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I'm renting a truck to transport my scooter, my wife and our 2 Yorkies. We're driving down to Richmond Virginia for Amerivespa. I got a decent deal from Enterprise.
I reserved a Nissan Frontier but they've told me I'll probably end up with a Dodge Ram or a Ford F-150.
The plan is use handle straps to tie down my T5. I have a CRV and a small trailer, but it bounces around and I don't want to drive 1600 miles with it.
I want to make a wheel chock for the trip to help stabilize the scooter.
I won't be able to bolt it down on the rental.
Has anyone made one that would work?
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DIY Wheel Chocks

If needed, I'm sure you can adjust the size for you scooter.

Good luck!
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My pickup isn't here to show how this fits, but it's just a piece of plywood cut the width of the truck bed with a cheap steel chock mounted on it. The scooter when it's strapped down holds the chock & plywood in place. I have a similar arrangement that I use with my trailer.
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I just did a quick image search for Nissan Frontier Bed and all of them showed a sliding track anchor mounting system (same as the Toyota Tacoma which I used to have, F150 has an adjustable but not slider system. Not sure about Ram). Rather than use a chock, I jammed a 4x4 up forward and used cargo straps from the scooter to the bed anchors. Easy peazy and cheap
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If I were going to use an arrangement like I've shown above with a rental truck where I didn't know the exact width of the bed, I would use a narrower board than the big piece of leftover plywood that I happened to have. A 1x6 board would keep the chock from sliding side to side, and a longer length of it could be cut at the last minute with a hand saw to fit the truck.
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scootermercato wrote:
http://www.scootermercato.com/Scooter-Parts/Transport-Safety-Care/STERLING-7000
That's an excellent idea! I should order me up one of those.
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I ordered the wheel chock from Scooter Mercado. Easy peasy, no muss no fuss!

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