Added a ski rack to my Grenny...

[Tahoeroland]

Since I couldn't find an after-market ski rack for my Grenny, I decided to repurpose a traditional rooftop ski rack to place it onto the ladder. I'm happy with the results. I had to add some extenders to move it further from the ladder to make room for the bindings. (Those extenders were part of an old aluminum flag pole I had lying around... hah!)

 

[Kevin Mokracek]

Nice to see another Grenadier owner with a AT ski setup. I recently switched to AT after 40 years of tele skiing, my knees just couldn't take it anymore lol.

 

[Blackgray]

That’s a great idea. Gonna have to look at using my ladder for my snowboard.

 

[mugsie]

Love the fact it was built not bought. I'm in the middle of building a platform in the back of my grenny. It's fun and very gratifying when you actually pull it off. You did an awesome job!

 

[Tahoeroland]

Love the fact it was built not bought. I'm in the middle of building a platform in the back of my grenny. It's fun and very gratifying when you actually pull it off. You did an awesome job!

Thanks, amigo!

 

[CrazyOldMan]

Having the skis in back is definitely the way to go - I bought the RR bars and ski rack from my Ineos dealer and then played around with it a bit and realized it wasn’t great - it’s just a really tall truck, you get a bunch of wind noise blah blah. Nicely done.

 

[Tahoeroland]

Having the skis in back is definitely the way to go - I bought the RR bars and ski rack from my Ineos dealer and then played around with it a bit and realized it wasn’t great - it’s just a really tall truck, you get a bunch of wind noise blah blah. Nicely done.

Thanks! I agree, even if I had the roof clearance for a rooftop rack, it’s a long way to lift up the skis and secure them in a rack. I hadn’t thought about the noise - definitely another downside to the roof option.

 

[singlefin]

Nice work on the rack. Have to acknowledge the choice in triple camber as my quiver is mainly a Deathwish and Ghost Train.

 

[PDX_Keith]

Nice work but probably the worst place to mount skis. Your bindings will hate you. Between the road grime, salt/deicer and corrosion I'd highly encourage you to keep them clean, lubricated and test the release. Not worth blowing out a knee.

 

[singlefin]

Nice work but probably the worst place to mount skis. Your bindings will hate you. Between the road grime, salt/deicer and corrosion I'd highly encourage you to keep them clean, lubricated and test the release. Not worth blowing out a knee.

Definitely agree and keep mine in boxes or inside, otherwise a mess. Believe he’s only going a short distance with this in mind.

 

[SkiBum1]

Since I couldn't find an after-market ski rack for my Grenny, I decided to repurpose a traditional rooftop ski rack to place it onto the ladder. I'm happy with the results. I had to add some extenders to move it further from the ladder to make room for the bindings. (Those extenders were part of an old aluminum flag pole I had lying around... hah!)

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Great set of skis!

 

[TahoeGren]

I’m really liking the ladder mount. The Grenadier is taller, and I haven't thought about the practicality of getting the skis up on the roof rack though it hasn’t been a problem in the past. I bought the Front Runner ski carrier but haven’t mounted it yet. I expect I can figure out a way to get it to work with the Leitner rack, but now I’m thinking I should adapt it for the ladder.

 

[CrazyOldMan]

I’m really liking the ladder mount. The Grenadier is taller, and I haven't thought about the practicality of getting the skis up on the roof rack though it hasn’t been a problem in the past. I bought the Front Runner ski carrier but haven’t mounted it yet. I expect I can figure out a way to get it to work with the Leitner rack, but now I’m thinking I should adapt it for the ladder.

Not as creative as your solution - but I found this - they don’t have a US distributor so I just ordered direct from an Italian dealer

Gringo ski gringo ski & board - Fabbri

Ski and ski & snow board racks with electro-welded aluminium structure, universal for all off-road vehicles with rear spare wheel. It is easily assembled without the use of tools, safe thanks to the anti-theft system with key. It can be easily transformed into a bike carrier with the “GRINGO...

www.fabbri.info

 

[CrazyOldMan]

If anyone orders this, you’ll need to enter your tire size in the cable extension calculator and order the extensions as well

 

[grnamin]

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Since I couldn't find an after-market ski rack for my Grenny, I decided to repurpose a traditional rooftop ski rack to place it onto the ladder. I'm happy with the results. I had to add some extenders to move it further from the ladder to make room for the bindings. (Those extenders were part of an old aluminum flag pole I had lying around... hah!)

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Nice setup there, Airborne!

 

[neil]

I thought about this solution but fear, it would be really hard to hold 4 pairs of ski's in place while you close the holder.

 

[CrazyOldMan]

I thought about this solution but fear, it would be really hard to hold 4 pairs of ski's in place while you close the holder.

The Fabbri Gringo easily fits 4 pair - just did it yesterday. I like the DIY ladder option but see your point about holding the skis in place. Really like the Gringo.