1. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HOOK AND THE POWER CHOCK?
Conventional vehicle restraints are based on vehicle’s Rear Impact Guard (RIG) which can be damaged, rusted or even non-existent. Although these hook-type restraints maintain that they restrain over 35000 lbs, a RIG in perfect condition can only itself support a restraining force of a maximum of 11240 lbs.
Recent live-load test performed deliver up to 50 000 pounds of restraining force using the POWER CHOCK™.
The POWER CHOCK™ is a wheel-based truck restraint that uses simple physics to restrain the vehicle by its strongest and most robust part – the wheel. The POWER CHOCK™ simplifies dock safety because it works on EVERY vehicle, at EVERY dock and EVERY time thus offering flexibility in your operations.
2. AM I RELYING ON THE TRUCK DRIVER TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF MY WAREHOUSE EMPLOYEES?
According to OSHA newsletter “Agency News: Success Criteria for Safety in Workplace by OSHA”, a successful safety process will include the support and involvement of all stakeholders. That being said, in the case of safety at the loading docks, the driver’s involvement is imperative. The Power Chock’s simple safety sequence gets the driver involved in the safety process, however does not rely on him for your warehouse employees’ safety. ThePower Chock’s teeth lock onto the ground plate’s grid bars to provide unsurpassed safety. The Power Chock System 5 also offers a high-quality sensor that indicates that the chock has been properly placed in front of the vehicle’s rear wheel. Dock employees are notified by an amber pilot light on the control panel that the chock is in place and that the dock leveler can be raised to begin loading and unloading operations. In the case where the chock is not properly placed in front of the wheel, a 100-decibel audible alarm will sound if the dock leveler is raised before the chock is placed. No Chock = No Loading!
3. HOW DOES THE POWER CHOCK PERFORM IN SNOW AND ICE?
The POWER CHOCK™ was developed in Canada to perform in the harshest of winters. The POWER CHOCK™ uses the weight of the vehicle at the loading dock to press its hooked teeth into the ground plate, biting through accumulations of snow or ice not removed by the snow removal equipment.
Linear design force the POWER CHOCK™ teeth down into the ground plate when the tire moves forward increasing it’s holding force. This creates a disbursing of any ice build up that may be present.
The optional All-Direction ground plate does not require special snow removal procedures.
