GWC-1000 Global Wheel Chock
Benefits
Need to consistently restrain diverse vehicles — even those without a standard RIG bar configuration?
Address varied traffic at the dock with reliable communication on the drive approach to strengthen your vehicle restraint safety solution.
- Engineered for mixed trailer traffic: Designed to help secure liftgate, parcel and non-RIG trailers that traditional rotating hook restraints cannot engage, strengthening your vehicle restraint strategy.
- Constant operational communication: Integrated ultra-sonic sensor connects via coil cord to detect tire presence, engaging the communication system and reducing guesswork at the dock.
- Compliance confidence: Certified to exceed ANSI MH30.3 performance testing standards for the design, use and maintenance of vehicle restraining devices.
- Backed by Rite-Hite's 12-Month Limited Money-Back Guarantee of Customer Satisfaction. Standard Warranty includes 1-year parts / 1-year labor. Rite-Hite Extended Warranty includes 2-year parts / 1-year labor and connected capabilities.
Does your wheel-based restraint clearly communicate when it's safe to load?
The GWC-100 global wheel chock helps secure a wide variety of vehicles, including specialty, liftgate, and intermodal trailers while integrating with dock equipment to reinforce safe loading procedures. Proper wheel engagement paired with constant restraint status communication helps prevent certain trailer separation accidents, including:
- Trailer creep
- Early departure
The GWC-1000 can be paired with a wall-mounted Dok-Lok rotating hook restraint at the same dock to help prevent all types of trailer separation accidents. When paired with a trailer stand, GWC-1000 can help mitigate landing gear collapse. The global wheel chock is certified to meet and exceed ANSI MH30.3 performance testing standards. Its design complies with OSHA Standard 29 CFR 1910.178.
Additional Dock Safety Products
Supporting solutions:
- Original Dok-Lok® Rotating Hook Restraints
- Trailer Stands (necessary for dropped trailers)
Automation
Services:
How does a truck wheel chock improve safety and reliability at the dock?
The manually positioned GWC-1000 Global Wheel Chock is designed to resist forward trailer movement by securely obstructing their tired, while supporting ergonomic operation and integrated dock communication.
- Ergonomically Secure Widest Variety of Trailers. GWC-1000 is positioned manually with minimal force for ergonomic operation, helping to secure various tire diameters, including delivery and parcel trucks.
- Integrity of Installation. A completed dock survey required for each dock position to help ensure safe and proper application of all restraint solutions. Critical to the safety of material handlers and equipment utilizing the equipment, the surveys are reviewed by Rit-Hite's expert Applications team if outside of standard dock configuration.
- Withstand Harsh Loading Dock Environment. The restraint's continuous aluminum extrusion with a yield strength of 40KSI does not require adjustment as climatic conditions change. The Global Wheel Chock is hung on a steel bracket on the exterior wall of the building when not in use to be out of the elements and approach.
- Constant Operational Communication. Ultra-sonic sensor in the wheel chock integrates to the Dok-Lok style controls via 10' coil cord providing audible and visual alarms to help clearly indicate safe constant chock engagement.
Rite-Hite Communication and Control allows facilities to:
- Integrate additional/future equipment and interlocked sequence of operations with Dok-Lok® Style Light Communication System.
- Incorporate line of sight light communication system status with Corner-Vu™ and Leveler-Vu™.
- Extend Blue Light Policy to help prevent 80,000 annual forklift-pedestrian accidents by extending reaction time with Pedestrian-Vu™.
- Help prevent 2nd leading cause of backover fatalities in the United States with Approach-Vu™, which utilizes a light and horn system to present a clear visual and audible warning to pedestrians in the drive approach when a backing vehicle is detected.
- Verify Dok-Lok engagement and trailer stand presence via outside camera and inside monitor with Lok-Vu™, reducing the amount of processes on the dangerous drive approach.
- Integrate multiple loading dock control components at each dock position for a total dock safety system with Dok-Commander® Combined Controls.
All components are available as standalone or incorporated with Dok-Lok Style Light Communication System. The Dok-Lok Style Light Communication System offers more flexibility, facilitating the greatest long-term yield per dock position. The system allows facilities to address their most urgent safety needs first but reserving the opportunity to integrate vehicle restraints and other safety solutions at a fraction of the cost compared to standalone equipment purchases.
Want more visibility into dock performance for safety and productivity?
Dok-Lok Vehicle Restraints are Rite-Hite ONE-enabled.* Connecting to this single Digital Platform provides real-time visibility and data to empower maintenance decisions, reduce inefficiencies and help mitigate safety events.
- Safety. Real-time alerts delivered to any device to identify and stop unsafe behavior, such as:
- Dok-Lok overrides and/or fault modes.
- Employee entering an unrestrained trailer.
- Dock door open but safety barrier not deployed.
- Productivity. Analytics gathered during each step of the loading process to identify bottlenecks and optimize operations, such as:
- Total duration of loading, to help avoid detention costs.
- Equipment utilization to determine under- or -over-usage.
- Trailer at dock but restraint not yet engaged.
- Uptime. Visibility into connected equipment status and service history, such as:
- Designate equipment state (out of service or immediate repair service required).
- Equipment performance trending down (cycle counts, use, service history).
- Document and log maintenance and services events.
* Rite-Hite ONE subscription required.
Can a connected wheel chock enhance your facility’s vehicle restraint solution?
The GWC-1000 is best used at facilities with diverse vehicle traffic at the loading dock and can help with:
- Removing potentially hazardous movement during loading/unloading
- Ensuring constant operational communication
- Supporting standardized procedures by interlocking with other dock equipment
Facilities with high-turn operations that rely on heavy-duty wheel chocks to secure diverse trucks and trailers include:
- Automotive facilities managing specialized trailers
- Food & Beverage operations requiring consistent dock control
- Warehousing and Distribution handling mixed fleets
- Pulp, Paper and Packaging with high trailer volume
- Manufacturing and production facilities with variable carrier traffic
- Last-mile delivery hubs with liftgate and parcel trucks
- Cold Storage facilities where environmental conditions demand durable trailer chocks
For facilities requiring layered protection or integrated dock communication, the GWC-1000 can be paired with additional vehicle restraint and dock safety solutions.
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