Well this is a first, I lost a bearing on my Reed this evening.  I figured this out when the studs sheared off and the tire went flying.  Thankfully I was only doing 35 at the time in a not so populated area.  The tire and rim missed a brand new car that was parked in someones driveway and came to a rest in their yard.  I heard what sounded like a gun shot go off and figured it was a blown tire.  Being there was no place to pull over, I drove down the street a few hundred yards to an empty lot.  This is where I discorved there was no rim.  Needless to say, I am fing Pissed.  I was supposed to head to Naples in the morning for a pour, what if this had happened going do I75 at 70 mph in morning traffic?  Nothing else was damaged besides the hub, rim, and fender.  I am going to get a replacment from our pump guy.  Apperently its NOT a Dexter axle like Reed says.  So we are hoping that the new bearing fits.  Meanwhile my pump sits on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.  I don't think anyone can steel it, but you know how people are these days.  What a great end to a horrible day.  

Why did the rim fall off if the hub is still intack? Did you shear the lugs?  Have it towed to a shop.                                           Good point about checking and lubing your bearings, i need to do mine. I might look into buddy bearing covers. I drive all over heck with it. ill look into it tomorrow. Good topic. 

All 6 lugs sheared, no warning.  Best guess is that the bearing went bad causing a little wiggle in the wheel.  Too much stress on the lugs, and bam.  The hub is held on by the castle nut and pin.  Both were still there.  The only other thing that could have happened was a loose lug.  The thing bounces around like a mofo back there sometimes, even though I do my best to avoid bumps and grab the trailer brake when one is coming.  I pre trip like crazy because of stuff like this.  No I dont physically check the toqure with a toqure wrench everyday, but I will now.  

And we are getting a hub in the morning.  We need a crane to pick it up to put on a trailer, no way we can drag it up over the angle iron on the gooseneck.  

Yeah i had a wheel fall of my skid steer once. When the machines are so heavy and you loose one lug or even two its causes a chain reaction. A flat bed tow truck would pick it up easy. 

Replaced the hub this afternoon, and towed it the half mile to its conex.  Can't do anybetter than a brand new hub for free.  Earl really hooked us up.  He said in his 20 years selling Reeds, he has never seen this happen.  Guess we just got a few bad studs.  We really lucked out.  I think part of the problem is that its a 5200 pound axle hauling around a 5000 pound pump all of the time.  Yeah its within limits, but just bearly.  Its like the tire and rims that come with it, 5100 pounds on the 2 tires, in spec but just bearly.  What Reed needs to do is put a 6K axle under these things with 8 lugs.  And not a lilttle 3/8" lug either.  These things take a beating everyday.  When you fill that hopper full of concrete, I bet its close to 6K pounds.  And I know I have had days where its full for 8-12 hours while pumping.  Earl said that he was yelling at the guys at Reed last night about using inferior parts, on speakerphone.  Its not the first thing that went bad on this.  The Shift Cylinder went a few months ago.  Reed has switched manfuctuars to save a few bucks.  Well thats fine as long as the part is of the same qulity as the rest.  Well it wasn't.  I love the product that they put out, but they need to not scrimp on somethings.  They say the build it better, they need to prove it.

had the lugs come off of a tkb45 we bought a while back,sheered the studs clean off . all it takes is for one to work loose.  one incident like this and you will be  ocd about checking those lug nuts............i know i am after my trip down the highway missing one wheel on a two wheeled pump.  and you are 100% right reed uses some inferior parts ,but they do make a great product.  i dont own one at this time ,but the ones i have had where good pumps.  tough as nails.  have you thought of changeing out the axel? i like the heavier ones putz uses.

Yeah when this axle goes bad, thats what we are going to do.  Like a 6K Dexter.  For the price they charge for this pump, they should be using namebrand good parts.

Are you still crying about this Goose? Common, it's time to come out of the closet and admit you screwed up or at least maybe overlooked something. With a hub buried in the dirt you had no idea whether it was a bearing issue or not. My guess is the lug nuts came loose causing a little wobble and the lugs sheared. The lug holes in the rim would probably be a little wallowed out if this were the case.

Another good reason to ALWAYS use your outriggers to take the load off the axle when you 2000 lbs of concrete in the hopper, in addition to the side to side force applied with an s-tube type of machine and to NEVER tow the unit with concrete in the hopper.

Also, don't forget to the inspection of all the towing accessories to add to your checklist:hitch, reciever, pins, breakaway switch, etc. so you don't see the pump pass you some day on the highway.

Yeah I didn't screw up.  I check all of these things before I hit the road everytime.  Did I put a wrench on the lugs, no.  But I do at service time.  Rim was fine.  Bearing was missing greese and discolored.  Should I have checked the bearings on a weekly basis, Yes.  Did I, No.  I will now.  Problem with putting the out riggers down is they dont have enough holes and the ones it does have make the legs WAY too long.  Could that have contrubited to it, sure.  It happens, no one got hurt and nothing was damaged that we couldn't fix.  Only money we put out was for a dust cap and 2 new tires, which were about due anyway.  You learn things everyday in this job.  I deffently learned a few here.  

Put the manual outriggers down on dunnage, shim them snug with plywood and then lift the front up with the jack, taking wieght off the truck and tightening up the outriggers.   I made some steel wedges one time to tighten the blocking legs up on a gravel crusher, built them heavy enough to drive in.  That way, they were easy to get tight.

Hey Goose thanks for sharing. This kind of stuff is the reason i enjoy these sites.                                                       Not just button pushers and new pumps..