How lazy do you need to be.....

[Wolf Child]

....to build a rack for the bed of your truck to transport a ski, complete with electric winch and stowable loading ramps(bunks)?


I'm heading south soon and needed a way to get my ski in and out of my truck by myself. So.. nessessity being the mother of the insane... I devised something out of a less than $80 worth of parts. $50 of that was the winch from harbor freight.

 

[Swooperjet]

:thewave:

 

[surferdude345]

constructive criticism- that carpet on the ramp will tear the hell out of ur hull. Those white plastic bunk sliders would probably work wonders.

 

[Wolf Child]

constructive criticism- that carpet on the ramp will tear the hell out of ur hull. Those white plastic bunk sliders would probably work wonders.

your probably right... this is just temporary. at some point I'll redesign the whole thing using and aluminum tube frame, if this version seems to work out ok.

Lumber and carpet is cheap for prototypes.

 

[ksarge91]

Where did you get the winch for 50 bucks? What is the rating on it? I'm looking at getting one for my jeep.

Rig looks awesome.

 

[Moondance]

Check with SJBrit & see if he can post some pics of his setup. It's the best setup I've seen.

 

[Shonuff]

Constructive criticism:

You are the man.

 

[Wolf Child]

Where did you get the winch for 50 bucks? What is the rating on it? I'm looking at getting one for my jeep.

Rig looks awesome.

it's from harbor freight. it's for ATVs 3000lb.

 

[KaosFreestyle]

Nice I saved some of the pictures of what other people on here have built.

 

[Wolf Child]

I like the roller Idea.. but casters can add up quick. not to mention, the whole Idea was to have the ramp bunks stow under the ski so that I'm not cluttering up my bed. this is for a x-country trip and I'm hauling a dirtbike all my gear for both, tools, etc. Plus since it's "officially" a business trip. I need a couple suits as well.

good ideas on both of those though.

 

[DAG]

nice work, i been wonting to get around to building one of these...
i'm lazy,,, wanna shoot me a link to the winch

 

[Wolf Child]

nice work, i been wonting to get around to building one of these...
i'm lazy,,, wanna shoot me a link to the winch

looks like it's 2000 lb.. not 3000 as I thought.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=92860

 

[spence]

Nice set up, let us know how it works out. Thats a nice price on the winch too. I thought they were more.

 

[Wolf Child]

I've dragged it up off the floor 3 times with no issues at all. tomorrow I'm loading it in the truck to do my final test and gonna finish off a few little detail things I was to tired to do tonight.

 

[sflsurfrider]

everything from harbor freight is dirt cheap.

as with anything, you get what you pay for.

some of their stuff is of decent quality, though... however, their air-tools blow!

nice rig!!!

 

[Wolf Child]

everything from harbor freight is dirt cheap.

as with anything, you get what you pay for.

some of their stuff is of decent quality, though... however, their air-tools blow!

nice rig!!!

I agree with everything you just said. but for the intended purpose.. This is more than adequate.

 

[sflsurfrider]

I agree with everything you just said. but for the intended purpose.. This is more than adequate.

ive used their 120vac winches. they work great.

 

[SuperJETT]

Very nice. I used a block and tackle setup once with a 4:1 ratio, it worked, but still took quite a bit of pulling plus I had like 80 feet of rope all over the place. Not the best...

 

[EightySeven550]

this should probably be sticky'd under Tech FAQ, we've all started scheming on how to do that at somepoint.

 

[WDKfan]

Looks good, I like how your ramp stows in the middle, I got the castors for mine from harbor freight for like $25 for all of them, I had to put some bigger ones at the top to match the height of the pvc so it wouldn't tear up the hull.