Wheel Chocks

[TJim]

Hey guys!

Are you using any kind of wheel chocks, when you working on your Jeep?

For example, to put them on the rear wheels, when you remove the front wheels for alignment, or suspension work. Just to be extra safe.

If yes, what type?

Just a beginner, trying to be safe

 

[jjvw]

Wood blocks work really well. Sometimes we use rocks when out on the trails.

 

[TJim]

Wood blocks work really well. Sometimes we use rocks when out on the trails.

Some plastic like the photo would work? Or is it too light duty? (I am talking about my garage, not on the trail)

 

[cliffish]

Some plastic like the photo would work? Or is it too light duty? (I am talking about my garage, not on the trail)

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Those plastic ones would be fine, I use them all the time.

 

[P man]

Never had a need for them

 

[jjvw]

Some plastic like the photo would work? Or is it too light duty? (I am talking about my garage, not on the trail)

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My wood blocks and rocks were free. And I can use the blocks for things other than chocks.

 

[BlueC]

I find it better to take an extra second and be too safe, and it took me many years to learn that. If you're going to be under a vehicle, make sure it can't move. If you're also going to lift that vehicle, make sure it can't fall (jack stands/cribbing).

After seeing 3-4 vehicles roll away for one reason or another, I now carry a solid rubber chock in my Jeep (manual) and use it anytime I'm parked on a slope.

 

[Vtx531]

I like solid rubber wheel chocks best

 

[SPECWAR]

8 x 8’s cut 16” long then cut into stops at 45 degrees.

 

[MadUly]

I use solid rubber chocks I got at harbor freight. On sale they were $4 each or something:. https://www.harborfreight.com/solid-rubber-wheel-chock-96479.html

I use em any time I got a wheel in the air as I'm not super trusting if my parking brake. But I'm also the one to use Jack stands and my lift, I like my face where it is

 

[voodooridr]

I use the solid rubber ones from Harbor freight

 

[Kon]

Wood blocks work really well. Sometimes we use rocks when out on the trails.

@TJim I have had the same experience from what I've seen from others over here as well. Even the tire shops put wood blocks during a wheel alignment.

 

[eastbloc]

I typically use rubber mallet, sometimes turn a jackstand on its side and push it against the wheel, or what ever is laying around

 

[MountaineerTom]

I have a par of “unserviceable” F-16 chocks that I’ve been using for 30+ years.

 

[Irun]

Like @voodooridr , I have two sets of HF wheel chocks. I carry a pair in my trailer box and at least one in the Jeep. They're inexpensive and have worked well for many years now.

https://www.harborfreight.com/solid-rubber-wheel-chock-96479.html

 

[alittleoff]

And man, those HF ones literally stink. But they do work good.

 

[rasband]

I have a few 3x3s and 4x4s I cut out of scrap wood, they work well and have many uses.

Some guys complain about people accidentally grabbing them for firewood, but most people I would camp with can recognize firewood from a long square block.

 

[alittleoff]

And some of the best 3 sided chock blocks come from firewood piles.

 

[Fulton_Hogan]

I'll add another supporting voice to the Harbor Freight chocks. They work very well.

 

[rasband]

And some of the best 3 sided chock blocks come from firewood piles.

There's ways to mark it if you don't want it burned. I just try to carry as little as possible while still having everything I need so anything that serves more than 1 purpose is good in my book.