Do you use wheel chocks?
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Team Owner
Joined: Jul 1999
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From: Huntersville NC
Do you use wheel chocks?
Do they make you feel more secure about parking your vette on an incline? This was not tragic; I put the 4spd in gear + parking brake and then I put the chocks behind the rear wheels just for extra "security" but when I started the car it just backed right over this one and flattened it.
Melting Slicks
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From: JOPPA MD
I use a heavy rubber one...for semi trucks. I always use it no matter what... when parked in my driveway, which is on a 30 degree incline. I would rather be safe than sorry...just because I was either to lazy or stupid and/or both!
The one you have (had) doesn't look to be much....step up, and buy a better one.
Stay in tune....
The one you have (had) doesn't look to be much....step up, and buy a better one.
Stay in tune....
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From: Lenoir City Tennessee
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I have a set of chocks hanging on a nail in my garage. I use them everytime I put one of my vehicles on ramps. They go under the rear wheels and the parking brake goes one.
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From: Fisher, IL
Seeing this thread will make me go out and buy one for my vette.
I could never get my parking brake shoes back on without taking the hub apart so that hasn't worked yet.
Living in IL it was flat everywhere so I just left it in gear and had only a few times I wished i had a parking brake to feel safer.
But moving to PA I'll be getting some next time i drive the vette as i'd hate to see it in a accident while i'm in the store...
I could never get my parking brake shoes back on without taking the hub apart so that hasn't worked yet.
Living in IL it was flat everywhere so I just left it in gear and had only a few times I wished i had a parking brake to feel safer.
But moving to PA I'll be getting some next time i drive the vette as i'd hate to see it in a accident while i'm in the store...
Safety Car
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Lakeland Florida
I use them when working on my cars in the garage, but not when I am out driving somewhere.
I put the chocks under the wheels that are on the ground to give me more support against possible movement or slippage when I am wrenching underneath.
kdf
I put the chocks under the wheels that are on the ground to give me more support against possible movement or slippage when I am wrenching underneath.
kdf
that's what I use
Drifting
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From: Columbus MN
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Columbus MN
BTW, I had my parking brake rebuilt after this incident. Fortunately there were only minor scratches on my true dual exhaust pipes and the frame just behind the front wheels. I learned my lesson about chocks the hard way. It could have been worse. Chocks are cheap insurance.
