In many offroad situations, your vehicle needs to bestabilized. Vehicle repairs, winching, even just parking on ahill and hoping your 4x4 doesn't pop out of gear because it's a.long. Most of us who are conscious of this do thetypical search for a moderate sized rock or log to jam under the wheeland call it a parking break. I can tell you from experience thatthe rock or log option is not always a good choice. Not tomention there is not always a easy to find one.
In the garage Ihave several really good industrial sized wheel chokes made of heavyrubber. I wouldn't even think about working on or under avehicle without one or more of these under the wheels locking thevehicle into place. On the trail though, these wheel choke wouldnot be the the best choice to carry onboard mainly due to their sizeand weight, which is considerable.
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In my Jeep, I have to packlight. I already carry an array of tools and spare parts thatadd considerable laden weight to the Jeep. If I was going tocarry any extra equipment, it's going to have to be lightweight.These well engineered wheel chokes are made of aluminum so they aredefinitely lightweight yet they are rated at 7,000 lbs per pair. When I came across these wheel chokes (or wheel chocksas many people refer to them as), I rememberedvery vividly the recent incident where I broke my rear universal jointon a long tall hill on the way home from work one evening. Whenthe u-joint let go with a bang while moving up in traffic on thishill, I quickly realized my rear drum brakes needed adjustment as theemergency brake was totally ineffective. I couldn't drop it into4 wheel drive because the front Warn hubs were not engaged.Lucky me. My only option was to stand on the manual brakes withboth feet as I called a friend to come lock my hubs in.
If I hadthese wheel chokes handy, I could have reached down and dropped oneunder the front tire. Anyway, I digress.
I had a setdelivered from a good company that I had done business with before. They carry aninteresting selection of offroad related products, some that areunique, others that are just good deals on common products. On the trail, there have been countless times when apair would have been indispensable. Winching for example.A vehicle doing the pulling needs to be anchored. Out in an openarea or from a good winching location, sometimes it can be difficult to find an anchor point to strap the rear ofthe vehicle to. So the next option is to choke the wheels.
Again,rocks, logs. Or an actual wheel choke meant for the purpose.Another example is stopping on a hill. Untold times, we havebeen heading up or down into a valley and someone in front gets stuckor has to clear some debris across the trail. Everyone stops andgets out. My old Jeep requires a little insurance under the tireto make sure a good day doesn't turn bad. During trail repairs,choking the wheels is vital. Any time that a jack is usedto raise the vehicle, one or more wheel chokes should be used.
Safety is always the #1priority over anything else. Before crawling under a vehicle,the wheels must be choked before I'll even consider it. Again,avoiding the good day turned bad situation. There are so manycircumstances and opportunities where a good set of wheel chokesmake sense from safety to stabilization that having a good set ofchokes is essential.
Wheel chocks (or chocks) are wedges of sturdy material placed behind a vehicle's wheels to prevent accidental movement. Always be sure to select the proper size of wheel chock for that matches the size of the tires on the vehicle. Wheel chocks are to always be used in pairs and on a firm surface. Some wheel chocks have steel grates or ice cleat accessories - the ones you see in this recording are collapsible for easy storage (but make sure they're probably locked open before using).Place the vehicle in Park and apply the parking/emergency brake, then position wheel chocks snugly against the center of the tire, in the direction of the grade. Do this to both tires. If the vehicle is on a flat surface, chock on both sides of the tire, and use two sets of chocks.Here's my personal webpage about transportation.