TRAILER ROLLED!!!
Hello, I had the scare of my life this past weekend. We got lost on the way to the campground and had an issue filling up the fresh water tank (didn't have the new drain valve installed). In a...
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SoundGuy wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
Hard pressed to see it allowing trailer to roll IF properly set between tires and TIGHT.nwbearcat1998 wrote:
I agree with the statement of i was in a hurry and did not properly tighten them.Old-Biscuit wrote:
So it really was an 'Operator Error' vs 'Equipment Failure'
I'd disagree with you both and speculate (as obviously I have to since I wasn't there :W ) that those Camco chocks were initially tightened sufficiently. The "Operator Error" here is not acknowledging that tires shrink in diameter as they cool, in which case those Camco chocks that were originally tight loosened sufficiently that they let go and allowed the trailer to shift. It's not rocket science ... to actually secure the trailer use chocks that don't depend on maintaining adequate tension between two adjacent tires and you'll never have this problem again.
I also have home made chocks similar to BigBird65 and experienced the same as
Soundguy for loosening up as the tires cool. I check them after about an hour after initial installation and they are usually hanging there loose doing absolutely nothing!!
