Xchocks question
Do I need use one or two X-chocks? I have always used plastic wheel chocks to keep TT from moving when camped but like the between dual wheel X chocks.
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plasticmaster wrote:
Here's my homemade x-chocks for my spread axle travel trailer. Without the chains and turnbuckle, the wheels still move and I get a seesaw effect of the chocks when I push the back of the camper. With the chains and turnbuckle, the wheels are held rock solid and don't move when I push on the back of the camper.
I use a similar homemade chock for times when I cannot use the wooden wedge blocks. But it looks time consuming with plastic chocks, the clamp chocks, and the turnbuckles.
I wonder if it would work and be easier if you took the wooden chocks apart and just used them on the ground in place of the plastic chocks. Since it's a wide axle maybe place one wooden chock between the tires on each side of the trailer so you only block one wheel per side. Place the chock between the tires and then pull forward or back up so the tire climbs up high on the wooden chock and then firmly hold the brakes. While you are holding the brakes, have a helper slide the second wooden block snugly on the other side of the tire. Once the helper is safely out of the way, shift the tow vehicle into neutral and let the trailer settle cradled between the chocks. I know when I do as such my trailer sits rock solid against any tire movement.
