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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Chuck_thehammer wrote:
Trailers do not have parking brakes... just the nose jack ..
True, not here in Canada or the US but in other parts of the world parking brakes are a required safety device.
For anyone who believes hot tires don't shrink as they cool and confidently use just X-Chocks to secure their trailer this is visual proof of my own trailer this past weekend that proves otherwise. In the first pic the widest spacer I could fit between the rubber tire chocks was 34 mm wide, a couple of hours later I could easily fit a 44 mm wide spacer. That's a 10 mm difference, almost 0.4 inches, and yes, the X-Chocks loosened up noticeably as the tires cooled. :E
