Hate to think of it but one month would be just about the right amount of time to loosen lugs that hadn't been correctly tightened at time of purchase. Better that than to think that another fisherman was mean enough to try and ruin your boat?? I try to check all of my lugs prior to any long drive and I carry a jack and four way wrench at all times. Parked my trailer 100 times at Ames Farm and never had anyone touch it!Dick
To default to an assumption someone did that purposely, to me is worse than the situation itself. Then again is there much of a post in "my lugs fell off"? No not really. Even properly torqued, vibration can easily back off lugs. Happens more frequently than people think.
I do need to invest in jack/spare bolts etc.
Actually I checked everything at the beginning of the week. I didn't check tightness (my bad) but they were there. It wasn't until the mechanic said that there was no way it was accidental that I got upset. They weren't nuts that come off bolts attached to the hub but rather long lug bolts that have to pass through the wheel and then several inches through the hub. I'm not a mechanic I just went off his opinion. Yeah I probably should have checked the wheels before each trip. I've only had the boat for a month or so and never removed the wheel.Both ideas are scary. I do need to invest in jack/spare bolts etc.