woodburner
Mentor Ohio
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KCTJ wrote:Before every trip I check air pressure and torque lugs.
ditto. Mfg. recommended it and I do it.
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RonandConni
Greentown In
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We check both the lug nuts and the lug nut torque before each trip. I usually then check the tire pressure every few days and the lug nuts every week of the trip. Have never had a loose lug or tire pressure problem but it is better to be safe than wishing I had taken just a few minutes to check.
Good luck and happy camping
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Ron and Conni
Greentown, In
Cedar Creek 29LRLBS
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HUTCH45
NORCAL
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KCTJ wrote:Before every trip I check air pressure and torque lugs.
Same here...pretty cheap insurance IMHO...(I have 16" aluminum wheels)
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'07 NEW HORIZONS 35' 5th.Wheel 'MotoMover'
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jhufft
CALIFORNIA
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I would check them each time you go on a trip I had bad experiece on losing a whole tire on a single axle on the freeway you can bet I check mine every time I go on a trip
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The Harpers
Carmel, California, USA
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Anytime we have work done on tires and wheels. I check after a real bad road. I have seen a 5er setting on the side of the road with one wheel gone. When I stopped to ask if I could help he told me his lug nuts sheared off.
Tom and Sydney Harper - Monterey California
2004 HitchHiker II LS 32.5 UKTG
2003 Chevy Durmax Diesel
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gcooker
Fenton, Mi
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Steel wheels. I check my lugs every spring but in general every trip or every other trip if they are short. I check the tire pressure every trip. I check closer if the wheels have been pulled for some reason. I just use a wheel wrench - nothing fancy. The thing to wonder is I almost never check them on my truck 
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rowaltonjr
Castle Hayne, NC
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We check pressure & wheel nuts before every trip & then every couple of days of driving. I was checking lug tightness in a camp ground in Cresent City, CA last spring when our next door neighbor saw me & said he had never seen anyone do that so we checked his, several were loose. Better to take the time than to have a problem because you didn't.
nogo
2004 2500 Sierra, 2006 Keystone-Cougar 291EFS 5th wheel
We don't do anything, but we do it real well
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dieseldan723
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BCinWI wrote:1-2 times per year.
Same here. Never found one loose yet!
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RanchDweller
Colorado
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What is the deal with the aluminum wheels vs. the steel wheels. Is there more play with the aluminum ones? Is the metal more susceptible to expansion and contraction?
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gar_fanatic
Iowa
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I check the tire pressure before each trip, but have yet to check the torque. We're going to be re-packing the wheel bearings anyway soon, so they'll get torque'd then.
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