Do you chock only one side when using leveling blocks?

djgarcia wrote:
I use the RotoChoks between the tires. They work regardless of whether the tires are on leveling blocks or not. And I chock both sides unless it is just a quick overnight stop and the site is very level or we stay hooked up to the truck.


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First I do my side to side leveling while still hooked up by placing the necessary # of levelers. Then I install the RotoChocks. If only overnight, then just one side, if for any extended of time, I install RotoChocks on both sides. I am not real impressed with those plastic chalks before and after the tires as there is no direct contact with any real pressure against the tires. While traveling and temporarily stopping i.e. Rest Stop where I have to leave the Diesel engine running to cool down and I don't want to trust just the emergency brake on the truck, I just put a 12" piece of wood 4x4 before or after the tire. I attached a strap to the block to place or remove it and then just throw it into the bed of the truck when done. works for me:)

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or whatever number the "X Factor" agreement posts are up to..:B

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Back in my trailer days I chocked both sides with plastic wedges (Single axle)

When I got the Class A I kept the wedges

Till the person next to me forgot to remove his and ... Well part of one bounced off my rig.. I gave him my no longer used chocks.

With the MH, I use the drive shaft brake and make dang sure BOTH back wheels are on the ground (All 4 tires) or evenly supported on the leveler blocks (A set of stair steps I made

The leverls I made are 2 x width of tire tread.

1 foot
2 foot section
4 Foot base section


Lay them in front or in back of the tire and pull forward or back up till level

Dave H M wrote:
this has been a run away rotochock post. :h

What surprises me is how many people do NOT chock, unless on an incline. So when they back into their hitch they are UNCHOCKED? That is just NUTS.

Lynx levelers have a chock that works with their levelers. Since we have a Big Foot system, we generally do not have to worry about leveling blocks anymore but we always chock the front and rear tire on one side. When we had to use leveling blocks, we chocked on both sides.

Rotochocks are fine if your trailer is designed where they can be used. Some have the axels very close together, others heve the axels too far apart. I use the "lego" style blocks. I have two of the 10 packs. I always use enough of the blocks to make sure there is a place to put the chocks both front and back. I always chock both sides.

dthis has been a run away rotochock post. :h

What is wrong with my BAL X's?

X7 for Rotochocks, and I use them on both sides always. Only time I ever unhook the truck without them is when it is getting parked for the winter. Then I have 8 chunks of firewood, 2 blocking each tire on my level parking space. I dont want it sliding off my landing gear blocks in a wind storm, and I dont want to wheather my Rotochocks in the snow and ice..

+1 for rotos.
I still use wedges if the incline is significant.
Those interlocking block levelers usually have an available wedge that interlocks.

X6 for Rotochocks - both sides - always. First on and last off.

Dog Folks wrote:
I only chock one side.

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