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Originally Posted by Clan
They do not understand the mechanics of it , they assume the wheels are locked but they are still free to rotate in opposite directions . Hence the legal requirement to use the parking brake on a public road .
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Try jacking a landrover with the handbrake on the rear prop shaft and watch it roll off the jack to prove that point.
The official landrover method is to engage center diff lock and chock wheels before trying to Jack the vehicle up.
I always chock 2 wheels but do not nessesarily engage center diff lock as the chocks do a better job in my opinion, but the slope on my drive is more side to side rather than fore and aft.
Always use EPB and never had a problem. Only vehicles I leave with brakes off are the caravans while in storage, but they are on level floor in barn and all wheels including the jockey wheel are chocked.
Paul.