do you chock your TC's tires?

I do not chock my wheels

Eric&Lisa wrote:
Foot on brake. Truck in neutral. Set parking brake. Release foot brake. Allow parking brake to take the load. Place transmission in park. No load on transmission to hold the vehicle.

That is the procedure my truck's Operator manual says to use. When I am ready to leave, after starting the tru?k and holding the foot brake, I take it out of Park before releasing the Parking brake. That prevents a preload on the transmission.

Eric&Lisa wrote:
Optional if I am concerned about the holding between the rear wheels and the ground. Place truck in 4x4. This ties the front and rear wheels to each other through the transfer case. The rear wheels are locked because of the parking brake, and the front wheels are also immobilized because they are tied to the rear wheels.

It would have to be a pretty steep hill to chock the wheels of the truck - and would not be a hill I would camp on.

I agree with this method with my 4x4 truck.

Eric&Lisa wrote:
And while I am at it....

I always place the truck in 4x4 low and drive *forward* on to the blocks. Never back on to the blocks. The reverse gear is a higher ratio than 1st gear forward. It seems to 'build a lot of power' trying to back on to the blocks, but that is just the torque converter slipping the RPMs. That creates a huge amount of heat, especially after the truck has just been driven a long distance hauling the camper. Putting the camper on blocks would be just before shutting it off and setting up camp....after all that heat was built up in the transmission...allowing it to now heat soak for hours. Not good for its longevity!

-Eric

I think most if not all automatics are designed in such away the do not pump transmission fluid through the cooler when in reverse. Due to this, the fluid gets pretty hot if in reverse for long periods of time. Without a transmission temp gage, we can easily burn the fluid which in turn will shorten the life of the transmission. I had a gage on my previous truck, and will soon have one on this truck.

If you do a lot of backing up, it cools the transmission if you put it in neutral and idle the engine for a few minutes. If you are in stop and go traffic, placing your transmission in neutral while you are stopped will also help to cool the transmission.