grinding down to the axle

[tom]

I’ve been skating these since April and it looks like I’m on borrowed time since they’re cracked all the way around

[tom]

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[Lou Strux]

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Bravo, Maestro!
Enjoy the rarified air of the few that have ground a truck to death.

[Tireeedd]

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sick cunt!!!! also dig the hard times sticker

[rawbertson.]

crazy cause they dont even look that grinded down tbh lol
i have done that to lots of trucks before though just after skating them for a long time

[whale]

crazy cause they dont even look that grinded down tbh lol
i have done that to lots of trucks before though just after skating them for a long time

I thought the same from the snapped photo, but scroll up for side view that shows some seriously delicious grooves.
Well done tom, I salute you.

[VCR]

Solid work Tom!

[Shalom Peterson]

What exactly causes a truck to crack? Is it due to landing drops with a smaller amount of metal on the truck? Or just from grinding certain things? I always love the way it looks but it’s never happened to me

[Mbrimson88]

What exactly causes a truck to crack? Is it due to landing drops with a smaller amount of metal on the truck? Or just from grinding certain things? I always love the way it looks but it’s never happened to me

For some who grind through like that, it is just the sheer wear of the truck, more than any heavy weight, hard landing or anything else.

That said, I do know some trucks break more weirdly than others (not including ti axles with all their issues), but gradually grinding through the axle, it weakens the material around it to the point where it just can't hold up anymore, sometimes bends so the hanger is still attached with the wheel hard pressed on the board, other times it just snaps off and goes flying.

[hiljentaa]

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🫡 Congratulations sir, excellent work.

[SatanicPanic]

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Life hammer

[tom]

Little explanation of how it looks like they’re not as worn down that I posted in the setup thread:

I always axle the back truck in the same spot. It never goes all the way across. Lots of frontside grinds, 5-0’s, 50-50’s(both backside and frontside lock in on my heel), feebles/smiths, and maybe 4 total sw crooks. The hanger cracked about a week before the hollow axle cracked. It bent all the way down and I just kept skating it until it broke

I skate a lot of street, but what I really love to skate is transition. I love grinding just as much as flipping my board

I don’t have a macro lens but this iPhone pic shows a bit more of the wear on the hanger where you can see the axle


I set them up on April 10th, so just under 9.5 months of skating did them in. I’m already working in my next set of Thunder hollow lights