Chocks

Octopus Prime · 01-29-2018, 04:51 PM

We are planning to purchase the Anderson levelers. We understand we need one for each axel.
Do we need a different set of chocks for when we park on level ground and for the other two wheels when we use the Anderson levelers?

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**Midnightmoon** · 01-29-2018, 05:06 PM

I carry a total of 4 of these and use all 4 them when not using the Andersons and at least 2 when I am.

https://www.amazon.com/Camco-Wheel-C...ravel+trailers

I prefer them with the rope.

Octopus Prime · 01-29-2018, 05:08 PM

You have four sets of two or four total chocks?

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**Midnightmoon** · 01-29-2018, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Octopus Prime

You have four sets of two or four total chocks?

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4 total chocks

TCNashville · 01-29-2018, 05:14 PM

I have 4 total of these. I prefer the solid rubber vs the plastic. https://www.harborfreight.com/solid-...ock-96479.html

**Midnightmoon** · 01-29-2018, 05:14 PM

Buy yourself something like this also.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Octopus Prime · 01-29-2018, 10:01 PM

Thank you. Adding chocks, levelers, and rubber hammer to the list.

Octopus Prime · 01-30-2018, 07:25 AM

Made my Amazon order last night. It's getting real.

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travelingjw · 01-30-2018, 01:51 PM

x2 on the Harbor Freight solid rubber. My plastic ones slipped every time I used them. The rubber ones are heavier and hold better on asphalt.

nighthawk87 · 01-31-2018, 09:35 AM

Why the rubber mallet? Thought it was a joke.

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Jagiven · 01-31-2018, 09:43 AM

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Why the rubber mallet? Thought it was a joke.

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I would guess to pound them out when the TT moves a little. Me when this happens. I leave them in place, move the TT a few inches after hooking up, then remove them.

I do not worry about them being up tight to the tire. I just want them as a safety item, to keep the TT from rolling away.

**Midnightmoon** · 01-31-2018, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by nighthawk87

Why the rubber mallet? Thought it was a joke.

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I use it to drive the chalk under the tire to make sure it is set firmly. Been doing it for years and they never move.

**JFlightRisk** · 01-31-2018, 09:44 AM

I'm thinking 'cause it really hurts when you use your fist to bump the chock snuggly under the tire. LOL.

nighthawk87 · 01-31-2018, 10:02 AM

Can’t you just kick it with your foot? They have a handle on the back to pull it out with. I’ve been doing this for years with no issue. Less stuff to pack is always better

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**Midnightmoon** · 01-31-2018, 10:06 AM

Why kick it when they make a tool to do the job that weighs about a pound, takes up no space and costs $6? My feet hurt bad enough on most days, I learned a long time ago that I'll reserve them for walking.

Home Sweet Home · 01-31-2018, 01:28 PM

Some times as the trailer settles and moves it will set on a chock and is very hard to get it out from under the wheel. Thus using a rubber mallet to loosen and not destroy anything.

Force · 01-31-2018, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Midnightmoon

I use it to drive the chalk under the tire to make sure it is set firmly. Been doing it for years and they never move.

May I humbly suggest the way I use chocks to save you from having to kick or pound them in (this is on a dual axle 5'er):

1. Set a chock in front of each of the trailer tires
2. Pull forward to pull the tire into the chock a bit
3. Set brake and put in park and then (OR have your significant other) put chocks behind the rear tires
4. Release the brakes and let the trailer 'settle' into the rear chock

Reverse to remove the chocks

Works like a charm and my trailer doesn't budge a millimeter this way

Home Sweet Home · 01-31-2018, 02:19 PM

Just my 2 cents but that sounds like I just learned a neat new way to set my chocks. That's why I joined the forum Thanks Tom / Force

**Midnightmoon** · 01-31-2018, 02:34 PM

Well, I'm humbled. Apparently, I'm the only person on Earth that thinks dropping a chock by a tire and giving it a wack with a $6 hammer is easy. I guess I'll just start kicking them around or using the truck to place a load against them. Sorry I suggested such a stupid practice.

Force · 01-31-2018, 02:42 PM

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Well, I'm humbled. Apparently, I'm the only person on Earth that thinks dropping a chock by a tire and giving it a wack with a $6 hammer is easy. I guess I'll just start kicking them around or using the truck to place a load against them. Sorry I suggested such a stupid practice.

Not at all...that's how I used to do it too! I still carry the hammer in my truck in fact

When I got the fifth wheel a few years ago I stumbled across a video (that I now can't seem to find) explaining how to test that the pin is properly latched in the hitch before you lift the landing gear and drive away, and it touched on using chocks exactly as I described and I just thought it was a pretty smart way to do it. Doesn't make it right, wrong, or even better...it's just another method.

That aside, there are plenty of video's of "wheel chocks gone wrong" that are nice proof that there are definitely wrong ways to do it.

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