Morning chaps,
Can anyone tell me what countries Wheel Chocks are compulsory if they are at all?
Regards
AaronR
They will all require wheel chocks (2)TWO for the trailer
and (1) for the artic unit , how ever if you are not concerned
about weight , put a second one on the tractor unit,
Wagon and Drag they use 2+2=4; wheel chocks,
I’m 100% sure they are compulsory in SK and CZ, fairly sure they’re compulsory in DE too.
AaronR:
Morning chaps,Can anyone tell me what countries Wheel Chocks are compulsory if they are at all?
Regards
AaronR
Europe.
I would say that if you are in Europe at all you should carry at least one suitable chock, two if on ADR work
For the cost of them fit two onto the unit, could save you some grief.
Many thanks guys,
And do they have to be fitted to the truck or trailer in a certain way or can they be carried in the trailer side box?
Aaron
My understanding is that when 1 is required for tractor a 2 for trailer than you need 1 on the tractor and 2 on the trailer.
Strictly speaking, you are not only obliged to carry them, but you are also obliged to use them, every time you park on a sloping ground and are going to “depart from the vehicle so as not to be able to act immediately if needed”.
HomoFaber:
My understanding is that when 1 is required for tractor a 2 for trailer than you need 1 on the tractor and 2 on the trailer.Strictly speaking, you are not only obliged to carry them, but you are also obliged to use them, every time you park on a sloping ground and are going to “depart from the vehicle so as not to be able to act immediately if needed”.
Certainly seem to be used in the Fatherland, but unsure if that is just ADR when you drop a trailer, but seeing as you cannot leave a hazardous load on a public road unaccompanied I doubt that.
Quite scary this really, as on another thread the OP states has 2 new trucks coming for Euro work and asking what equipment etc. is required!!!
Well thanks for your “know it all” reply GBPub but they are not my trucks coming out, i work for a freight forwarder who have purchased some new trucks. we havnt run our own trucks before and we are just getting all the bits and pieces ready so everything is above board, and rather than waste time trawling the net looking for websites answering my questions i thought it would be much more quicker and convenient to ask some “old hands” on here. But seeing as you always get some smart arse with a smarmy response, maybe i shoudlnt bother. Dont comment on things unless you know the full facts next time.
Many thanks to all the other helpful replies thought chaps.
AaronR DO not get het up about people nit picking
as it happens to all of us on here and it is not meant
in a bad way, take a look at the sticky,s on here and
all so read some of the old posts and diary’s from members
like Coffeeholic, KW, Deanb, MAD MONK EUROMAT
etc , this site is the best for helping others believe me
what ever one had to lean alone in the old days is shared
out on here,also with the open borders makes it much much
lighter than it was in the 1970-80, and before,
GBPub:
Quite scary this really, as on another thread the OP states has 2 new trucks coming for Euro work and asking what equipment etc. is required!!!
whats scary about someone seeking advice and wanting to make sure they are doing things right ? 
what might be more scary is someone who thinks they already know it all and may not operating within the law .
I have two chocks in my side locker, they came with the Daf when I got it. I was in a control in Germany a while back and the guy asked about chocks, I showed him the two in the passenger side locker and he was happy with that. I have no idea if they are supposed to be fitted to the vehicle and he was just happy to see I had them or if you just have to have them. I’m just saying what happened in this case.
i was sure there was some part of the regulations that said they had to be readily to hand, no good taking 5 minutes to dig all the crap out of a trailer box in some situations - but i can’t seem to find it
They are the only two things in my passenger side locker so I guess that qualifies them as readily to hand. I’m using them every week at the moment at one loading point and I can lay my hands on them in seconds.
Coffeeholic:
They are the only two things in my passenger side locker so I guess that qualifies them as readily to hand. I’m using them every week at the moment at one loading point and I can lay my hands on them in seconds.
you’re an oddity then neil 
i know volvo’s now fit them in a little rack to the outside just under the rear edge of the cab, presumably for access as well as storage reasons
jj72:
i was sure there was some part of the regulations that said they had to be readily to hand, no good taking 5 minutes to dig all the crap out of a trailer box in some situations - but i can’t seem to find it
Hi jj72, I think it’s possible that you might be remembering the rule about fire-extinguishers for ADR work.
Section 8.1.4 contains the requirement that the extinguishers should be “readily accessible.”
Here’s the exact wording:
ADR 8.1.4.5:
The fire extinguishers shall be installed on the transport units in a way that they are easily
accessible to the vehicle crew. The installation shall be carried out in such a way that the fire
extinguishers shall be protected against effects of the weather so that their operational safety
is not affected.
I don’t remember seeing anything about wheel-chocks being written so prescriptively, so I’ve just checked what ADR says about wheel-chocks and found this:
ADR 8.1.5.1:
Each transport unit carrying dangerous goods shall be provided with items of equipment for
general and personal protection in accordance with 8.1.5.2. (<I’ve edited out the rest of 8.1.5.1 for clarity>)
So, we need a little look at 8.1.5.2:
ADR 8.1.5.2:
The following equipment shall be carried on board the transport unit for all danger label
numbers:
- For each vehicle, a wheel chock of a size suited to the maximum mass of the vehicle
and to the diameter of the wheel; (<I’ve edited out the rest of 8.1.5.2 for clarity>)
There’s nothing written in ADR about the accessibility of the wheel-chocks in the way that it is for the fire-extinguishers.
Since the Fatherland has been mentioned, I can tell you that the Germans have a requirement in their national Road Traffic Law that the wheel-chocks are readily accessible and secured on the vehicle, but may not be held in place by hooks or chains.
StVZO § 41(14 1&2)
I hope this helps. 
as Regards ADR kit the rule over here where I used to work
and many other firms was the kit would be stowed in a locker
in which only ADR kit was held, this locker was then marked with the fire-extinguisher and ADR sign it was all ways accessible unless one was asleep, or else where. as for chocks well DIESIL DAVE mate i have been driving before i stopped work trailers with the chocks connected by a 4meter chain and the police never said any thing mate ; This was how the most of our container trailers were outfitted,but not the road-tankers .
brit pete:
as for chocks well DIESIL DAVE mate i have been driving before i stopped work trailers with the chocks connected by a 4meter chain and the police never said any thing mate ; This was how the most of our container trailers were outfitted,but not the road-tankers .
I can understand the reason for the chain, to stop theft and to stop drivers leaving chocks on the parkplatz. Mine were slotted onto a simple round bar with a spring clip to secure them
I can also understand why the chocks were not fitted to a road tanker. You wouldn’t want a 12 feet piece of sparking chain dragging along the road when you were loaded with petrol or something with equally low flash points
Hate to say this but we carried ADR goods in the containers
in liquid form, the trailers were new as well .what we also had
replaced in the last 7years were the metal chocks with plastic ones
brit pete:
as Regards ADR kit the rule over here where I used to work
and many other firms was the kit would be stowed in a locker
in which only ADR kit was held, this locker was then marked with the fire-extinguisher and ADR sign it was all ways accessible unless one was asleep, or else where.
Hi Pete,
Stowing the ADR gear in a separate ADR locker is a good idea IMHO, and I know that what you said is quite right, because I’ve seen it for myself. You just have to admire German efficiency.
brit pete:
as for chocks well DIESIL DAVE mate i have been driving before i stopped work trailers with the chocks connected by a 4meter chain and the police never said any thing mate ; This was how the most of our container trailers were outfitted,but not the road-tankers .
Please have a read of this: StVZO § 41(14 1&2) and tell me whether I’m correct.
Unterlegkeile müssen sicher zu handhaben und ausreichend wirksam sein. Sie müssen im
oder am Fahrzeug leicht zugänglich mit Halterungen angebracht sein, die ein Verlieren
und Klappern ausschließen. Haken oder Ketten dürfen als Halterungen nicht verwendet
werden.
I can’t speak for what the enforcement authorities choose to enforce, but it’s nice to know where the goalposts actually are.