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capt fast · 07-30-2022, 06:01 PM

I made some from oak timbers I recovered from the broken limb pile at Lowry. big bus needs big chocks. Chock the right front wheel front and back: it's not going anywhere. the chocks fit in the first step well so they are always first out and last in. always makes sleeping easier to know it's not going down a hill a bit slowly.

Country Road · 07-30-2022, 06:19 PM

Had been with a trucking company for 47 years running 1000’s of trucks and never once did the safety director tell our drivers to chock our wheels unless already in an accident, etc.

I do carry them but only for emergencies or to help someone else.

Of course, I wasn’t working for a propane company or a gas company, etc., where it’s likely required.

dbircky · 07-30-2022, 06:21 PM

Perhaps a bit belt AND susperndery, but I use chocks and put a clothes pin under the parking brake switch. Just occasionally CDO (the correct order of those letters).

RV Driver · 07-30-2022, 06:30 PM

In ten years and almost 100,000 miles of travel in our DP, I have never used wheel chocks. I don’t even carry any with us. That’s what the parking brake is for. In our coach, the Parking Brake knob is horizontal on the left side of the lower dash, so it’s not easily bumped. We also have no pets to mess with it, either.

And if we’re up on the jacks, she ain’t going anywhere…wheel chock or no wheel chock.

FL420 · 07-30-2022, 07:26 PM

We boondock a lot especially in the mountains. We use them a lot and they have earned their keep especially on dirt slopes. Since we have the 3 jack RVA JII system(unfortunately) we have slid sideways off the front jack several times. The right front tire rotated out from between both chocks, dug into the dirt and ruined both retraction springs. I had to crawl on my belly under the coach, dig down a foot to get to the foot of the jack and pry it up with a crowbar. Ended up having to replace both springs and the foot.
Previously on this forum I posted about a school bus driver who was killed during a required bus evacuation drill when the last student on the bus accidentally (or otherwise) released the parking brake before exiting the bus through the rear emergency door. The driver pushed another student out of the way before she herself was run over by the rear duallys.
Most well run school districts require the drivers to either release all the air out of the system or chock the tires whenever they have to leave any students on board for any length of time.
I always put a big plastic clip from HD or Lowes under the brake knob before leaving my seat, dogs or no dogs.... [emoji40][emoji382][emoji1303]
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