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I have an actual garage now and we have a bunch of skis just leaning in the corner like some kind of heathens. I have built several of those dowel racks in the past for friends/clients. They get the job done, but somewhat inefficient on how much space they take up. Those gravity grabber deals are $40 bucks each. Something I haven't thought of using Ace/Home Depot found parts and basic hardware?
https://www.grizzly.com/products/gri...hoCN7MQAvD_BwE
Someone in another thread turned me onto this. Cheap and effective for ski hoarders.
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Yeah, that's what I did. Cheap and easy just like me.Quote:
Originally Posted by hick
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I did something like the above with ladder hanger hooks for years.
Then I saw these-
https://www.amazon.com/Button-Ski-Ha.../dp/B071P413RM
Not a bad price, but I are a cheap bastard so I made my own out of plywood using a boot toe as a template..
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I used these metal hooks from Home Depot and 2, 2x4’s. I think it was under a $80 total because I already had screws.
I had family visit for a few weeks this season and the rack held 17 sets of skis.
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If yer really pressed for space or just have way too many skis you can put that horizontal rack over a window
Yep, lumber rack FTW
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Vertical with the button toe things works for everything but tech toes......may try horizontal with the lumber racks or some home depot hooks. My truck is too tall to fit in the garage so it's the GFs old scooby and lots of room for toys. My OCD is kicking in and the skis need to go somewhere. I may try some ceiling hanging line Bandini and use wall space for bikes.
I had a space in the back corner of the garage so built the Hutz family ski center. It’s good enough for a small section of the family birthright. The flat rack was built with spare parts but seems to work ok. Attachment 457054Attachment 457055Attachment 457056
Horizontal rack is nifty, way more efficient than vertical along the wall. Horizontal on ceiling seems like the way to go to maximize storage in a garage type space and just as easy to build.
I have mine vertical on a rolling cart; its not the most space efficient but I like the utility. I can keep at the front of the garage for quick loading and unload in the winter and spring and in the summer i just move to a dark corner or roll the whole thing over to the shed.
Not a very good picture but you get the idea:
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Another lumber rack fan. $40.
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Other than hanging them from the rafters, how does horizontal storage save any room over a dowel rack?
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Originally Posted by plugboots
the other thread, for more inspo
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...Y-or-prebuilt)
I don't have a lot of room here or a garage, this shelf HW works pretty well and it comes as wide as 16" and its mounted over a window
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oh shit something vertical with wheels is exactly what i've been trying to throw together for our apartment closet - it is an awkwardly long but narrow space that fits lots of skis in a single file row but then is impossible to access the ones in the back. Is yours just a plywood base and then square dowels?? might try to put something together this summerQuote:
Originally Posted by MottN
4 pair of skis in the closet
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Dedicated closet holds a bunch
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<tl;dr: storage density and handling rocker>Quote:
Originally Posted by Peruvian
YMMV, but for us the depth & strength of the lumber rack has been great to organize lot of different types of skis very densely while maintaining easy access to any given pair. Ski storage game changed with fat/rockered skis in particular, but the lumber rack don't care.
For example, the bottom slot of ours has 4 x nordic skis, and the top slot has 1 pair of Bodacious + 1 pair of Protests. That's 6 long pairs of skis that would otherwise be lined up on the wall vertically, none of them playing very well with dowels (camber/weak tips of the nordic skis, weight/big rocker of Bodacious & Protests). Then, there are 4 more shelves in between those -> I think we have 15-17 pairs on the rack at any given time. So, I'd either have to add 10+ more dowel spots, or just fill in the horiz. rack.
Location flexibility is also good -> above a window or on any wall works. I've got ours mounted ~4' up to the front of some built in deep shelves that house a generator & grill on the bottom -> these can still be wheeled in/out from under the rack without moving a bunch of skis.
(Man, I need to find better things to do)
and then there's this. I could really use it for my hatchback though $300 seems steep to me. For another $60 you can get a wall mount.
https://trapski.com/products/trapski...gn=sag_organic
Found this thing at the dump in the free pile, it was a guitar stand with short legs for 4 guitars, took the legs off and screwed it to the wall. Works great for the rockered skis as they hang from the toe of the bindingsAttachment 457084Attachment 457086
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Originally Posted by Peruvian
I could probably fit all these on the lumber racks mentioned here in half the wall area
Quick, dirty, cheap.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...14d53a3415.jpg
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I’m confused. Wouldn’t the horizontal racks stick out from the walls further into the space and cramp the weight bench even more?Quote:
Originally Posted by t-the-east
The rafter versions look great for summer storage but lifting them up and pulling them down regularly in the winter sounds like a hassle.
I need to explore these horizontal solutions you all have. The lumber rack two or three pair deep looks pretty good.
But problem with some of them (like that one ^^^) is access. How easy is it to grab those Volkl’s in the middle?
The problem with vertical against a wall is the bindings always seem to clash and take up too much room. Wasn’t a problem with an 8’ wall and a few pair…then I got more pairs…then my wife got more pairs…then my kids got more pairs and it started to look like this (which doesn’t include any of the race skis which are on a different wall). Attachment 457088
That’s a good point. Usually in the winter I pull the bench out a foot or two anyways to make grab and go easier. I just pushed it close to the wall yesterday..Quote:
Originally Posted by Peruvian
I am lucky - I have the garage stairs so I am just packing them up the stairs and putting them away.Quote:
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I was kicking around the idea of putting the platform on a pully like I have for the canoe and then attaching a cheap atv winch to the wall that I could use for lifting.
Then I decided that as soon as the kids move out I am buying land out side of town!
.. with a shop
..... and a dedicated ski workspace that doesn't need to convert to bike workspace each year.
I've got both^^ just in case one is > the otherQuote:
Originally Posted by Peruvian
the old adage " every asshole is different " most assuredly applys in this thread
SO look at all the different solutions people have used and pick the one or parts of several that works for your space
They sell a version that works with tech toesQuote:
Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian
https://www.etsy.com/listing/7051128...nger-single-to
I think I've also seen a picture of people making the DIY one with little holes/grooves for the pins.
I went cheap and vertical. Could work horizontal too if that tickles your fancy. It’s a 2x8, drilled 1 1/4 with a spade but, used a speed square to draw 45’s off the hole and cut with a skill saw. Then softened the edges with a router. It works for the quiver I have. I don’t feel like reaching up to grab stuff, cause I’m lazy. Attachment 457103Attachment 457104Attachment 457105Attachment 457106
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Never seen these "button" hangers... but they really look like the cat's nuts. Might have to give them a go...Quote:
Originally Posted by singlesline
Nice and simple, perfect. Have a platform for tails to sit on to keep out of melted snowQuote:
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Just some foam mat to make it softer than the concrete. Some of those rubber anti slip mats with the holes would be nice.Quote:
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Still digging the grizzly racks with some car window foam on the bars for grip
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/\/\/\ Noice, making me feel skinny.
What are those purple based PMGear skis in the last pic?
Never seen purple bases (cool).
[emoji450] He's a lumber rack and he's ok [emoji151]
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You can make your own with scrap 3/4" plywood and a 3.5" hole saw and a 2" hole saw. Easy-peasy. If you want to get extra fancy, a Forstner bit to countersink the bolt on the 3.5" button. I had all of these tools so no cost.Quote:
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Hadn't thought of the groove idea to hold tech binders...gotta figure out how to engineer that.
Router?