subject: Roadblock Wheel Chocks for Safety You Can Count On [print this page] Roadblock Wheel Chocks for Safety You Can Count On
When one thinks of car safety, most people automatically think of situations when the car is in motion or at top speed, and the safety devices that get most of the attention are the airbags, the antilock brakes, and the seatbelts that keep the passengers from injuring themselves in crashes. What most people don't recognize is that a vehicle, even as it sits out there on its own, poses a risk to human life and property. Should the parking brake on a car, truck, or tractor trailer that is on even the slightest incline give way, the consequences could be disastrous. For this reason, a failsafe device must be used to keep your vehicle stopped securely where you want it, even on the steepest surfaces.
Your Solution To Keep Stationary Vehicles Stopped
The answer seems deceptively simple and rather low tech use some sort of wedge to make sure that the vehicle's tires will be unable to start rolling in the first place. At first, people started using rocks, cinderblocks, or whatever they could find to block the wheels. However, these stopgap solutions were often unreliable.
The first purpose-made wheel chocks were made out of wood or rubber, and these worked just fine for a while, anyway. Both wood and rubber are organic material, and are readily affected by changing weather conditions, moisture, and chemical reactions. Also, if these early wheel chocks weren't damaged by environmental exposure, they eventually wore out, no longer able to keep a vehicle securely parked.
What was needed was a set of wheel chocks that could do its job effectively, and do it time and time again, under the most extreme conditions. This is exactly the kind of job that Checkers Industrial's Roadblock Wheel Chocks are designed to handle.
Introducing Roadblock Wheel Chocks
Roadblock Wheel Chocks are made from tough, reliable, and chemically inert rubber and urethane to ensure a high degree of performance and durability that will last a lifetime. They are resistant to chemical corrosion, environmental exposure, and ultraviolet radiation, and are designed to stand up to any load, from the tiniest hatchbacks to the largest tractor trailers. There are also a variety of traction pads to choose from, with each type specialized for a particular type of terrain.
Models with rubber traction pads will keep your vehicle parked on concrete and asphalt without damaging either the road or your tires, while steel grate traction pads will ensure maximum stopping power over even the slickest and iciest terrain.
These traction pads also serve a secondary safety function, since their high visibility colors of orange and yellow ensure that any vehicle approaching from behind will know that there's a parked vehicle in front of them. This is especially assuring during times when one needs to stop and park alongside a busy roadway at night.
Put Your Trust In Us
For those who refuse to compromise either safety or performance, Checkers Industrial's Roadblock Wheel Chocks are the way to go. No matter how heavy the load you're hauling, or where you're hauling it, they'll make sure that it will stay put right where you want it, for as long as you need it to.
