Besides the huge price difference, does anyone have experience with or opinion on either the Condor PSTK 6400 wheel chock/stand or the U.S. General wheel/chock stand (from Harbor Freight), and can give their two cents on why one is better than the other. Thanks for the input!
I've had no experience with either of those, but I do have two Baxley wheel chocks, the sport chock model and I'm well pleased with them.
I have the HF chock which is now a permanent fixture inside my Spinter. For the past 2 years I used it without any problems. IMHO if money is no problem, go for the Condor chock, better quality, looks and ease of use. But if your poor like me HF is the way to go. If the primary use for that chock would be towing the bike to the track then I would spend the extra money and get a Pitbull trailer restraint system.... (Santa has that on my Xmas list )
CHOCKING news! I have the HF chock. it works fine once the bike is in it. rolling in/pulling out, the chock moves on pavement; I've had to strap it to my truck tire all day to make it work. and when pulling out, it grabs the hot rubber, making it VERY DIFFICULT to remove (if it isn't secured somehow). I ended up putting old rags on the metal where the tire hits to facilitate removal. the low price offsets the PITA, but I'm going w/Baxley or similar next time.
I've got that same problem with the HF. Seeing you comment, I'm going to duct tape any metal on the chock that touches the rubber. Thanks!
chockING news! I tried duct tape already. it ends up pulling off. cloth is the way to go. maybe even an old t-shirt.
I just bought an enclosed trailer and us general chock (HF) to put in it. I was messing around in the garage to see how i could strap the front down to the eye bolts (have canyon dancers) and they are not going to work. the strap would run over the edge of the body work. How secure do you think it would be to run a strap through the front wheel to both eye bolts on the chock, and then run straps from the subframe to e-tracks mounted on the floor?
Buy a Baxley sport chock and you don't have to tie down the front end. I roll mine into the Baxley, flip the latch and pin it, then run ratcheting straps from the rear of the bike, down to the anchor points in the floor on both sides and tighten...........Done! Just so you know, I've been using the Baxley chocks since 2007 and have NEVER tied the front end down on any of the bikes that I've hauled.........600RR, 1000RR, and even my ST1300. They just don't move at all. And, the nice thing about the Baxley chocks is that you can put any bike in them, unlike the Pit Bull trailer restraint system where you have to buy different pieces for each bike. Baxleys run around $200 total
This is how i always strap my bikes down. In my truck i put two chock down. Then i strap the front tires down to the chock. Next i run a strap from the side fo the truck to one bike's subframe, a strap between the bikes and then from the other bike to the other side of the truck. Nothing short of rolling the truck will displace the bikes.
Condors are made here local in the Chicago land area. TOP Quality. EXCELLENT customer service. They have removable models. We've got about 8 I think. Tested in every possible way. They stand up to the abuse and last!
I liked my Condor wheel chock and used it for 2-3 years transporting my bike in an open trailer. I always strapped the front end down in addition to the back end. I just bought a Pitbull TRS and I'm looking forward to just rolling the bike in and being done with it. Sucks I have to buy new pins for different bikes but strapping the bikes down and constantly checking them gets old after a while.