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:
... but since my current trailer doesn't allow sufficient room between adjacent tires for the BAL Standard Tire Chock I instead use rubber chocks secured in position with hardwood spacers ...
Either system works perfectly and will absolutely prevent the kind of event (and damage) the OP has described.
nwbearcat1998 wrote:
What's the reason for the hardwood spacer?? It needed??
Think about it for a moment and the answer should be obvious. :W
Any chock sitting on it's own can slip out of position, especially a lightweight plastic chock sitting on plastic Lynx Levelers, and allow the trailer to shift. :E Using heavy rubber chocks helps but doesn't totally eliminate the chance of slippage. Norco's BAL Standard Tire Locking Chock solves that problem entirely because it consists of two metal chocks connected together by an adjustable threaded metal rod which allows the two chocks to be adjusted so they're sitting snugly against each tire. As I said earlier, if the BAL chocks would fit between the tires on my current Coachmen as they easily did with our previous KZ Spree I'd still be using them but because they don't I've simply emulated the design objective by using rubber chocks secured with a hardwood spacer. In use, any site slope forces one tire against it's chock but rather than potentially causing it to slip out of position that force is transferred to the spacer, then to the adjacent chock, and finally to the other tire, completely eliminating any chance of slippage, just as is the case with the BAL Standard Tire Locking Chock. Proof is in the pudding - several seasons of use have now proven that regardless of site slope it's impossible for my trailer to shift even in the slightest. :B
