had fun at the lake but.......

[TahitiTiger]

some a$$ hat stole a bearing buddy off my trailer while we were out on the lake :mad: ! As it was late and I ran up to get the Bronco and fetch my Tahiti, which is tied to the ramp, I noticed a grey cap missing. Look a little deaper and to my disbeleaf the whole bearing buddy is gone. So I ran to the general store got a coffee cup cut the bottom off it, and used black tape to attach it to my hub. :sqeyes: It stayed on for 100 mile trip home.
Just tweeks me that there is thievery at the lake, to the point of a bearing buddy. Guess I best put a pad lock on my trailer latch too.

[H20Advantage]

That totally sucks but good thinking on your part. You should change your screen name to Mcguyver

[Rod-64]

That blows:mad: ..........my trailer is ugly so they leave mine alone........so far.

[TRG]

I lost three (3) B buddies last season just from trailering alone, i check my bearing hub temp at every single stop i make. is it possible that you might have lost it during your 100 mile tow?

[watergun4u]

some a$$ hat stole a bearing buddy off my trailer while we were out on the lake :mad: ! As it was late and I ran up to get the Bronco and fetch my Tahiti, which is tied to the ramp, I noticed a grey cap missing. Look a little deaper and to my disbeleaf the whole bearing buddy is gone. So I ran to the general store got a coffee cup cut the bottom off it, and used black tape to attach it to my hub. :sqeyes: It stayed on for 100 mile trip home.
Just tweeks me that there is thievery at the lake, to the point of a bearing buddy. Guess I best put a pad lock on my trailer latch too.
hey bro sorry for your loses, but just to let you know, I:D have had a few just come off, and not notice it right away, so that may be the case also, just my 2 cents!

[TahitiTiger]

I lost three (3) B buddies last season just from trailering alone, i check my bearing hub temp at every single stop i make. is it possible that you might have lost it during your 100 mile tow?
Yeah I know it didn't fly off in tow. No grease all over my wheel for one, big blob of grease sitting in the parking lot, and last when I parked the Bronco I do a quick walk around to kinda make sure I didn't forget something. Plus I had just installed them the night before, so when I arrived I checked em for grease, and they were both there :(
I'm going to smack my old Dico caps back on, no one tried to steal those LOL

[slotracer]

what lake were you at? 2 years ago i had a light stolen from my trailer at
don pedro.

[YeLLowBoaT]

It takes alot of work to get those off if they were installed correctly( you have to tap them from side to side with a hammer). I would check the hub, if its bent or sligthly out of round it most likly fell off.

[XtrmWakeborder]

I drilled and tapped a hole on the side so I could put an allen set screw on the sides. Makes it a bit harder to take/ come off.

[OSidePat]

Its like you cant leave anything anywhere anymore ....sucks!

[TahitiTiger]

what lake were you at? 2 years ago i had a light stolen from my trailer at
don pedro.
Lake San Antonio, used to be a nice family place. They have recently upped the rangers there due to gang violence and theft.

[Warlockjer]

They defanatley can fall off. trust me, I have over the years lost some while towing. Would have hated to have been following me:)

[1030]

Last time I launched at Take Off Point, some A-Hole stole my trailering plug (round to five flat) and it was'nt even a busy weeked. Luckly I had some wire in the truck.

[Riomouse911]

I've lost bearing buddies trailering as well, I keep an extra in the truck box in case I lose another. Crazy Horse last Sept was a joke, some a-hole took the spare tire cover off of my trailer, and some other prick took an entire ice chest from another guy in our group.. and it was 5 feet from his tent. Maybe I'm too harsh, but sawing off a right hand of a thief in the town square is OK in my book.