Roscopcoletrain wrote:
Why can't you chock with the anderson? They come with a part that helps chock the wheel no?
Read my post again - I said that when using the Andersen Leveler system one can't
ground level chock the trailer, the most secure way of chocking
any trailer including 18 wheelers. Instead, one must instead rely on in-between tire chocks, the downside to those being that tires shrink noticeably as they cool so an in-between tire chock such as a Camco or BAL X-Chock originally installed tight can end up being so loose it can fall out of position, which is why Norco insists the X-Chock
not be used as a "parking brake".
Yes, each Andersen Leveler includes a matching chock but the combination doesn't actually grip the tire tightly but merely cradles it ... if the campsite slopes significantly fore or aft there's little to prevent the tires from rolling forward or backward out of that cradle, especially if the tires are elevated to the max and they're sitting on the thickest end of the leveler. One slight shift and the trailer's low side tires could easily slip off the leveler, dropping to the ground below. :E Interestingly, none of Andersen's merchandising information, including videos, addresses this issue. Lynx Levelers, or similar, eliminate this problem as they create their own surface on which ground level chocks
can be used.
