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 cut myself from a 6x6. When I get to a site I'll drop a chock behind each wheel. I'll then have my wife push the trailer back until the tire begins to ride up the chocks. I then slip a chock in front of each wheel and give it a kick. Once the truck is in neutral, the tire settles into this cradle. The tires still touch the ground, just cradled.On a recent trip, before I put the jacks down, the wife and kids started piling into the trailer. I noticed that even with all that movement, the tires were pretty immobilized. The trailer would rock side to side, but the tires did not move. In general we get very little wiggle in the trailer once the jacks are down. Maybe it has something to do with the way I cut the chocks. I cut them so that they match the curvature of a tire.

You only need 2 X-Chocks. You don't have to wiggle the trailer around to get them tight. They can't be accidentally kicked out of place, or sink down into soft ground. They don't get muddy from being on the ground. They are lighter than chunks of wood, and work better than curved plastic chocks.

coolmom42 wrote:You only need 2 X-Chocks. You don't have to wiggle the trailer around to get them tight. They can't be accidentally kicked out of place, or sink down into soft ground. They don't get muddy from being on the ground. They are lighter than chunks of wood, and work better than curved plastic chocks.And not suitable for actually "chocking" the trailer, ergo the reason the manufacturer includes a note in every box of X-Chocks warning against using them as a "parking brake". X-Chocks are designed to reduce suspension wiggle when walking around inside the camper, not to chock it. Any yes, any in-between tire chock can easily fall out of position if they're set in place while the tires are still hot, then cool as they sit.

I have used the X-chocks for about 8 years now. My biggest issue with the regular chocks is when I lift the tires to level side to side and put them on boards. sometimes the regular chocks don't seat too well.And I use them to lock the front to back rocking. I don't care what the safety manual says.

I have a different brand that operate in function like X-chocks. The trailer is solid and if you tried to drive off with them still installed they would skid the tires. Any movement back and forth, no matter how small, wreaks havoc on your stabilizer welds. I know it is low on the rating scale but I do appreciate that they stay off the ground and don't get muddy.

I made the home-made x-chock.... out of treated 4x4's and black pipe/HF clamps.... and there are parking type of brake... trailer can not move .. period.

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Chuck_thehammer
Explorer
May 26, 2016
I made the home-made x-chock.... out of treated 4x4's and black pipe/HF clamps....

and there are parking type of brake... trailer can not move .. period.
Durb
Explorer
May 26, 2016
I have a different brand that operate in function like X-chocks. The trailer is solid and if you tried to drive off with them still installed they would skid the tires. Any movement back and forth, no matter how small, wreaks havoc on your stabilizer welds. I know it is low on the rating scale but I do appreciate that they stay off the ground and don't get muddy.
korbe
Explorer
May 26, 2016
I have used the X-chocks for about 8 years now. My biggest issue with the regular chocks is when I lift the tires to level side to side and put them on boards. sometimes the regular chocks don't seat too well.

And I use them to lock the front to back rocking. I don't care what the safety manual says.
SoundGuy
Explorer
May 26, 2016
coolmom42 wrote:
You only need 2 X-Chocks. You don't have to wiggle the trailer around to get them tight. They can't be accidentally kicked out of place, or sink down into soft ground. They don't get muddy from being on the ground. They are lighter than chunks of wood, and work better than curved plastic chocks.

And not suitable for actually "chocking" the trailer, ergo the reason the manufacturer includes a note in every box of X-Chocks warning against using them as a "parking brake". X-Chocks are designed to reduce suspension wiggle when walking around inside the camper, not to chock it. Any yes, any in-between tire chock can easily fall out of position if they're set in place while the tires are still hot, then cool as they sit.
coolmom42
Explorer II
May 26, 2016
You only need 2 X-Chocks. You don't have to wiggle the trailer around to get them tight. They can't be accidentally kicked out of place, or sink down into soft ground. They don't get muddy from being on the ground. They are lighter than chunks of wood, and work better than curved plastic chocks.

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