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

[New Daddy]

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?

 

[Puck it]

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?

Ski plates? Did you try your dishwasher to clean them off first?

 

[New Daddy]

Ski plates? Did you try your dishwasher to clean them off first?

No, they wouldn't fit, so I went to the local car wash instead.

 

[bvibert]

By plates do you mean skis? If so; last year when I actually got around to putting the box on my car (this year I didn't get to it, and now it's stuck in the garage behind a 5 foot pile of hard snow) I left all three pairs of my skis in there the whole season. Probably not the best idea, but I am pretty lazy. I noticed some surface rust on the edges, but other than that nothing bad happened. The surface rust came off after a run or so anyway...

 

[New Daddy]

By plates do you mean skis? If so; last year when I actually got around to putting the box on my car (this year I didn't get to it, and now it's stuck in the garage behind a 5 foot pile of hard snow) I left all three pairs of my skis in there the whole season. Probably not the best idea, but I am pretty lazy. I noticed some surface rust on the edges, but other than that nothing bad happened. The surface rust came off after a run or so anyway...

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."

 

[deadheadskier]

in 28 years of skiing I've never heard that term


if I had a box, I'd leave my skis in it for sure. Only reason I don't leave them in my car is because they're in plan sight and I spend a lot of time in the city.

 

[Hawkshot99]

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."

Never heard that term before.

 

[dmc]

It's like when i call a snowboard a "deck".. I remember plates...

 

[gmcunni]

in 28 years of skiing I've never heard that term

+1

 

[deadheadskier]

deck I have heard of, but I think that's a carry over from skateboarding

 

[Puck it]

Glad I was not the only one.

I leave mine in the box if they are dry and it is cold out. If wet and or warm. I take them out.

 

[SkiDork]

anyways, back on topic. My policy is: Below freezing I'll leave them in. Above I take them out, as there is a good chance of rust on the edges.

 

[Smellytele]

Never heard that term before.

+1

 

[RootDKJ]

never heard that term before.

+1

anyways, back on topic. My policy is: Below freezing i'll leave them in. Above i take them out, as there is a good chance of rust on the edges.

+1

 

[Cannonball]

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

 

[Puck it]

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

I better leave this talk about the "box" alone. I may get banned.

 

[dmc]

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

+420

 

[campgottagopee]

+420

:beer:

 

[crank]

Never ever heard 'em called plates???

3 or 4 seasons ago I left my box on all winter and left 3 pairs of alpine a pair of xc and a snow board and all our poles in there all winter long. They were fine.

Last few season I've only put the box on when necessary and taken in off shortly after returning home.

This year we've been doing shorter trips with fewer people and everything fits inside my Toyota Highlander.

 

[RootDKJ]

+420

:beer: