X- Chocks , kinda

[wanderingbob]

At a craft show set up Friday I saw sumptin I ain't seen afore !
Tandem trailer , the gentleman had 8 chocks cut at an angle from 4x4
He firmly placed one in front of each tire ! Then he pulled forward maybe an inch and a half , loading the tires up on the inclines .
Then he pounded chocks under rear of each tire , released the breaks and trailer rolled back a little bit and tires were held solid in chocks . Probably took 90 seconds . Works for me ! Did I ' splain " it right ?

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CavemanCharlie wrote:

YamaDooed wrote:

CavemanCharlie wrote:
I've read with interest all these X chock threads but, one question keeps popping into my head.

What happens when you forget to remove them and drive away??

It looks like if you did that it would damage your TT or tires.

I forget my cheap orange chocks all the time. It never hurts anything. I just go opps, and then go back and pick them up.

With the 4 trailer tires locked up you cant just drive forward away and over the chocks.

I suppose that's true. After a few feet you would quickly notice that something was wrong when you were dragging the tires.

The tires might give enough through for them to pop out of there and do some damage?

Mine never have. Just keep dragging along till I stop and pull them out. I modded my "allthread" design to the pipe clamp version. No tools required, DW likes that 🙂

[CavemanCharlie]

YamaDooed wrote:

CavemanCharlie wrote:
I've read with interest all these X chock threads but, one question keeps popping into my head.

What happens when you forget to remove them and drive away??

It looks like if you did that it would damage your TT or tires.

I forget my cheap orange chocks all the time. It never hurts anything. I just go opps, and then go back and pick them up.

With the 4 trailer tires locked up you cant just drive forward away and over the chocks.

I suppose that's true. After a few feet you would quickly notice that something was wrong when you were dragging the tires.

The tires might give enough through for them to pop out of there and do some damage?

[YamaDooed]

CavemanCharlie wrote:
I've read with interest all these X chock threads but, one question keeps popping into my head.

What happens when you forget to remove them and drive away??

It looks like if you did that it would damage your TT or tires.

I forget my cheap orange chocks all the time. It never hurts anything. I just go opps, and then go back and pick them up.

With the 4 trailer tires locked up you cant just drive forward away and over the chocks.

[CavemanCharlie]

I've read with interest all these X chock threads but, one question keeps popping into my head.

What happens when you forget to remove them and drive away??

It looks like if you did that it would damage your TT or tires.

I forget my cheap orange chocks all the time. It never hurts anything. I just go opps, and then go back and pick them up.

[2oldman]

Hope I get an answer..rather than just hearing about other peoples' chocks.

[cjoseph]

penguin149 wrote:
Not trying to hijack the thread but any ideas for a single axle trailer? I've looked at the BAL leveler/chock but at $65 and being rather large, I'm still looking. Some of the sites at local CGs have steep inclines so I'm looking for something solid to stop any movement or potential to roll away!

The method in the OP would work just fine.

Put a chock in front of each tire, pull up an inch or two to load the trailer on the first few inches of the front chock. Put the vehicle in park and set the brake firm or have someone else place the next chock. Put a chock behind each tire and release vehicle to coast back onto the rear chock. You should now have an inch or so of each tire on each chock.

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Bigbird65 wrote:
I made my own chocks using 2x4s and allthread. They work great.

Just make sure you re-tighten them after the tires cool!!

[penguin149]

Not trying to hijack the thread but any ideas for a single axle trailer? I've looked at the BAL leveler/chock but at $65 and being rather large, I'm still looking. Some of the sites at local CGs have steep inclines so I'm looking for something solid to stop any movement or potential to roll away!

[2oldman]

wanderingbob wrote:
released the breaks (sic) and trailer rolled back a little bit and tires were held solid in chocks .

Ask him how he manages to get the trailer level from side to side.

[JordanH]

I also made a set like those posted above from left over 4x4 and ready rod I had around. All I had to buy was a few nuts and washers.

[2manytoyz]

I bought the smaller set from CW, and turns out there's not enough space between the tires for it to fit. Gave them to my BIL.

Saw a few examples online of people using a pipe clamp and a couple of 4x4 scraps.

A few minutes on the bandaw, and some time on the drill press...





Camper is completely steady now. This is a bit more expensive than ones using a threaded rod. You have to buy two Pony clamps, and a couple of 24" sections of 3/4 pipe (about $8 each!). But they will last a lifetime, and require no tools to install/remove.

[Zeppe807]

Tlauden wrote:
made these today, they seem to work good and less than $20 invested.

That's the brand I have too!

[bdlaise]

I have a set of the yellow camco chocks and made a set of like these out of 2x4s and threaded rods. Both work great.

[Tlauden]

made these today, they seem to work good and less than $20 invested.