Other Ski's in Truck Bed

[OCD Solutions]

Gold plated rope hoist? :wink:

Northern has them for $12.99 and that is on the high end of the pricing of most places.

Mine has steel rollers instead of nylon and has a built in brake so the ski won't slide back on you at any point. It's heavier but much safer. I've had the tote kick out before and the rope locked and held the ski from hitting the concrete.

here's some more pics of the setup; The tote slides under the bunks and then holds my fuel jugs;

 

[Byeai]

How is the wood holding up in the back looks like it's floating

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[OCD Solutions]

I recently transferred everything over to my new rig and it's all holding up just fine.

The original plan was to build it out of aluminum but I ran out of time and threw the wood rack together for Daytona 2008. It's hard to justify spending $250 when $40 does the job.

 

[Dirty Engineer]

Mine has steel rollers instead of nylon and has a built in brake so the ski won't slide back on you at any point. It's heavier but much safer. I've had the tote kick out before and the rope locked and held the ski from hitting the concrete.

Nice! Remember where you picked that up at?

 

[OCD Solutions]

Tractor supply.

 

[Byeai]

Hey ocd on the rear bunk support that goes from side to side how is it held off the bottom of the bed

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[OCD Solutions]

Most bed liners, including mine, have built in shelves to support such items. If you look close at the underside picture, you can see where the end of the 4x4 is sitting on the lip. Some say it's not strong enough to support two ski's but it hasn't been an issue yet.

 

[JasonU]

Thanks for the ideas

 

[N3vrSat1sfied]

Not really a ski rack but just wanted to say that an 8' bed has plenty of room! Ski isnt even pushed up all the way. Just sitting on very thick rubber mat, that covers the 5th wheel brackets.

 

[xixp]

My Superjet and Blaster on my Titan.... I just use a winch tied to the utilitrack and a EZ load ramp.

 

[uwswimmer]

Just found this, idk if yall have seen or used something like this but looks like it would work pretty well with a ramp.

http://www.discountramps.com/truck-bed-winch-mount.htm

 

[NVJAY775]

That looks a lot better than the one I built! I picked up a small winch with remote from Harbor Freight and made a rail with mounts to pull skis in. I think I have about $150 in it, but that one looks way tidier.

 

[uwswimmer]

i was going to do that same thing with a harbor freight winch but was not sure how to mount it without putting too many holes in my truck

 

[NVJAY775]

Well, my trucks front bed rail got bent a bit from a snowblower some years ago. So I used some 2" box metal on the top of the rail, to straighten it and also be used as a brace for the winch. I've only used it twice… But it does work good when I need it. It could be cleaner for sure, but it works great and is solid.

 

[pj76]

I used a removable cable roller atached to the bed with a harber freight winch attached to a wood and pvc rack for a couple of years now . Held up well . Easy one person loading with bumper out of water .Hard on the thin chevy truck bed though . picked up a single folding atv , mower ramp at tractor supply and non swivel rubber wheel casters for a lighter ramp for next year . Been using pvc over galvanized pipe setup for loading , but is almost to long to haul . Plans to make a lightweight aluminum rack also using rollers for less friction on hull this spring .

 

[SterlingSilva]

made this out of (2) 2x6's and a cheap 12v electric winch. pulls the ski up right from the beach cart. I mounted the rear most support so that it falls in between the bed and tailgate.

 

[uwswimmer]

is the rear support that falls in the gap the only thing mounting the set up in your bed?

 

[SterlingSilva]

yup... the weight of the ski holds it in place without any issue

 

[uwswimmer]

nice, looks like the most cost effective yet. might give this a try

 

[streetking-15]

been rocking just bed since i got my ski. i always ride with a friend of mine so we just lift the back up into the truck and slide it back. i dont even have to go into the water. partly cause its a lowered s10 but still haha