Wheel Chock and Stoppers

The uses of wheel chocks are safety and accident prevention. Generally, wheel chocks are used to restrict the trucks and trailers from unexpected moving, like overturning or rolling, while loading or unloading the items. On the time of servicing the vehicle also wheel chocks are using to avoid movements.

Chocking is also referred to as blocking. The primary use of wheel chocks is blocking the wheels. That's why it is also known as a wheel stopper or wheel blocker. While workers are hitching, unhitching, loading, unloading, these wheel chocks are really helpful.

Wheel Chock

Unexpected movements of vehicles are scary and dangerous. It can make losses to people or products. Before choosing wheel chocks we need to consider the type of vehicles especially the size of the vehicle. Because it really matters. Whenever you are using wheel chocks, make sure that are manufactured and regulated to do the job right.

Wheel stoppers are specifically designing based on the type of vehicles or sizes, or applications. Because of the type of application also sometimes, wheel chocks will make damages the products or people. Never use a make-shift chock. That includes lumber, bricks, rocks, or any other creative contraption you come up with on the fly.

Always keep a set of wheel chocks in the truck or trailer. Because we cannot predict the situation if we are going to a strange place. It is not good to rely on the docks to always have them. It is best to have the wheel chocks for the docks.

If we want to park the vehicle in a sloped area, a wheel blocker is an essential thing. And to place the wheel stopper, we need to consider to which side we have the sloped area. If it is the front side, the wheel stopper required to be placed on the front portion of the wheels. And if is towards the backside then it is vice versa.