 Poster: A snowHead
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I have an old roof box that I take skiing, and was wandering has anyone cut the rear of their roof box, and slid their skis in leaving 30 cm out the back?
Interesting to hear your thoughts.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Why?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I would imagine it would make it very unstable and dangerous
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Why?
Less road noise.
Can lock the skis in the box.
protects the bindings from the salt and other shite on the road.
But you knew that already.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@glisser, Cutting the back of a thin plastic roofbox is likely to compromise its structure, so it will most likely split and deposit your belongings all over the persons following you. So as @Hells Bells, suggested "I would imagine it would make it very unstable and dangerous"
Why not buy a secondhand long roof box designed for skis??
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Our last roof box was damaged when we travelled with it empty for 70 miles in high winds on our way to collect some skis. The small split became quite a large one by the end of our journey.
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Our last roof box was damaged when we travelled with it empty for 70 miles in high winds on our way to collect some skis. The small split became quite a large one by the end of our journey.
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Those things have rather little structural strength even when not chopped up. And how would the skis be secured inside? Safer to carry the skis in a proper ski rack and rinse them off when you get there. The alps are full of cars with skis on top.
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Very True Hells bells, So do you reckon I could just lash 2 pairs of skis to the roof bars along with the Roof box.
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@glisser, I put my offpiste skis in a bag (at 190 so they are too long for a 180cm long box) and strap them to the bars tight against the roof box.
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Yes, no problem strapping skis alongside the box. I did see a car shedding skis on the M20 towards Dover.  bungees are the work of the devil
A proper ski rack is best, obviously. But expensive if you don't actually use the car to drive to ski for the day.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Never owned a roof box but I''d have thought with careful and judicious cutting and possibly reinforcing it could be done safely and securely.
But in over 40 years of skiing and having skis transported on the roof of cars, from my parents' with funny elasticated attachments to my own with nice sliding bars, my skis have always been exposed to the elements with no apparent damage.
So I don't see the need...
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But if you cut the back off all the road grime and crud would get sucked inside anyway - ever looked at the back of an estate car after a long dirty trip!
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@glisser, we have a long roof box on one half of the roof and a ski rack goes on the other side. When we are at the chalet for a few weeks we usually then take the roof box off and stash it away and just use the rack.
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