OH YEAH, just remembered to update this thread as to the last trip we took and how the "Ghetto-Chocks" worked.
I waited til later in the evening (after dark) to set the chocks in place as I had some very experienced and "Nosy" neighbors very close around me...I already had enough embarrasement earlier while trying to pull through a site that wasn't really designed to "pull-through" ROFL...
They worked GREAT, my DW and MIL could tell as soon as I tightened the straps, that the chocks did the job. I do plan on putting the bolts through eventually, rather than using the ratchet straps, but much to my and DW's surprise, they really did work.
Of course the "Old timer" next door finally caught a glimpse of 'em 2 days later, and just had to throw his "experience" into the mix...he was actually pretty impressed with them, as cheap as they looked, that he wanted to take a test walk in my TT and commented how well they were working.
Just goes to show ya, use what ya got, and you'll get by just fine. Ya don't need all the high dollar gizmos when you can slap together a "Ghetto-Version" to get you through...
(for now....)