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Over the past few months, I've purchased two wheel chocks.... admittedly to try and find a less expensive solution to the Baxley Trailer Chock.
First is the "Black Widow" from discount ramps.
Overall, it's a very solid unit. The website advertises it as being able to hold up a bike with two hot chicks on it. What I found, is that my Bandit had a tendency to slide one way or the other, because the 120/70-17 is slightly smaller than the dimensions the chock was designed for.
Now, this is also the one I used in the bed of my truck this past July to go to the rally... and I must say, that overall I am satisfied with how it operated. Put the bike into the cradle, and put two straps on it quickly to keep it from moving, then tied it down with normal ratchet strap techniques. Normally it takes me at least 15-20 minutes of fiddling around with the straps before I'm happy with how the front end of the bike is supported. With the chock in place, the bike is probably about 85% secure. As an added bonus I was strapping down the front end rigid with very little compression on the forks (it was odd to see the motorcycle's front end going up and down over bumps!). It easily shaved 20 minutes of load up time.
$150 USD + S/h
The other weekend, Harbor Freght ran the "haul master" unit on sale for like $30 something
Not as nicely made as the Black Widow, but it seemed to perform the job to about the same degree. It will hold the bike mostly steady, but they have a tendency to slide. If you are looking for an inexpensive solution for infrequent hauling, go with this one and strap it down to piece of plywood or something.
$40 USD plus a trip to HF.
The bottom line, is that I will probably end up purchasing a Baxley chock for using often, and keep one of the others around to adapt to my trailer.
Hope this was helpful for someone!
First is the "Black Widow" from discount ramps.
Overall, it's a very solid unit. The website advertises it as being able to hold up a bike with two hot chicks on it. What I found, is that my Bandit had a tendency to slide one way or the other, because the 120/70-17 is slightly smaller than the dimensions the chock was designed for.
Now, this is also the one I used in the bed of my truck this past July to go to the rally... and I must say, that overall I am satisfied with how it operated. Put the bike into the cradle, and put two straps on it quickly to keep it from moving, then tied it down with normal ratchet strap techniques. Normally it takes me at least 15-20 minutes of fiddling around with the straps before I'm happy with how the front end of the bike is supported. With the chock in place, the bike is probably about 85% secure. As an added bonus I was strapping down the front end rigid with very little compression on the forks (it was odd to see the motorcycle's front end going up and down over bumps!). It easily shaved 20 minutes of load up time.
$150 USD + S/h
The other weekend, Harbor Freght ran the "haul master" unit on sale for like $30 something
Not as nicely made as the Black Widow, but it seemed to perform the job to about the same degree. It will hold the bike mostly steady, but they have a tendency to slide. If you are looking for an inexpensive solution for infrequent hauling, go with this one and strap it down to piece of plywood or something.
$40 USD plus a trip to HF.
The bottom line, is that I will probably end up purchasing a Baxley chock for using often, and keep one of the others around to adapt to my trailer.
Hope this was helpful for someone!
I think some people call them Knock off's
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