I really want to just go put something under the wheels but I’ve never talked to these people.
Update edit: thank you for all the replies. I went over and knocked but no answer. It’s definitely not chocked. If I see them come home I’ll go back over. I’m worried as soon as the weight shifts loading it that it will just go down the hill.
It looks like it gives birth to Cybertrucks.
Haha… stop stealing my tacos!
That thing is so shiny it’ll start fires.
It’s an average covered trailer
Never hurts to be a good neighbor, and u don’t want it rolling when ur trying drive down the street.
Nope. Let them dipshits learn the hard way.
The neighbors across the street would learn the hard way that other people need to chock the wheels on their unattended trailers
Yours is the obvious correct answer, yet people like OP still have to ask?
Absolutely. It’s a public safety issue. Just don’t come off as rude and they should appreciate it too
Trailer emergency brake is probably pulled. Not ideal, but it’s probably not gonna go anywhere even if they start to load it like that.
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Chocks are cheaper than any incident that could occur without them.
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That connector looks exactly like the round 7-pin plug on my trailer. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the T-handle support on a flat-four plug? And as for brakes, you wouldn’t see any difference as the brakes would sit inside the wheel rim anyway. I currently have a four-wheel trailer and am taking a break to eat some lunch before I go back to welding on the new 5x9 trailer I’m building, so I’ve done a few calculations on the space needed for trailer brakes. 😄
It’s a seven pin, and unless I’m mistaken, you can see the control box on top of the frame as well.
Not only does it need blocking on the wheels, but that thing’s also apt to be stolen with the hitch just sitting there like that. They might consider parking a car in front of it too.
If I owned a trailer I’d be so worried about this. There was a local story around here of someone who had their race car on a trailer hooked up to their truck at a hotel. When they woke up the trailer and car were gone. Idk if they ever found it… the race car was not registered.
I asked my friend if he wanted to lock the wheels of his new trailer w a chain and he said na it’s fine. Then a week later it had been stolen
For real. That’s a nice trailer. Any dingus with a truck could run off with it in 5 minutes.
Probably more like 1 minute. Sorta related…
Remember to teach your cows not to accept hay from strangers in white
vanshatchbacks…that’s enough internet for today, I think.
You’re welcome. 😂
It reminds me of the first time I met my wife.
Is she a sexy lookin hatchback you couldn’t wait to get in the back of too?
No she loaded me up in the back of her minivan and I’ve never looked back.
My family had a trailer growing up and ours was stolen from in front of our house. It was never found.
Unless there’s room to back the trailer further in, I don’t think parking a car in front of it is an option. You’d be blocking the footpath.
Just check if the other side has an X-chock between the wheels.
Go for it, use a personal anecdote if you have one about how you or someone you know was bit by not putting blocks in front of the wheels.
If you don’t have one… make up a white lie about how your now deceased great uncle Johnny told you he left a trailer out without blocks on a little slope like that and it rolled into the street.
The anecdotes / a story can be a … easier path to selling the truth that can feel a bit more humbled vs “I know better than you, so do what I say.”
Maybe something like “Hey neighbor, I noticed your trailer isn’t fully secured, I’ve got some wedges to block the tires if you don’t have anything”
They will never get those wedges back
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Scrap 4x4’s or bricks will suffice
Post a follow-up please.
I updated my post. Thanks
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No. Never. Not once in life.
Their yard. Their house. Their shit.
Mind your own business.
When that thing rolls and hit your house and make you a disabled homeless person…
So dramatic. People don’t like being told they’re doing something wrong. You can suggest but yes. Their stuff their mistakes.
Mind your own business fails when it starts to affect you. Thats what i was telling
This isn’t affecting you. 9/10 that trailer isn’t going anywhere.
People don’t like being told their wrong
I think the way your commenting is wrong.
Sure bud. I can tell most people here like to huddle around their favorite apps browsing lemmy and have strong opinions on things that honestly have no bearings on them.
It’s nice to be nice.
What? This is some stone age mentality to have. Glad you’re not my neighbour.
It’s all our world. If your house were on fire I’d hope you wouldn’t want me to have the same mindset as yours and not call 911.
My mom got run into by a trailer that was rolling down a hill. Luckily my mom decided she was a superhero that day and was able to push the trailer to the curb to stop it from rolling down any further (it was a pretty steep hill). She got away with only a broken ankle.
So I say yeah. Tell them.
There’s a country song in there I reckon
Yeah. There are plenty of kids around here. I decided I needed to at least try to say something when I noticed some kids rollerblading in the street.
It’s easy enough to throw a block of wood or something under the tire. They probably just aren’t thinking about it.
I work on my own car and I’m always paranoid about it shifting or rolling while I’m under it, so I double up on jack stands / wheel chocks / floor jack wherever I can.
