Brampton driver facing multiple charges after dump truck loses wheel
A Brampton dump truck driver is facing multiple charges after a wheel separated from his vehicle while travelling eastbound on Highway 26 in Springwater Township in Central Ontario.
On Feb. 4, shortly before 2 p.m., members of the Huronia West Ontario Provincial Police detachment responded to a report of a dump truck that had lost a wheel. An officer located the truck a short time later in a nearby parking lot.
With assistance from the Central Region Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement team, the vehicle underwent a commercial motor vehicle inspection.
During the inspection, a Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance-certified officer determined that the trailer was loaded beyond its manufacturer weight rating, a large slice was present in the sidewall of one of the remaining tires, and the company’s CVOR had expired. Police said the cause of the wheel separation was identified.
As a result, the 33-year-old driver was charged with: wheel separation – commercial motor vehicle; operating an unsafe combination of vehicles – commercial motor vehicle; overweight vehicle; driving a commercial motor vehicle with a major defect; failing to ensure performance standards are met; failing to enter a defect in the daily inspection report; improper tires – drawn vehicle – commercial motor vehicle; and operating a commercial motor vehicle without a valid CVOR certificate.
The accused was served a summons and is scheduled to appear at the Barrie Provincial Courthouse on April 29.
The trailer’s plate and annual inspection certificate were removed. Police said the trailer must pass a full safety inspection before a new plate can be issued.
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As a ower/operator and Mechanic , I said this would happen when Doug Ford started the new drive on safeties where all wheels needed to be removed for a annual inspection! So many of the shops I have been in or around the quality of workmanship is very poor on wheel installation. Sure they have passed there test on wheel installation but hardly any of them practice good high quality work . Doug Ford the more times you remove these wheels just increases the chance they will fly off. A good mechanic doesn’t need to remove a wheel to see what is going on inside . Sure the shops are on board with these because it’s nothing but $$$ they are making . But be warned you will see alot more wheels flying off . With your ridiculous drive on safeties.
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But the entire hub came off. So nothing to do with a drive on safety. I would rather pull all wheels this way you know even the studs are good nuts are torqued properly.
When you see the wheels still attached to one another like that it means there was a failure in the hub. If any driver spots a lack of oil in the hub ( part of a pretrip inspection ) that vehicle stays parked. If the oil level was good the driver is at the mercy of the way the the wheel end was assembled.
Over a 43 years of trucking I’ve picked up units where l to clean up old oil not cleaned up after leaks where fixed. Oil where its not supposed to be is a DOT magnet and a warning to the driver. And did the proper oil get used too.
As for the slice in the tire that could of happened as the bearing assembly came apart.
The picture does indicate there was very little if any oil in the hub.