Looking for advice...

Hey all,
I bought a 4 y/o single place tilting "Sled Bed" for $250 that I am converting to a bike trailer.
I'm going to replace the 14" wheels with 12's, and adding front wheel chocks. I can fit 2 bikes on this with some careful planning, but the advice I need is what size chocks do I use? What brands are the most reliable? I have seen some Pingels on ebay that seem to be of good quality, but I don't wanna make the purchase w/o some advice on this.
Thanks
...anyone?

any advice?

Chocks or Shocks?

I don't know if they are the same but I bought some chocks from www.schnitzracing.com . The ones I bought have a mounting kit that bolts to the trailer and you can take the upper chock off the trailer if needed. That way you can use it for anything else you might need to. I bought a couple extra mounting kits and placed them so I can place the tire mount wherever I want so I can haul one bike in the middle or two side by side so I can distribute the weight better. I had one of the trailers you are talking about and it's best to keep weight centered. Doesn't take much for a small trailer like that to get weird towing down the road if the weight is all on one side.

racer54 wrote:

I don't know if they are the same but I bought some chocks from www.schnitzracing.com . The ones I bought have a mounting kit that bolts to the trailer and you can take the upper chock off the trailer if needed. That way you can use it for anything else you might need to. I bought a couple extra mounting kits and placed them so I can place the tire mount wherever I want so I can haul one bike in the middle or two side by side so I can distribute the weight better. I had one of the trailers you are talking about and it's best to keep weight centered. Doesn't take much for a small trailer like that to get weird towing down the road if the weight is all on one side.

I looked at the trailer closer and I see there is 12" wheels on there now, so I am switching them to 8" to lower the trailer. The 12's work good for loading and unloading a snowmobile, but at that height, it's hell on a bike to get the bed to tip back down:side: :silly:
I did some more research on the chocks, and it looks like I am going to go with the Pingel 6 1/2". That way, I can haul the smaller bikes as well as the ones with wider tires.
Definately good idea to center the bike, as you are right about the trailer getting weird while towing.
I thought about getting a 2-place, but I am mainly going to use it for picking up those "hard to turn down" projects.:laugh:
Thanks