X-Chocks vs, Regular Chocks
What advantage does the X-Chocks design (retail or homemade) have over doing a good job chocking up the trailer with regular chocks? I'm actually genuinely curious. I have quite a few chocks that I...
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proxim2020 wrote:
I got to say SoundGuy makes some pretty good points about why regular chocks are still necessary.
Despite some claiming they do fine using only X-Chocks to secure their trailer the fact remains that Norco warns against doing this and the reason is sound - tires get hot as you tow and remain so for quite awhile after you've parked & leveled your trailer on your campsite. If you at that point secure a pair of X-Chocks between adjacent sets of tires they may still be relatively tight when you unhitch but over the next couple of hours the tires will cool and in doing their diameter will decrease quite noticeably, enough that X-Chocks will significantly loosen their grip on the tires - ergo, the reason for using some additional method of actually securing the trailer so it can't inadvertently shift. My own preferred method has always been a set of adjustable BAL Standard Locking Chocks to secure the trailer and a pair of X-Chocks to minimize camper suspension wiggle, as I used to do with our previous KZ Spree ...
Once secured, no way no how was that trailer ever going anywhere regardless of any site slope in any direction. However, our current Coachmen Freedom Express has an axle spread of just 29" which results in too little space between the 14" tires to properly secure the BAL Locking Chocks so with this trailer I instead use pairs of rubber chocks secured in place with hardwood spacers ...
Some may disagree and look at this as being overcautious but having once had a trailer unexpectedly shift on me years ago I never want to repeat that experience again and would never rely solely on X-Chocks alone to properly secure any dual axle trailer, just as Norco recommends.
