Re: Trailer on a Slope

["JOHN AYERS" <ayers@plainfield.bypass.com>]

If yours has a tandem axle, Camping World sells a device that
fits between the back and front tires and clamps them from rotating.

John and Meshack
http://www.bypass.com/~ayers (Vermont Equestrian Activities)
Secretary/Treasurer Vermont Arabian Horse Association


-----Original Message-----
From: Tina Rushing <tinarushing@coastside.net>
To: trailriding listserve <trailriding@cwa.com>; ridecamp@endurance.net
<ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Sunday, February 20, 2000 4:39 PM
Subject: CTR: Trailer on a Slope


>I live in a hilly residential area and would like to park my trailer on the
>narrow and sloped road, but I have anxiety about a) vandals kicking out my
>wheel chocks, or b) reckless drivers hitting the trailer - in either scene
>the trailer would go careening downhill into the neighbor's properties.
>
>Is anyone aware of a commercially produced wheel chock that locks onto the
>wheel or rim?  My concept is that even if the trailer was hit by a car, a
>chock locked on the rim would roll with the tire and jam between the tires
>or under the fender, stopping the trailer.  Any other ideas?  I have
checked
>catalogs, truck stops, and RV suppliers but no results.  Retailer contact
>info and/or clever design ideas welcome.
>
>Thanks!
>Tina Rushing  tinarushing@coastside.net
>El Granada, CA
>
>