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dcmac214
Explorer
Mar 01, 2018

? Chocking to "Stabilize" Question?

Just finished reading some posts reference chocking the wheels to "stabilize" the RV...

Stabilize?

I don't get it - someone please explain.
I see how wedges, x-chocks or whatever hold an RV in position -- you certainly don't want gravity pulling it across an un-level pad. But I don't see how chocks of any kind will help stabilize an RV. Isn't that what the jacks & stabilizers (= somewhat less hefty jacks) are supposed to do? Chocks just hold the wheels in place, the rest of the RV can still rock & roll to its heart's content no matter how tightly the wheels are chocked.
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  • Lwiddis's avatar
    Lwiddis
    Explorer II
    Mar 01, 2018
    Blocking the tires does IMO help stabilize by TT from front to back movement whether using stabilizers or not.
  • DrewE's avatar
    DrewE
    Explorer II
    Mar 01, 2018
    I think they mean stabilize in the sense of "prevent rolling away movement," and not in the sense of "prevent suspension bouncing movement."

    In other words, you aren't missing a thing, just people using vocabulary a little differently than you might choose to. It's not incorrect, after all, to figure that a trailer that is rolling across the site on its own is not exactly stable.

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