Leaving the plates in the cargo box between use - good idea?

[tjf67]

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Really? The passanger back seat compartment is much easier to reach and is never in sight when they ask for license and registration.

 

[dmc]

Really? The passanger back seat compartment is much easier to reach and is never in sight when they ask for license and registration.

total agreement...

 

[campgottagopee]

Really? The passanger back seat compartment is much easier to reach and is never in sight when they ask for license and registration.

TJ, always the voice of reason.

 

[Black Phantom]

TJ, always the voice of reason.

You see Boo this weekend? BTW, he attended Northwood. Hasn't been out much at all this season.

Never heard of the term 'plates' used in regards to skis.

 

[SIKSKIER]

Yup,45 years on skis and this is the first plate reference I've heard except riser plates.I was trying to figure out why you would take your riser plates off and leave them in the box.I'd open the box to let moisture out.

 

[campgottagopee]

You see Boo this weekend? BTW, he attended Northwood. Hasn't been out much at all this season.

Never heard of the term 'plates' used in regards to skis.

He wasn't out Sunday, but I guess there was a Boo sighting on Friday. You're right, he's not getting out much---his job has him tied up pretty good this year. He may be going to WF with us in March tho.....be lucky if nobody gets arrested.

 

[SKIQUATTRO]

these are the ski plates i keep in my Thule box....

 

[Black Phantom]

This is a pretty cool ski plate. Butt I would not leave it in the box...

 

[Warp Daddy]

never heard the term in over 4 decades of skiing

 

[powhunter]

I leave the plates in the box and the bowl in glove compartment

I used to..One day I got pulled over by a masshole trooper for having an air freshener on my rearview mirror...As I opened the glove box for my papers, the implement fell on the floor..He didnt see it.. Got a warning for obstruction or some BS

steveo

 

[Edd]

A few years ago, after getting a pair of skis tuned, the tech pointed out several spots on the skis where there were gaps forming in between the edges and the topsheets of the skis. The layers appeared to be separating.

She said that was from leaving wet skis in the car overnight. Water can seep into crevices, then freeze and expand. I never confirmed this anywhere else but it made sense to me and now I mostly take the skis indoors to dry after a day of use.

 

[skiadikt]

27 days so far. all at k. snow quality has been excellent. very few punch the clock days and many pow days including xmas week & the week before mlk. got new skis (105 underfoot) for xmas and still making the adjustment. great in pow but sluggish in the bumps. also probably didn't work out enough this off-season. but looking forward to an awesome spring.

 

[2knees]

27 days so far. all at k. snow quality has been excellent. very few punch the clock days and many pow days including xmas week & the week before mlk. got new skis (105 underfoot) for xmas and still making the adjustment. great in pow but sluggish in the bumps. also probably didn't work out enough this off-season. but looking forward to an awesome spring.

:lol: i think you're in the wrong thread.

 

[Greg]

I've been skiing for 7 million years and never heard that term.

:lol:

 

[dmc]

She said that was from leaving wet skis in the car overnight. Water can seep into crevices, then freeze and expand. I never confirmed this anywhere else but it made sense to me and now I mostly take the skis indoors to dry after a day of use.

How do those crevices form to begin with?

 

[billski]

Nobody calls them plates these days? That was the term my first instructor used more than 3 decades ago.. "A set of skis is made of the plates, poles, bindings and the boots."

The only "plates" I have known in 36 years were a Besser plate binding (how do I remember these things?)

I think the instructor was pulling your leg...

 

[billski]

She said that was from leaving wet skis in the car overnight. Water can seep into crevices, then freeze and expand. I never confirmed this anywhere else but it made sense to me and now I mostly take the skis indoors to dry after a day of use.

I always take my skis out, wipe them and hang them in the garage to drip dry the bindings.

 

[andyzee]

I've never given it a serious thought, but it just dawned on me that leaving the ski plates in the Thule cargo box sitting on the rooftop of my Volvo between use is maybe a bad idea. It's simple too much hassle to take them down and put them back up again, especially in my cramped garage. In contrast, I always make it a point to move the boots to a cool, dry area to help persipiration evaporate at the end of each day.

Any thoughts?

What kind of car do you drive and where do you park

 

[tjf67]

I think he means planks. I used to leave them in there from the beginning of ski season till the end and never had a problem.

 

[drjeff]

The only "plates" I have known in 36 years were a Besser plate binding (how do I remember these things?)

I think the instructor was pulling your leg...

These were on the 1st pair of rental skis I ever slid down the hill on back in 1979 just outside of Syracuse, NY at the area now known as "Four Seasons" (used to be called 90 Acres) - some Spademan plate bindings.

That's as close to hearing skis referred to as plates in my ski career