paging lorry drivers

those yellow things on the wheel nuts, sort of a triangle joined to a
circle.

They're all supposed to point in the same direction?

I've just seen a lorry where they were all over the shop - never
noticed this before. Does it mean his wheel's going to fall of?

 

They're supposed to point in a preset pattern. Ones pointing all over the
shop sound a bit dubious unless the preset pattern was "all over the place".

Info here :
http://www.wheel-check.com/star.html

I liked the start : "There are few sights more chilling than a 200 kg truck
wheel bounding towards you on a crowded highway. In a split second your life
and the lives of those close to you can be smashed irreparably."

 

Yes, quite possibly. Steer clear.

 

<TOG@toil>; <>; <>
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Was the pun intended!!

 

IANALD, however...

They're meant to, yes. S'posed to show that all the wheelnuts are
tightened properly.

Possibly. Would also suggest the driver didn't bother to check his rig
before setting off.

Could also mean that someone's tampered with the little plastic
wossnames "for a laugh".

Hilarious.

 

Actually arent't adjacent pairs meant to point towards each other? That's
the way they always seem to be when I've seen them.

On one wheel - be worried. On *every* wheel - Someone being a twat.

 

well, I was on foot; the lorry was stationary waiting to turn out of
Warwick Lane left onto Newgate Street. And it was only one of the
wheels - the rest appeared correctly aligned.

But I'll make sure I "steer clear" if I see another one.

 

I had a truck wheel undertake me on the motorway in a car I was driving.
It crossed over to the fast lane, where mayhem happened. I remember
thinking, hmm.. that's something you don't see every day.

 

that's sort of what I meant - they sort of form a circle.

Not pointing in random directions like the one this morning.

 

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Vass
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Now: (currently shopping)
Then: A100, MBX80, XL125, CB400, FZR600, CBR600Fv, CBR1100xx-x, YZF-R1

I had a roller from my speedboat trailer overtake me once,
thankfully the boat didn;t follow...

 

No, they're load-balancers. Two nuts are joined with the yellow thing.
If one nut starts working loose, the yellow thing tightens the other nut
so the wheel can't actually come off.

**** knows.

 

TOG@toil, ,

Idiot man. Stick to claret.

 

You can plead the "UKRM amendment" on talking bollocks here...

....and here

....and here

Yes.

 

Yes.

 

Erm, Ben, I think that he's actually referring to the loose nut
indicators which definitely *aren't* joined together.

You know a shitload more than I do about this, so I'm being cautious
here, but I think I'm right.

 

The Older Gentleman said...

You mean these?

http://www.wheel-check.com/

I think you are too. I have a feeling Ben is refering to something else
that I couldn't find using google.

 

http://www.checkpoint-safety.com/index1.htm

 

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Hum - driving in a cage - no, a safe - (Rover 3 Litre) at a steady 90
down a long incline on the A74 in the early hours of a morning many
years ago I sensed a Presence, and something passed me. As it came into
the influence of the lights I saw it was a wheel - about the same height
as the car.

It trundled off in front of me, and when the road went slightly to the
left it carried on, ran up the bank, down it again and crossed the road
and up the bank my side, repeated the trick and as we were climbing
again, it began to slow, then hit sonething on the verge, leapt into the
air and fell on its side.

Fortunately, I didn't see any other traffic until I neared Hamilton.
IIRC it was a Sunday, which might have some bearing on
something-or-other.

 

Well, I was never that bothered with the safety shite. I'm surprised
they gave me that Hazardous Goods licence, to be honest...

 

Ok, but I really can't be arsed. Besides, I don't think it's -even 100%
necessary. As someone else mentioned, they're often set up so that
adjacent pairs point at each other, however, some of the buses round
here use these things too, and they have them set to all point to the
center.

G'wan then, splain why that's bollocks. Surely, a responsible lorry
driver would check the general roadworthiness of his vehicle before
taking it out, which, one would hope, would include ensuring that it
both had the requisite number of roadwheels and that they weren't,
potentially, going to fall off.

Or are we considering that he might be a couldn't-give-a-**** pikey fly-
tipper?

Ok, again, please elaborate; If it's just a plastic thingy pressed over
the wheel nut, what's to stop somebody, anybody, moving them around for
the hell of it?

I'm glad it amused you.