Scotch Blocks

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Since you're bored, here's a good, somewhat related video from Robert Pepper/L2SFBC about the effectiveness of wheel chocks:


The video mentions digging as a method of wheel chocking. It seems like scotch blocks are a sort of "auto-digging" wheel chocks, which is clever.

As others have said, I'm not interested in carrying scotch blocks, and would prefer to use a separate anchor/load-sharing point whenever available. If I ever get into a situation with no anchor point, maybe I'll try combining hole digging, traction boards, and rocks/logs to chock the wheels. I also carry a Deadman to potentially create an anchor point, since I'm often solo.

Anyway, the one time I tried to improvise wheel chocks with logs, they made zero difference; we ended up repositioning the winch vehicle to anchor its rear bumper to a tree.

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Way back in the day I worked for a heavy wrecker company out of high school. they had a version of these on every truck they owned. Some trucks had 4. They were all chains back then and would hook to truck. Most of them also had a plate that they would back the truck on, We lived in the snow belt and hard packed snow and ice on roads would drag the big trucks trying to flip tractor trailers over or out of the woods. I think for any hard packed grime like that they would be ideal, however I'm with others where they heck and I' putting them. In your case where you may go to help someone it may be a cool tool to grab from the garage before heading out. Sure a welder could spin up a set pretty cheap.