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wanderingbob
Explorer II
May 03, 2015

X- Chocks , kinda

At a craft show set up Friday I saw sumptin I ain't seen afore !
Tandem trailer , the gentleman had 8 chocks cut at an angle from 4x4
He firmly placed one in front of each tire ! Then he pulled forward maybe an inch and a half , loading the tires up on the inclines .
Then he pounded chocks under rear of each tire , released the breaks and trailer rolled back a little bit and tires were held solid in chocks . Probably took 90 seconds . Works for me ! Did I ' splain " it right ?

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  • I bought the smaller set from CW, and turns out there's not enough space between the tires for it to fit. Gave them to my BIL.

    Saw a few examples online of people using a pipe clamp and a couple of 4x4 scraps.

    A few minutes on the bandaw, and some time on the drill press...





    Camper is completely steady now. This is a bit more expensive than ones using a threaded rod. You have to buy two Pony clamps, and a couple of 24" sections of 3/4 pipe (about $8 each!). But they will last a lifetime, and require no tools to install/remove.
  • Tlauden wrote:
    made these today, they seem to work good and less than $20 invested.



    That's the brand I have too!
  • I have a set of the yellow camco chocks and made a set of like these out of 2x4s and threaded rods. Both work great.
  • made these today, they seem to work good and less than $20 invested.

  • Community Alumni's avatar
    Community Alumni
    I use 4 plastic chocks and gently pound them in with a hammer on a tandem trailer. Zero movement.
  • That's probably the oldest method to secure a wheeled load aside from shooting the horse.

    Undoing it isn't so easy though as getting the right amount of pull or push is trickier than the set up.

    It does work though.
  • Sounds good but X chocks only take a few seconds after the initial setup. It's literally a matter of holding them up to the tire and flipping a lever. No need to move trailer.