Hi Romans,

the reason why i am contacting you is that I'd need to install a wheel chock in the bed of my F150 in order to
safely load my 2008 ZX14.
In your photos I see you installed a wheel chock in the bed of your truck and would like to ask you:

1) which brand/model did you pick?
2) was it possible to install it directly on the bed? If so was it a hard job to do the installation?

Thanks,
Marco

Hi Erik,

I really appreciate your reply!

Thanks,
Marco

Hi Romans,

the reason why i am contacting you is that I'd need to install a wheel chock in the bed of my F150 in order to
safely load my 2008 ZX14.
In your photos I see you installed a wheel chock in the bed of your truck and would like to ask you:
1) which brand/model did you pick?
2) was it possible to install it directly on the bed? If so was it a hard job to do the installation?
Thanks,
Marco

Hello Marco and welcome to the forum.

1) As for which model I can not remember the names. Out of the three, the one I like the best is the one with the widest foot print. I know not much help but go wide angles when looking. Makes for much greater stability in the truck.

2) Install; For the trailer I used 4 carriage bolts through a 1/4 inch thick aluminium plate, holes were drilled to match the chocks exact foot print. This plate was installed from underneath pushing bolts up through the plywood.

As for the truck I started to copy same idea but Gas Tank, aluminium drive shaft and other issues made it not worth the trouble.

From that point, the plastic box liner was removed and thick rubber cargo Matt was placed in bed of truck. This was great and made my life so much safer. Nothing slides anymore. Love it. I will never own plastic Box liner again.

This rubber Matt allowed me to drive into it with zero issues. Only a block of wood sits in front of the chock in case it wants to push forward. Once in, walk around to do the tie downs. No bolts = zero work. When bikes out just pick up and remove.

As mentioned above, Lots of different ways but this works 4 me. 3600 KM every summer Zero issues.

Marco I will mention this as it just came to mind.

The first time I loaded a ZX-14 I got hung up on the top of the ramps. What the issue turned out to be was the stock exhaust has two factory clamps. These clamps had the Tabs pointing Down from factory. Took only few minutes to fix but if you do not know to look could be bad. They sucked up lots of clearance.

I hope this helps. Cheers

I sure wish I had taken a picture. When I picked up my 06 zx14, I didn't have my trailer, and had a hard cover on my 2002 ford lightning. So, I drove to Charlotte, and loaded the bike in the back of my 96 ford splash. Needless to say I had to leave the tailgate open, and it was a snug fit. I stopped at a fast food resturant, and a guy made the comment. Is that a large bike, or a small truck? I laughed and told him, "both". When I sold the bike, I loaded it in the rear of my lightning (6 1/2 ft. bed instead of the 6 ft. bed on the splash) and met the guy in Virginia. Not a single issue.