Talk:Wheel chock

I started this page. I can't believe there isn't a article on this. Adam850 03:02, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

chocks for any wheeled artifact

Definition of wheel chocks is not exclusive to cars, trains and planes. I use them on my trailer, for example. You can put chocks around any wheeled object to inhibit rolling motion, like even a non-vehicle like a cart. --71.10.145.225 (talk) 22:53, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

"Turtarrier"

I added the "citation needed" template to "turtarrier" because the only places I can find the word used are in this article, its duplicates/mirrors, and Urban Dictionary (which, like Wikipedia, is user-generated content). —DocWatson42 (talk) 14:54, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Invention

Since they were in use on aircraft during WW2, if not earlier, I find it highly dubious that they were “invented” by someone born in 1939. He may have invented one particular type of chock but not the chock per se. Mr Larrington (talk) 17:08, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. I had made this edit in 2023. After checking the cited source, I fixed the article to say that Robert Winsor invented not "the" wheel chock but rather a specific type of wheel chock.

I think it would also be interesting for someone to add (before mentioning Winsor) a history of who did invent the first wheel chock and make other important contributions. Dirac66 (talk) 18:27, 19 August 2025 (UTC)