Nah I'd say its more a retarded people thing Simsy. I've had the front wheels on a Pulsar almost fall off after picking it up from a pair of new tyres and also make a habbit of checking the alloy wheels on the old's patrol everytime it comes back from a service/tyre fitment because it seems alloy wheels and patrols don't mix, uneven torque on the wheel nuts isn't good for them it seems.
Must admit the Patrol Driver did great, though I have never seen it happen before. I think because he slowed down gradually and did not slam on the brakes it worked out ok.
LOL I did tell the handbrake I was not going anywhere until I hosed the jeep down from Saturday at least. Also to add to the story I had the roof off and she made me pull over and put the soft top up less than 2kms down the road cause it was messing her hair up , OMG.....
I've had the front tyre on my old Patrol come off once before, been 4wding with a guy and his front came off too. Its a Patrol thing. Sometimes its wheel nuts sometimes its the whole hub
Had a 35" come off of my wrangler as I was heading south past the caloundra exit at 110km/hr, initally thought I'd blown a tyre the way the car reacted, felt like slow motion as the front left touched down onto the highway, wasn't until we stopped my passenger looked at me and said, "the tyre just went off that way"
same deal, alloys not liking the wheel nuts.
I know a brisbane 4wd went through a stage of a really bad batch of alloys on patrols a few years ago now. A guy lost a rim on the way up to LCMP and had to use his winch to get down into the gulley beside the road to retrieve it.
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Yup! Had a pootrol with 35's and just turning a corner at about 20ks the left rear went flying by me. Took out a mailbox and ended in a dam..
same deal alloys..
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I did tell the handbrake I was not going anywhere until I hosed the jeep down from Saturday at least. Also to add to the story I had the roof off and she made me pull over and put the soft top up less than 2kms down the road cause it was messing her hair up 
, OMG.....
