Chocks for "No Load Hitch" wheels

[toedtoes]

I have a 1998 Fold n Roll trailer. It has a patent pending (as of 1998) no load hitch. This is basically two small airplane tires mounted under the hitch on a 360 degree swivel.

I am trying to find a chock (or pair) that will keep the trailer from moving AND the front tires from spinning when I have to level the back tires on boards.


Aircraft Spruce suggested this but I don't think it will stop the tires from spinning.

Any ideas?

I'm thinking I may have to make a U shaped wood chock that is tall enough that the tires can't spin right over it. But if anyone has a ready made suggestion or better idea for a homemade, I'm interested.

Thanks.

[NRALIFR]

No problem. Caster wheel chocks are a real thing. I’ve got a few small sizes for woodworking equipment in my garage. Just a matter of scaling them up for your tires. Personally, I would make one for each tire, rather than one that’s wide enough for both tires. I just have a gut feeling the singles will work better.

:):)

[toedtoes]

Thanks! That's what I've been thinking, but wasn't sure there was something better already out there.

Sounds like that's my best bet.

[NRALIFR]

Fabricate something like this:



Or this:



:):)

[toedtoes]

Downtheroad - the groove idea is what I'm thinking of basically with wood. I'd make a U shaped 3-sided box that fits around the front tires. Tall enough so the tires can't roll over it. Then I'd use my standard chock at the back of the tires to keep them from rolling backward.

[toedtoes]

Think of them like a hitch castor wheel except they are real tires and they never raise off the ground.

[toedtoes]

The front wheels do not raise off the ground. They are always on the ground.

Because of the front wheels, I can only lower the front of the trailer so much. If the parking pad has enough of a slope, I have to level the trailer by putting the rear tires on blocks. When I do that, even with the levelers down, when I walk around inside, the front tires spin around and jump the standard wheel chock, then the back tires roll off the blocks.

So, when I have to raise both sides of the rear, I need to be able to chock the front tires so they don't spin in a circle.

The two front tires are attached together and swivel as a pair.

[Bigbird65]

Are the wheels retractable? Do they have to be down? Can you just use the tow vehicle to move the trailer up on the blocks and then put the jack down to hold the trailer in place? I don't guess I understand what causes the wheels to "spin".
Here is a photo without the wheels.

[toedtoes]

Yes. That is what I have. I posted a photo of the tires, but now it's not showing.

The chocks shown are what the aircraft shop suggested as "might work", but I think the curve is too minimal to prevent the tires from spinning.

[downtheroad]

Not sure I understand what exactly you have, but you posted this is a solution....
Maybe to "stop the wheels from spinning" you could cut a channel or deep grove in each chock to wedge the wheel in????



Is this what you have?

[Bigbird65]

Hard to visualize without a photo.