and alerted to the problem,but declined all offers of assistance,preferring to continue his journey at a very low speed.The brake drum was in direct contact with the road,and was turning rapidly! Perhaps he lived locally...Cheers.



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yobarr wrote:
hako wrote:

Probably quite easy to happen - stereo up high so no noise from the caravan plus no difference in the 'feel' of the van behind as it's a tandem wheel setup which are more stable and possibly the brake drum was not skidding on the road due to rocker suspension design.

Plus we don't know the full story !!
Good Luck.

 Hi Denis....Because I am not flash on computers,those pictures are actually screen shots from a video.As I said in the first post,the driver had been stopped,and alerted to the problem,but declined all offers of assistance,preferring to continue his journey at a very low speed.The brake drum was in direct contact with the road,and was turning rapidly! Perhaps he lived locally...Cheers.

 

 



-- Edited by yobarr on Friday 13th of November 2020 10:37:51 AM

 

Thanks Yobarr for the extra info.

 

Regards

 



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It only takes a call to NRMA to have it changed.

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