Show Me Your Chocks!
Post Fiend
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From: Dallas-Ft. Worth
EDIT: Here you go. Be ready to cringe when you read it. I did.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...ken-bones.html
Post Fiend
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From: Middle Tennessee
Friggin ouch. Thanks for the link Joe and I wish you all the best Pete. I knew there had to be a reason for the post. Can't tell you how many dead folks I know of getting under a vehicle without jack stands and had it fall on them. Pete is lucky, some were not. Never get under something that can fall on you peeps. I know his situation was a bit different but still, chit happens. I hate to read this stuff.
Lead Driver
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From: Damon (South East Texas)
We use the large rubber ones at work like Pop has. It is a mandatory safety practice to use them on every vehicle, tractor, and trailer that we are servicing. They do the job. I can tell how hard it is jump over them with tractor/trailer rig when you forget to remove them. 
Those rubber ones are some tough SOB's.
Those rubber ones are some tough SOB's.
Post Fiend
Joined: Feb 2006
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From: Middle Tennessee
Me too, but nobody is going to stop 3.5+tons when it starts rolling. That is the point of the thread. Not jack stands though I chose to throw them in as a precautionary statement when you jack the truck. Be careful folks. Safety is no accident.
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From: Texas
After Pete's unfortunate encounter with an unfriendly underside of his truck, I vowed to throw away my old, unused wheel chocks and get some real chocks that will do the job!
I sincerely hope that you all, too, are now using chocks every time you jack up or get under your trucks.
So, SHOW ME YOUR CHOCKS!
Here are mine:
Notice what they're made of?
Rubbber!
They smell like creosote!
Pop
I sincerely hope that you all, too, are now using chocks every time you jack up or get under your trucks.
So, SHOW ME YOUR CHOCKS!
Here are mine:
Notice what they're made of?
Rubbber!
They smell like creosote!
Pop
They quit smelling after about 2 years.
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Hotshot
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Sterling Heights,Mi
I have always used a log I split,
Dropped a vette on my chest once because it rolled off the jack (I rolled it off by turning the drive shaft). So yeah, I chock the wheels, but I should do a better job.. wife doesnt need the insurance money yet.. I hope.
Dropped a vette on my chest once because it rolled off the jack (I rolled it off by turning the drive shaft). So yeah, I chock the wheels, but I should do a better job.. wife doesnt need the insurance money yet.. I hope.
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From: North of Greenville
Marv:
Thanks for keeping this issue alive and in front of us all. I still have the on chock I did NOT use back on October 30, and two more that my kids got me for Christmas. Now, I just need to get 3 more so I can have a pair in the truck, a pair in the Excursion, and keep a pair in the garage as extras. All are exactly like the ones you pictured and they CAN work wonderfully well... as lon as they are used when they are supposed to be used!!
Mike... thanks for the well wishes.
As of right now, I've ditched the velcro boot and am walking in normal boots and shoes. The ankle is still very tight and I still have swelling, but it is limbering up and getting stronger every day. The compression sock I got at the hospital after surgery is really helping control the swelling a lot. Now I just need to start getting some new sales accounts so I can start getting a positive cash flow again.
Thanks for keeping this issue alive and in front of us all. I still have the on chock I did NOT use back on October 30, and two more that my kids got me for Christmas. Now, I just need to get 3 more so I can have a pair in the truck, a pair in the Excursion, and keep a pair in the garage as extras. All are exactly like the ones you pictured and they CAN work wonderfully well... as lon as they are used when they are supposed to be used!!
Mike... thanks for the well wishes.
As of right now, I've ditched the velcro boot and am walking in normal boots and shoes. The ankle is still very tight and I still have swelling, but it is limbering up and getting stronger every day. The compression sock I got at the hospital after surgery is really helping control the swelling a lot. Now I just need to start getting some new sales accounts so I can start getting a positive cash flow again.
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From: Manhattan, KS
I have a couple of sets of 4x4 oak that were cut at a sharp angle that I use. I don't remember where they came from, but hey are about 10 inches long with the angle about the same as the radius of the tire.
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From: Buckingham, IA
The other day I was showing my daughter how to change a tire. We were using my '98 Jimmy and as we took the jack off the mount there were 2 pieces of steel that didn't appear to be part of the jack. As I looked at them a lightbulb came on! They were chocks and were standard equipment with the vehicle. I definitely showed her what they were, how they were used and highly recommended that she use them. I told her about your episode, Pete, so she would know that accidents really happen, even to the best of us.
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