PRNDL

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.

GREGG-73

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....

...Roger...

Your Corvette will back over any wheel chock under power.

Eddie 70

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.

Fuelie74

I carry a chock in my Vette and chock it almost all the time. I just don't trust the manual transmission not to jump out of gear.

Edzred72

Use them all the time. As the car rests during the winter, and especially when I jack it up to work on it.
Eddie

Nowhere Man

a old 4x4 works well

Derrick Reynolds

When jacking = always. When not = never.

Not that I recommend that, it's just the way it is.

John 65

I always use them all the time, even with the motor off and in gear. A couple of heavy rubber ones from good ole harbor freight work for me.

PUNISHER VETTE

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...

kdf1986

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

682XLR8

that's what I use

zwede

Don't even own any. Never saw the need?

MN80Vette

I didn't see a need either, until one night...



The next day: Up the retaining walls.

zwede

Ouch!!!

my 76 ray

That's exactly what I said when I saw the pic.

kdf1986

I guess a picture is worth a thousand words. Those photos reinforces why I use chocks when the car is up on a jack.

kdf

rihwoods

wheel chocks come in handy while working under vette cleaning off debris from racing and running over ricers.

MN80Vette

I now use solid rubber ribbed wheel chocks, even when my car is on the lift. It doesn't take muchof an incline for these cars to roll.

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.

milo30

Only would use one when working on the car. For me it's in gear with the emergency brake.