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.

 

[RY-Journeyman]

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.

I really like this option. The other I was thinking of was maybe side mounting some ski holders on an X-Spec Xframe. But the skis would overhang off the back by quite a bit. This solution on the spare wheel is gonna work better I think.

 

[CrazyOldMan]

I really like this option. The other I was thinking of was maybe side mounting some ski holders on an X-Spec Xframe. But the skis would overhang off the back by quite a bit. This solution on the spare wheel is gonna work better I think.

I ran it all winter - easy peasy. About one minute to put on and take off. Just be sure to get the right length for the extension cables. If you’re doing MASSIVE distance with the skis, of course a rooftop box might be better - but with the Grongo, they’re high enough and enclosed enough not to pick up a bunch of road grime.