homemade ski stand

[FxOne]

i need to get my zxi off the double tralier so i need to make a stand. anyone have pics of one that will hold 600 lbs ?

 

[5810]

heres mine, cost me 30 bucks to make.


for your ski use 3" pvc pipe

 

[JonnyB]

I bought this and installed some wooden bunks on it
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=94778

Edit: the south Austin Harbor Freight is where I bought it the North one off of Mopac never has it

 

[steveyz250fpilot]

This one cost me about $60 to make. It's high enough to where my skis slide on and off of the trailer easily.

If you do use pvc for a heavier ski like yours, definitely get a larger diameter piping, and do not use screws in it.

 

[Speedfreak]

I built mine out of scrap 4X6 that a trucking company was throwing out. Then screwed it together with lag bolts. Works great. I built 5 of them to keep around the shop in different heights. Here is one of them. The taller ones just has the pieces double stacked.

You can slide a ski off onto the short ones easily but they have to be winched back on the trailer. I move the polaris and the GP1200 off the trailers every time their used. They get stored in the garage.

 

[Idok]

thats a CLEAN x2!!!!!



2" pvc for standups

3" for couches



another option is to get a furniture dolly and set it on a scissor stand....a bit more multipurpose, but lower..so not easy if you want to work on it

 

[steveyz250fpilot]

thats a CLEAN x2!!!!!



2" pvc for standups

3" for couches

I did mine in 3". You never know what you might have to put on one! And....when you put your footholds in, you can jump up on the ski on the stand to feel 'em out!!

 

[Kennay]

I recently used about 50 bucks in pipe and fitting, a pound of screws, and ~16 feet of 2" .40 and made a stand. I used a screw at every 90 degree of the joint.

I like it better this way beause 1.) Nobody on this planet will get the pipes perfectly glued into place and at equal lengths while using the primer/cement method. Nobody. You could probably do it if you built a jig, but hell, by the time you do that, you might as well have built the stand out of wood.
2.) As a result of not getting everything perfect, it's going to add extra strain on the joint, and when it gets cold... pvc cracks. Using the screw method, there isn't any extra stress from twisting and bend pipe to fit.

Just my $.02

Bottomline is, I went with more bracking, 2" pipe, and screws.

 

[2006superjet]

.02

2 ways

 

[Duster8]

heres mine, cost me 30 bucks to make.


for your ski use 3" pvc pipe

what holds the carpeting to the PVC? looks like heavy duty staples? i didnt think they'd go into pvc.

 

[steveyz250fpilot]

2 ways

That joint in the middle with no support under it is nowhere near as strong as one solid piece all the way across. Now if you would have dropped that center area all the way to the ground, that would be one super-sturdy stand.

Is that thing bowing/flexing in the middle? it looks like it is sagging down.

 

[steveyz250fpilot]

I Nobody on this planet will get the pipes perfectly glued into place and at equal lengths while using the primer/cement method. Nobody. You could probably do it if you built a jig, but hell, by the time you do that, you might as well have built the stand out of wood.

I will. But hey, I don't have a real intake manifold for my Lamey either...

That makes me the oddball! :naughty:

 

[shift1313]

i never got around to actually stapling the carpet down. This was the height i needed to get the ski out of my truck. I had the wood and casters laying around. Probably $40-$50 bucks.

 

[2006superjet]

it saged but its plastic and that ski weighs a lot. i got it free and it worked but ya could be a lil stronger more of a box shape.

 

[Kennay]

I will. But hey, I don't have a real intake manifold for my Lamey either...

That makes me the oddball! :naughty:

Ya' POSER! :ugh2:


:kiss:

 

[yankeeboy]

heres ours

 

[Kennay]

You ought to add a 4x4 going up and down in the middle of that. I wouldn't trust that for a second when it gets reaaaaaaally cold out.

 

[2006superjet]

making 2 new stands

im going with my blaster design making it more boxy and sturdy possibly out of that bigger looks like 4 in pipe i like the idea of a pvc top for hull protection and a base of wide 2x4 for the large rubber casters for the wheels going over to harbor freight- first time. to get wheels and maybe check out that steel stand they sell and just but that deal. ido

 

[steveyz250fpilot]

I like the full pvc. It's light, so if you need to throw it in your truck, you can just sling it around.:Eyecrazy:

 

[shift1313]

for you guys making the pvc stands like yankee boys. take two pieces of your pvc and notch them with a hole saw bit the same size as your pvc. then glue them in the center for support and you will never have a problem. Or make two shorter ones and make an H between them. I wouldnt trust the pvc to hold anything if its longer than 2-3ft without support.