How many of you have / use wheel chocks?

[John Cooper]

I'm ashamed to say that I don't in my shop.

For the last 20 years working and being a shop forman in shops, I used and preached using them.

I use jackstands but haven't been using chocks, that's fixing to change.

You can't be to safe!!!

 

[ColoJeep]

I'm ashamed to say that I don't in my shop.

For the last 20 years working and being a shop forman in shops, I used and preached using them.

I use jackstands but haven't been using chocks, that's fixing to change.

You can't be to safe!!!

I use wood blocks inside the garage and rocks in the driveway. It's funny how we would force our guys to use chocks , and not worry about them for ourselves .
It's a special kind of dumb I suppose .

 

[John Cooper]

I use wood blocks inside the garage and rocks in the driveway. It's funny how we would force our guys to use chocks , and not worry about them for ourselves .
It's a special kind of dumb I suppose .

It really is, where i just left from, we had a tech changing a super single with just a jack under the shock bottom.

He was peeling the tire off the rim. Branch manager walked into the shop saw it and fired him. He knew company policy and ignored it.

 

[Apparition]

They are cheap at HF, go buy some.

 

[ColoJeep]

It really is, where i just left from, we had a tech changing a super single with just a jack under the shock bottom.

He was peeling the tire off the rim. Branch manager walked into the shop saw it and fired him. He knew company policy and ignored it.

I would tell my guy's , that they weren't going to force me to drive to their house and tell their wife that they were dead because they wouldn't work safe.
I got some odd looks , but they finally understood why I could be such a hardass. I was watching out for them and their families.

 

[John Cooper]

They are cheap at HF, go buy some.

That's the plan.........

 

[MtPockets]

I would tell my guy's , that they weren't going to force me to drive to their house and tell their wife that they were dead because they wouldn't work safe.
I got some odd looks , but they finally understood why I could be such a hardass. I was watching out for them and their families.

My pet peave is grinding without a face shield.
I always approached them with a question-

"Have you seen the last pussy you want to see?"

Seemed to work just fine.

 

[BlueC]

I have them around my garage and keep one in my Jeep since it is a manual. I use it every time I park on any significant incline.

 

[alittleoff]

My Dad made me use chock blocks when I was a kid, so as an adult working around parked 10-wheel dump trucks, it was easy to follow the rules. In my own shop, I have a bunch of the rubber ones from HF plus an assortment 4x4 wood chocks. Out in my flat backyard, I use those plastic ones from wallyworld for all the trailers.
And a few weeks before X-mas, I got some chocks for my neighbors boat that we moved into her new shop a few days ago. Now all of her rubber tired kids are in one place, safe and secure.

 

[John Cooper]

My pet peave is grinding without a face shield.
I always approached them with a question-

"Have you seen the last pussy you want to see?"

Seemed to work just fine.

That is another good peave to have.........

I have prescription safety glasses that get worn every time I set foot in the shop. Honestly before I retired they got worn everyday.

After ruining my hearing with loud music, farm equipment, industrial machinery and guns. I knew I better protect my eyesight!!!!!

 

[Theblkprl1999]

Use one in the garage always, keep one in each car as well.. better to use it then need it and not have it... idk.. working in mining for 15 years will imprint that kinda stuff on you.. sometimes i get out of my personal vehicle at home and go to chock the wheels when i park after a shift

 

[tworley]

Typically just a block of wood, I think it came from a railroad tie.

 

[B1Toad]

There is a guy on the Powerstroke forum who was removing his driveline without thinking. He had a sloped driveway with a drop off on one side. He ended up going for a ride under the truck as it went down the driveway then dropped off the edge into a sort of ravine. Broke some ribs and one leg and did some time in the hospital.

But to answer the question yes I have 1/2 dozen chocks and use them fore and aft when needed. If I'm on flat concrete and using a floor jack I don't bother.

 

[BlueC]

After ruining my hearing with loud music, farm equipment, industrial machinery and guns. I knew I better protect my eyesight!!!!!

Hearing and eye protection, along with breathing in some situation, are some basic protections that most don't think about until it's too late. I didn't start taking it serious until I was in my 20s, but I do take those basic protections serious now, and I suggest other do similar. I'm the guy with ear plugs in at a concert.

 

[BlueC]

There is a guy on the Powerstroke forum who was removing his driveline without thinking. He had a sloped driveway with a drop off on one side. He ended up going for a ride under the truck as it went down the driveway then dropped off the edge into a sort of ravine. Broke some ribs and one leg and did some time in the hospital.

Was it this guy?

https://packaged-media.redd.it/dxih...00&s=19558ea1907dd57aabe55d0c643c7f4ee495bb3d

I've seen plenty of videos of guys doing similar. I remember one of a guy who took his U joint straps off just to find the shaft was binding and he couldn't pull it, so he decided to kick it out and was successful, which is when the vehicle started rolling. He tried to stop it by putting his foot under the tire. Of course that didn't work and the video cuts of after that.

 

[B1Toad]

Was it this guy?

https://packaged-media.redd.it/dxih...00&s=19558ea1907dd57aabe55d0c643c7f4ee495bb3d

I've seen plenty of videos of guys doing similar. I remember one of a guy who took his U joint straps off just to find the shaft was binding and he couldn't pull it, so he decided to kick it out and was successful, which is when the vehicle started rolling. He tried to stop it by putting his foot under the tire. Of course that didn't work and the video cuts of after that.

No but that's exactly how it happened! It was a crew cab long bed 4x4 diesel so probably at least 7,500 lbs empty.

 

[ColoJeep]

Was it this guy?

https://packaged-media.redd.it/dxih...00&s=19558ea1907dd57aabe55d0c643c7f4ee495bb3d

I've seen plenty of videos of guys doing similar. I remember one of a guy who took his U joint straps off just to find the shaft was binding and he couldn't pull it, so he decided to kick it out and was successful, which is when the vehicle started rolling. He tried to stop it by putting his foot under the tire. Of course that didn't work and the video cuts of after that.

My little brother and a buddy were working on a CJ 2a , swapping the rear axle for a D-44 . They started impacting the U bolts off and the Jeep started to drop down.
They didn't think about it being a spring under axle . Fortunately , they saw what was happening after the first 3 nuts were off and the Jeep was leaning.

Of course I didn't give them a hard time about what they were doing

 

[BlueC]

My little brother and a buddy were working on a CJ 2a , swapping the rear axle for a D-44 . They started impacting the U bolts off and the Jeep started to drop down.

A CJ2, I bet one of them could have bench pressed it back up.

 

[mrblaine]

Was it this guy?

You have to be a special kind of stupid to do similar INSTALLING a driveline. I had a rig on drive on ramps, t-case in neutral so I could spin the output to line it up in the pinion yoke. As I was tightening the last nut on the u-bolt, I failed to understand that I was turning it in the direction that would drive it off the ramps. When it started down the ramps, I swung my legs out of the way, got them pointed down the middle of the rig and then hugged the axle to go for the ride. There was a fence a few feet away that I knew would stop it so I only got drug about 10 feet.

The only damage was to my pride for being a dumbass. Not a scratch otherwise.

Now we drive one end onto the ramps, jack the other axle up and push the ramps under so they face opposite directions.

 

[bucky]

I use chocks a every time I jack up a vehicle. Nothing fancy just 4x4 cutoffs. I have a pile of them.
I had a new tenant bring in an old 26’ twin screw CrisCraft into my RV storage lot 2 weeks ago. No jack on the tongue. Used a bottle jack to lift it off the hitch. He placed a jack stand on the gravel under the hitch and released the jack. Sure enough it rolled forward and fell of the jack stand. I brought out my floor jack, 4 chocks and a piece of plywood. Jacked it, chocked it and put the plywood under the jack stand. Not Rocket Science.
On a side note that wooden boat needs a lot of repair. History tells me it will sit as is for years with him paying me $125 a month.