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06-17-2024, 05:18 PM #12851
Just did 3,000 miles over three weeks. DIY flatbed, DIY bike rack, 30yr old camper all held up just fine. Average of 11.5mpg but what we lose in MPG we saved way ahead of time in no depreciation.
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06-17-2024, 08:55 PM #12852Registered User
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06-17-2024, 08:57 PM #12853Registered User
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06-18-2024, 04:10 PM #12854Registered User
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Question for those of you with slide-in/pop-up campers (like the one pictured below): How are you transporting skis? Rocket box or rack mounted to the roof? Toss em in the camper and get all your shit wet?
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06-18-2024, 05:14 PM #12855
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06-18-2024, 05:58 PM #12856
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06-18-2024, 07:24 PM #12857Registered User
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I have been putting them in the front seat, or wrapping them in a tarp in the camper. Still working on a better system though. Would love a box outside on the back, or the side but can't go any higher or it won't fit in my shop garage.
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06-18-2024, 08:07 PM #12858
I'm ultra strict about skis in sun apres while I drink coffee and chat up the babes. Skis go in dry everyday. Some storm days not 100% possible but..
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06-18-2024, 08:08 PM #12859
Last year on mega storms I would go to the laundry and dry my shit apres. Not as many babes at the laundry. Especially in Logan UT. But hey..
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06-18-2024, 09:52 PM #12860
Now that I have a flatbed with boxes, they will go in there. Excited for that this winter. So much space in those.
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06-19-2024, 09:58 PM #12861
Same here. Brush off, towel off, good enough.
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06-20-2024, 09:43 AM #12862Registered User
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06-20-2024, 09:51 AM #12863
That truck is a bit small for this idea, but on wider body trucks I’ve seen a front receiver with cargo box mounted on a cargo tray below the headlamps. Not a bad way to go?
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06-20-2024, 07:14 PM #12864
It’s the one upside to hella wind in the lot - natural ski drier.
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06-21-2024, 10:51 AM #12865
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06-21-2024, 01:35 PM #12866Registered User
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06-21-2024, 02:13 PM #12867
road salt on yer edges eats up skis quick...
fact.
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06-21-2024, 03:37 PM #12868
Not to mention turning your bindings into bricks.
I’ve seen a bunch come through the ski shop I worked in years ago.
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06-21-2024, 03:47 PM #12869Registered User
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I feel like I saw a "Ski Condom" one time that protected the skis while in an outside rack. Just roll it on like a condom. (Been so long, do they still work that way?).
But yeah, just use a ski bag on the outside rack, that's what I plan on doing I think.
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06-21-2024, 05:24 PM #12870
Do yourselves a favor and wax or lube the ski bag zipper frequently.
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06-22-2024, 06:04 PM #12871Registered User
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Cross post to fishing thread.
#Vanlife and I'd like something the size of this Yakima rod vault for the top of the van. I don't fish, but I want something for skis and extra stuff up top. The problem I'm facing is getting something under 20" wide (or so) as the AC is mounted in the center of the van and makes it hard to mount a normal width ski box. I did get my normal Yakima box up there, but it was hanging over the back by at least 18", maybe more, die to having to mount it so far back behind the AC unit.
Any ideas? Rod box, 10" tall and 6-7' long would be ideal. But they also seem trendy now, so $$$$, and I'm cheap. This Yakima rod box has terrible reviews, but the dimensions seem right.
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06-23-2024, 04:57 PM #12872Registered User
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To get the length you need it means a box 7 1/2 feet long so that means mounting across the back. Both the Thule Force XT and Yakima ski box are 24" wide which might work but also require more room than that to hinge open. The Force XT is only 179 cm internal so also too short.
Based on my experience expect to replace the lift hinges on a Thule every 3 years or so.
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06-23-2024, 09:02 PM #12873
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06-23-2024, 10:11 PM #12874Registered User
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Unfortunately the current bars are flush with the van sides, so moving them to the side is limited. I think it was approx 20" to the AC, maybe a little more.
One of the old school Rocketbox might work, but as mentioned above, I forgot to factor in the hinge swing.
I'll probably have to go with the box hanging over the back for the winter and skis.
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06-24-2024, 07:48 AM #12875
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