Rolled the truck...(pics)

+1 reason for getting a dash cam. It would of recorded the nose of the truck dropping as the wheel came off.

Buddy of mine had one come off in a Dakota when he was moving out west, but he had enough weight in the back end, that he didn't notice the front right wheel come off until he went to stop. He never found the wheel.

 

Although everyone is out to lynch the wheel manufacturer, wheel breakage in a rollover accident like that is common. Something as minor as sliding sideways into a curb, without a rollover, can break a wheel. I'm not saying that the OP is wrong, but it's possible he's mistaken. If it is possible to do an accident reconstruction, it's very likely that critical evidence is already lost. Location of broken wheel pieces, location of tire, marks on the pavement, skid marks, foreign objects in the road, etc. If there were no missing pieces to the wheel, it might be possible to see if the wheel was bent before it broke. Unfortunately, there are a lot of pieces missing. BTW, firefighters are not experts in accident reconstruction, so don't take any of their, "looks like ____________ caused the accident", as valuable information. Sorry to hear about your truck. Glad you are OK. Glad you weren't ejected and rolled over by the truck. It does happen.

 

holy shit! id be waking up in the middle of the night with flashbacks if i rolled in a vehicle...truck can be replaced your life cant so you walked away a winner that day..

 

I see your point. I did go back to the scene the next day with my family just to verify there were no marks in the grass on my side of the road nor did I hit the rail on my side that might have indicated that I ran off the road... Also I verified with a witness that I came across the median perpendicular. The median is a raised area of grass with a concrete curb but I didn't spin far enough to hit the curb with the right front wheel. Also I have a burn on my wrist that finally clicked and told me it was a burn from my wrist resting on the steering wheel and it jerking to the left so fast creating the burn mark.

If anyone has any advice or input as to what you think I should do from here please feel free to chime in.

 

Better call Saul

 

Glad you are ok..

Completely off-topic, but was that chick in the gray dress hot? I can't really tell

 

Just makes me even more cautious about buying from wheel companies I don't trust. Glad your safe man

 

Yea the wheels were a gift from my dad and weren't my choice but hey...

 

Get a lawyer immediately - a personal injury/products liability one - and do what he says. Period.

 

A little while back, I was looking at a Foose wheel and on the backside, cast right into it, it said, "Made in China". I was shocked.

 

Quick thinking by firmly pressing your hand against the roof. May have saved your life.

 

Glad you're okay! Also lucky there was no one in the right rear of the truck...

Also wear your seatbelt from now on!

 

^ lawyer for the wheel company

 

While your at suing the wheel company sue the sheriff's office or whoever wrote that ticket too.

 

Glad you're ok man, but please for the love of anyone who knows you, wear your seatbelt.

 

Oh, Dude. Dude

 

It would with just one wheel/tire, there would be traction on the left and none on the right; with that caster would fling the wheel with traction toward the outside (left)--violently as the OP reported. An indication to me that the wheel failed...

 

make sure a qualified mechanic checks the wheel bearings to fight the statement from the rookie cop.

 

Who dat