Harbor Freight Wheel Chocks

rmerchant3 · Dec 27, 2009

Just a warning to all you guys thinking about buying these. I know I have been in Harbor Freight plenty of times and contemplated buying them. Don't do it. I tried these first...

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=96349

They actually held the bike OK. Definitely not sturdy enough for me to just drive onto and not worry about the bike though. Also, unless you fabricate some sort of rubber feet for it, you can forget about driving onto it when it's sitting on concrete or pavement. It doesn't hold itself and gets pushed back by the bike. If you were permanently attaching these to a trailer they would be great, but otherwise, forget it. I was wanting some for the track and my garage to be able to drive into and hop off.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=97841

These are the second ones I tried. COMPLETE CRAP...and they cost more. Go figure. Our front tires are not wide enough to promote stability in these. (I honestly don't know of any bike that would have a wide enough tire for this...cruisers included) Maybe if you backed into it. :lmao The only plus this has over the first ones are that you can drive onto them. But as soon as you get off the bike leans one way or the other and leaves you wondering if it will tip.

Just a heads up not to waste your money!

If you need trailer service only, I'd go with these. Cheap and not much can go wrong from what I can tell.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=97145

(RRRRRR) · Dec 27, 2009

thanks for the info. sucks you had to waste your $$$ on junk

rmerchant3 · Dec 27, 2009

Not wasted money, just time and gas. They took the first one back and I am about to run there and take the second back in just a few.

(RRRRRR) · Dec 27, 2009

oh ok gotcha

dhanoon6 · Dec 27, 2009

I have the first chock you mentioned in your post. You're right that there's no way to use it right on the floor with no attachments...no way thats happening lol.

That one was made for trailer attachment only. I find it very useful for that though and i'm pretty happy with it. Once attached to the trailer, i just ride it in the chock and get off the bike to tie it down and it does its job well. For the price though, if you don't care that it's only made for a trailer, imo i think its not so bad of a purchase.

rmerchant3 · Dec 27, 2009

I completely agree! I was going to keep it and use it on my trailer, but It would have meant some serious rearranging to make it work. (my trailer rails are high and using the chock forced the bike farther back thus keeping the back tire on my tie down eyelets)

DPeglow · Dec 27, 2009

rmerchant3 said:
If you need trailer service only, I'd go with these. Cheap and not much can go wrong from what I can tell.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=97145

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TwizzY · Dec 27, 2009

^^ Nice layout :toocool:

The Smasher · Dec 27, 2009

Thanks for all the info. Im in the market for a few chocks for my trailer in the near future. Are any of those easy to remove or maybe have a quick disconnect feature? Not from a bike, but from the trailer itself. Once again, thanks for all of the info.

DPeglow · Dec 28, 2009

IK mine doesnt. Thats actually my car hauler for the mustang:sing. But I maned up and drilled a couple holes in it to tie down the bikes. So its going to stay in Bike mode until the stang needs to be trailered up again. :flex:

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