My neighbor is moving and their trailer is parked pretty sketchy. Should I say something?
My neighbor is moving and their trailer is parked pretty sketchy. Should I say something?
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.
Or be neighborly and go over with a couple big blocks and tell them you noticed that's sketchy and wanted to help out!
This is usually my go to. Come over, friendly and with a solution in hand.
Main point is don't make them feel less than or dumb for forgetting the blocks lol
Edit: Also, if you can pull off casually welcoming as they're new.
I posted an update. I don't like the idea of messing with the trailer myself at all. The last thing I need is to get shot or something because someone thought I was breaking into their trailer.
Murica!
I know OP said they would go talk to their neighbor but I just wanted to add an anecdote. I worked at a place that had a bunch of trailers, and it wasn't uncommon for someone to need a vehicle and just leave the trailer in the parking lot. One time someone didn't secure it and it started to roll. A new guy who was trying to be the hero went to stop it and got his thumb crushed between the trailer and a steel beam of a pavilion. He ended up loosing his thumb. So yeah, chock your trailers and don't try to catch a run away one.
Once tried to stop a small aircraft from rolling against a car. Upon impact the vibration in the wing knocked me over.
Next time I'll let it crash and enjoy the show.
If someone didn’t prevent their aircraft from moving they kind of deserve the expensive lesson. Aviation is about following procedures, and anyone who doesn’t follow procedures either needs a wake-up call or to leave the hobby/career. Those checklists are written in blood.
losing a thumb is so bad, they do so much to help hold objects. RIP to that guys thumb
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.
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...
My family had a trailer growing up and ours was stolen from in front of our house. It was never found.
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
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.
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.
Absolutely. It's a public safety issue. Just don't come off as rude and they should appreciate it too
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.
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.
There’s a country song in there I reckon
Park an old car across the street for an insurance claim
It looks like it gives birth to Cybertrucks.
Haha.. stop stealing my tacos!
Chock the wheels and leave a friendly note on the hitch if nobody is home IMO, I seriously doubt they would take offense.
Somebody chocked our wheels.
That basterd chokked er whels.
Dat basterred chokkederwheels!
Chokkederwheels!
Get im!
[and they all grab shotguns]
This is what I would do.
Cybertruck
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"
If you were my neighbour I would love it if you notified my of the danger. I'd also say that if they give you a negative response they will move soon so there's no risk really
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.
It should really be chocked though
Chocks are cheaper than any incident that could occur without them.
I doubt that trailer has brakes at all. It looks like a normal 4 wire brake light connector and the wheel wells are pretty skinny.
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. 😄
Why wouldn't you? I suppose they would be thankful because you show considerations about their stuff and wellbeing. Some wooden blocks in front of the weels should probably be enough.
Never hurts to be a good neighbor, and u don't want it rolling when ur trying drive down the street.
If I saw them I'd say something. But I wouldn't go out of my way. You have to learn the hard way sometimes. But I would definitely point my security camera over just incase.
Two questions: do you like these people, and is anything anywhere near where it could go if it starts rolling?
I think a more important question is do you actively hate these people?
That’s the only variable that matters. Unless there’s active hatred, there’s no question about whether OP should intervene. Obviously OP should intervene.
This is a trolley problem with zero people on one of the tracks.
Lol. I don't know them. Just never had any interaction.
Just check if the other side has an X-chock between the wheels.
Post a follow-up please.
I updated my post. Thanks
No but get your camera ready for tic tac, bootube, and the gram
Update:
Yes.
That thing is so shiny it'll start fires.
It's an average covered trailer
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?
No. Never. Not once in life.
Their yard. Their house. Their shit.
Mind your own business.
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.