Chock RV on snow/ice. NEED HELP!!!
Question: How do you get enough traction on ice or snow to chock the tires of a travel trailer on a slight slope? So, I just arrived at the parking lot of my nearby ski park. It was 8pm on arriva...
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The last TT I had with a hitch wheel was my 63 Shasta 16'.
That same old Shasta did not have the tongue weight that today's units do. I could literally pick up the front of the trailer with one hand and use my other hand to push it around. I did it all the time.
When it was on the wheel, it was a breeze to position it, as long as the wheel was not on dirt or grass.
I never see any modern day TTs with a wheel. All of them have the jack only and go on blocks of some sort.
Today's TTs have a much heavier tongue weight and will crush a standard hitch wheel, unless you have one with extreme weight capacity. The challenge is that in order to steer it, the wheel is usually offset, putting the load on the side rather than directly above the wheel. They may make them, I've never seen one.
My Tango has something like 850 pounds tongue weight. Good luck putting a wheel under that and try moving it around. Not happening.
I had a converted landscape trailer that I built a mobile solarium showroom display with. I had a 3 point electric dolly to move it in and out of homeshow venues. It struggled, but worked good only on level concrete.
I once put a hitch wheel under it and tried moving it. The hitch wheel failed and collapsed. Tongue weight was maybe 250 - 300 pounds.
Running a hitch jack directly into ice will work well if done properly. When I chock my wheels, I always put my truck in neutral, take my foot off the brake pedal for a moment, and let the trailer load up against the chocks before disconnecting. There should be no issue with bending the jack if the chocks are done solidly prior to unhitching.
I personally would not want a wheel under my hitch. Manoever it into position and leave it there.
That same old Shasta did not have the tongue weight that today's units do. I could literally pick up the front of the trailer with one hand and use my other hand to push it around. I did it all the time.
When it was on the wheel, it was a breeze to position it, as long as the wheel was not on dirt or grass.
I never see any modern day TTs with a wheel. All of them have the jack only and go on blocks of some sort.
Today's TTs have a much heavier tongue weight and will crush a standard hitch wheel, unless you have one with extreme weight capacity. The challenge is that in order to steer it, the wheel is usually offset, putting the load on the side rather than directly above the wheel. They may make them, I've never seen one.
My Tango has something like 850 pounds tongue weight. Good luck putting a wheel under that and try moving it around. Not happening.
I had a converted landscape trailer that I built a mobile solarium showroom display with. I had a 3 point electric dolly to move it in and out of homeshow venues. It struggled, but worked good only on level concrete.
I once put a hitch wheel under it and tried moving it. The hitch wheel failed and collapsed. Tongue weight was maybe 250 - 300 pounds.
Running a hitch jack directly into ice will work well if done properly. When I chock my wheels, I always put my truck in neutral, take my foot off the brake pedal for a moment, and let the trailer load up against the chocks before disconnecting. There should be no issue with bending the jack if the chocks are done solidly prior to unhitching.
I personally would not want a wheel under my hitch. Manoever it into position and leave it there.
