Snow skis in an RV?

[Bryan Wood]

Happy New Year fellow RV'ers,

I've been considering pulling the skis down from the rafters and trying them out again after a long lay off. However, the thought of driving 4-5 hours each way seems unbearable and just crazy with a perfectly good airplane that could get me to Tahoe in 45 minutes or so. During the building of the plane I didn't address carrying skis and was wondering if anybody has done some kind of neat retrofit to their plane to be able to carry theirs?

The thought of ordering a spare top baggage bulkhead that could be cut up and reinforced to allow skies to pass through and to be secured to it seems like the easiest way, and allows the original bulkhead to go back in for normal use. This idea would use the structure that the seatbacks lean against to rest the skis on also and would provide a secondary way to secure them with bungies or something.

Any ideas, photos, links, etc. welcome.

Blue Skies,
Bryan 9A "Flyin the Flag"

[rv8ch]

Originally Posted by Bryan

I've been considering pulling the skis down from the rafters and trying them out again after a long lay off. ... Any ideas, photos, links, etc. welcome.

Not sure how long the layoff has been, but the new carving skis are a lot shorter than they used to be. That said, I'd just rent them when you get there.

[robertahegy]

Renting skiis and buying boots seems to be the best idea, to me as well. With the hi performance rental skiis so readily available, why spend the money. Spend the money on really good custom boots and don't hack up your RV.

JMHO
Roberta

[Brian130]

http://www.vansairforce.net/BuilderM...nt_skirack.htm

This was done during construction, but it might help.