Wheel Chock Storage

[brendonv]

Cannot for the life of me find this wheel chock bracket online.

Anyone have an idea where I can find one?

You see them on bucket trucks, etc.

 

[MasterBlaster]

My buddy has those on each side of his truck.

What's the big deal? Just have them fabricated for you.

 

[brendonv]

I'm sure they are a mass produced item. Having small quantities of custom things usually cost more.

Thanks

 

[MasterBlaster]

Frig that. I'd have a welder hook me up.

 

[PCTREE]

I'm sure they are a mass produced item. Having small quantities of custom things usually cost more.

Really?? I never noticed

 

[cory]

I have identical ones on my bucket, so you are right, someone must mass produce them.

 

[SkwerI]

Check with the truck body manufacturing places like Southco, etc. Or just take that picture to your local welder and say "Make me two of these and put them on here."

 

[Al Smith]

If I'd have known there was a call for them I'd have cut the ones off of a forestry body Tom scrapped a few years back .

Like B. said though most likely Southco could hook you up .

 

[flushcut]

I would make them myself on the cheap, but I just throw them in the storage box or hang them off of sumthin.

 

[brendonv]

I'll call southco, see if they'll sell them to me separately.

I'm not afraid of making thing, but sometimes the time spent vs. the outcome isn't worth it.

 

[Al Smith]

I think the Southco's are just formed 10 guage sheet metal .However just a skeleton framework of scrap angle iron would work about as well .10 guage would be next to impossible to bend unless you had a break press .

I'll be going to my shop some time this week end .Really no matter because shipping the damned things if they are still there would cost a bloody fortune .If they are still in my scrap pile I'll snap a pic of them .

 

[MasterBlaster]

Frig that. I'd have a welder hook me up.

take that picture to your local welder and say "Make me two of these and put them on here."

Yup. Wut I said.

 

[sotc]

Easier to build than buy and ship I'd say

 

[arborworks1]

Really only 3 bends/breaks. And a quick welding of a strap on the bottom side. Maybe a chain with clip on the front for extra measure, if you made them flat instead of angled.

 

[Al Smith]

Well yeah but you can't bend 10 gauge unless you have a press .

 

[SkwerI]

The chocks only weigh about 7 lbs each, it doesn't need to be 10 gauge.

 

[woodworkingboy]

By gosh, you could make it out of plywood. Varethane it up and it would last.

 

[cory]

The chocks only weigh about 7 lbs each, it doesn't need to be 10 gauge.

But it probably should be, which would be why they are made of 10 gauge

 

[SkwerI]

I suspect they are made out of 10 gauge because that's what the utility body manufacturers have laying around after fabbing up the beds. Lots of scrap pieces which would otherwise be thrown away or sent to the recycle yard can be used to make small pieces like that. Everything they do is based on cost and using scraps is cheaper than buying lighter steel.

Tell me why exactly you think they should be made out of 10 gauge instead of slightly lighter metal? One solid reason is all I'm looking for. I'm a big believer in reason rather than "It must be that way because that's the way they do it."

 

[lumberjack]

10ga is just over 1/8" (~.135"). That's about right I'd say.

 

[cory]

Ok, here's the technical reason: 10 gauge offers the right amount of toughness/durability without being overkill. And that scraps can be used in their manufacture is icing on the cake.

 

[Al Smith]

Plus you can direct weld on 10 gauge without much problem .You get something like 14 gauge it gets a little tough to do and be able to hold any weight without tearing out .

Say come to think of I'll have to look but I think on Toms' Hi-Ranger the pad racks set aside the access steps to the lift .

 

[stehansen]

I think mine are 10 gauge. They were fabbed up. Our local steel company will cut and break for you (or is it brake) and then you do the welding yourself. Probably the best is to do what Butch and Brian said.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Probably the best is to do what Butch said from the get-go.

Fixed!

 

[stehansen]

Alright you guys!