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joshjack · 02-15-2022, 02:17 PM

I’ve seen some conversations about good chocks for Class A’s given the weight and tire diameter. Just saw these at Lowes. A pair on a rope would do pretty well!

gnvrvin · 02-15-2022, 03:54 PM

Hey great idea and bet they dont weigh much

chindog · 02-15-2022, 03:59 PM

I'm not sure what the need for these would be. Maybe to keep you from backing up too far?

Tha_Rooster · 02-15-2022, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by chindog

I'm not sure what the need for these would be. Maybe to keep you from backing up too far?

Exactly, I put them on my wife’s side of carport. LOL

joshjack · 02-15-2022, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by chindog

I'm not sure what the need for these would be. Maybe to keep you from backing up too far?

Many of us chock the drive wheels when we park as a safety precaution. There have been multiple threads about many of the commonly available trailer and car chocks are either not strong enough or not tall enough to actually keep a Class A from rolling if it decided to.

I saw these and thought they would be a viable option. They could be purchased in a pair and even have holes through them where you could run a rope to make them easy to grab and tote.

Domo · 02-15-2022, 08:01 PM

We chock the toad when we hook/unhook. During that process there are moments when the toad is not connected and not in gear or with brake set.

Sometimes, when on an incline the toad can move when you don't want it to.

As a team, me outside disconnecting and DW inside the Jeep pulling the pneumatic piston off the brake pedal and "reprogramming" the Cherokee to re-engage the steering and stuff we can be caught unawares - the chocks keep DW from collecting on my life insurance!

I've never chocked the diesel pusher wheels when parked.

GypsyR · 02-15-2022, 09:03 PM

My coach has only the "Park" pawl in the transmission and the parking brake at the end of the transmission to keep it from rolling. Both of which rely on all four rear tires being firmly on the ground. None of which I will ever fully trust. Failures can happen and have happened.
Bonus is I have the folding type of jacks. Fun fact about these is that if you push the coach from the rear when it's on the jacks you can potentially flip all four jacks back up without retracting them. Meaning when it's on jacks you can bet I have chocks in FRONT of all tires at the least. I know my jacks will flip because I got one stuck down and extended once. Simple solution was to just drive forwards a little. It banged back and retracted like nothing ever happened. That's about when I got serious about chocks.
My current ones are chunks of 6x6 treated post I cut at angles. Big and heavy but they work. But I plan to swing by Lowe's and see if they have those around here. They would look more professional I'm sure.

n2zon · 02-16-2022, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by chindog

I'm not sure what the need for these would be. Maybe to keep you from backing up too far?

I used chocks when I had to disconnect the Autopark system on the Winnie by the side of the Long Island Expressway one day, and subsequently used them everywhere I parked until we got back home and I fixed it.

Also, though it's an option for my chassis, motorhomes usually don't have limited slip differentials. So, if you ever jack one or both rear wheels off the ground (to change a tire, or when leveling), you really want to chock the front wheels or (if there is one) the remaining rear wheel.

Finally, if the parking brakes were to fail in something with no parking pawl and an automatic transmission (like our current coach), you'd need chocks. I had a parking brake fail on a car I once owned. I left it running in neutral because it was cold. I heard the cable part, but it gained speed to quickly to get in and stop it, so I watched it roll downhill and hit a tree. (The tree won.) I'd never heard of this happening to anyone else, and still haven't. Just my "lucky day," I guess.

twojayhawks · 02-16-2022, 08:46 AM

I carry chocks & will use them sometimes. In particular a RV park we like to visit has pull in sites, with a steep drop off over a body of water. I sleep better knowing I'm chocked.

153stars · 02-17-2022, 07:18 AM

Menards had the Camco super chocks on sale for about $8.00 figured I'd rather have and not need them than.....for DP they are big but not heavy.

paul65k · 02-17-2022, 07:23 AM

I use 2 of these on our 30K lbs class A and we find them to work very well and they are not too big when storing them.

They also make a smaller version for ~1/2 the price and would probably be fine for 5th wheels and TTs.

https://www.harborfreight.com/rubber...olt-69828.html

MSHappyCampers · 02-17-2022, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by paul65k

I use 2 of these on our 30K lbs class A and we find them to work very well and they are not too big when storing them.

They also make a smaller version for ~1/2 the price and would probably be fine for 5th wheels and TTs.

https://www.harborfreight.com/rubber...olt-69828.html

That's what we use!

astrnmrtom · 02-17-2022, 10:06 AM

I regularly chock my wheels even if I'm not on an incline. It's the first thing I do when I park, even if it's only to dump my tanks. Although extremely unlikely, I don't need a 30,000lb battering ram rolling away on me. I use the Harbor Freight chocks. Only bad thing about them is for the longest time they had a strong smell.

ArtJoyce · 02-17-2022, 10:28 AM

I have some rubber harbor freight chocks. My two main uses for them are:

1) To check the brakes adjustment of the rear brakes I can't apply the e-brake and with air brakes. The MH could roll while i'm under if the ground is not level.

2) When adjusting the brakes using the slack adjusters method of applying the brakes very hard 6 times in a role. The e-brake cannot be set and if.