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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
    Not to forget the hub and brake drum as well. And probably all because some driver failed to check the oil level in the sight glass on the center of the hub. The bearing went dry and seazed up duel come off at Speed and become a deadly uncontrolled projectile. It would be hard for me to believe the driver of the car survived being hit with close to 500 lbs of duel assembly
    Yup. I took these photos of a similar occurrence that happened near an exit ramp on I-90, close to Livingston, Mt. in 2017. Fortunately, the truck was slowing to take the exit when the bearing let go, and the dually just ended up coming to rest in the median, instead of continuing into the oncoming traffic lane. Trailer was carrying a full load of bee hives that the attending rural fire truck driver had to spray with water to keep bees cool. Wonder what the frequency of this type of failure might be.
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    Last edited by Gadgeteer; Mar 13, 2020 at 06:00 PM.

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