OK, all, here's the scenario....
Was traveling down a two lane road (under construction) at 40 mph...all of a sudden I heard a horrific metal grinding/crunching noise and the trike went out of control, veering me off into oncoming traffic...all I could see was a huge SUV coming towards me and thought what the "F" to do? Well, it took me everything to get the trike off the road and into a dirt mound/ditch that was there from the construction...that's what saved my life...going into ditch.
I, at time, still did not know what happened...my right leg was pinned underneath the trike. The first responder that appeared was a deputy...he said what happened to my tire? Did I have a blowout? My response, no, not that I know of, why? He said my whole left tire was missing.
He then asked if I recently had my trike serviced...my reply was yes...he then said the service company tightened my lug nuts on to tight causing the accident and that "He sees this all the time"...
By the grace of GOD I survived with just a broken right hip and femur, yet if you saw the damage you would wonder how I did survive.
Since that time, I've been told by many mechanics the same scenario, yet the service company refuses to accept liability. They say it's a manufacturer issue.
I was told about this Forum and have noticed that in past similar situations that the bottom line is "it's the service guys fault" even if the aluminum wheels do have an issue not only on trikes but other vehicles as well.
I would appreciate any feed back for all you that have knowledge of the issues or know of others that lived to tell their story. I feel if I had died from the accident, there would have never been a resolution as to what really happened.
Was traveling down a two lane road (under construction) at 40 mph...all of a sudden I heard a horrific metal grinding/crunching noise and the trike went out of control, veering me off into oncoming traffic...all I could see was a huge SUV coming towards me and thought what the "F" to do? Well, it took me everything to get the trike off the road and into a dirt mound/ditch that was there from the construction...that's what saved my life...going into ditch.
I, at time, still did not know what happened...my right leg was pinned underneath the trike. The first responder that appeared was a deputy...he said what happened to my tire? Did I have a blowout? My response, no, not that I know of, why? He said my whole left tire was missing.
He then asked if I recently had my trike serviced...my reply was yes...he then said the service company tightened my lug nuts on to tight causing the accident and that "He sees this all the time"...
By the grace of GOD I survived with just a broken right hip and femur, yet if you saw the damage you would wonder how I did survive.
Since that time, I've been told by many mechanics the same scenario, yet the service company refuses to accept liability. They say it's a manufacturer issue.
I was told about this Forum and have noticed that in past similar situations that the bottom line is "it's the service guys fault" even if the aluminum wheels do have an issue not only on trikes but other vehicles as well.
I would appreciate any feed back for all you that have knowledge of the issues or know of others that lived to tell their story. I feel if I had died from the accident, there would have never been a resolution as to what really happened.