Snowbike box on truck?

Snowridermt · Sep 26, 2018

Thinking of building a box on the back of my truck to store snowbike in. Wondering if anyone has done this? My garage stays cold even with a propane heater blasting my bike it would barely melt off, so there is no benefit of putting it in there in the cold and dark after riding. Just want to keep it in truck. Never know when it will snow and go riding after work. With a little insulation and a small heater my bike would melt off nicely and dry out. Only thing is it will stick 3 feet out the back and tall enough to get bike in easily. Too redneck?

GreenState · Sep 26, 2018

For the trouble and expense, upgrade the heater in your garage.

Sheetmetalfab · Sep 26, 2018

Insulate the garage?

Snowridermt · Sep 26, 2018

It's more like insulate the garage. Going thru propane like I go thru chicken fingers.

Snowridermt · Sep 26, 2018

Also I just rent so it's not my garage. I frame houses so I can get free material mostly. Just a really tall topper haha

Sheetmetalfab · Sep 26, 2018

Snowridermt said:
Also I just rent so it's not my garage. I frame houses so I can get free material mostly. Just a really tall topper haha

Buy a $300 trailer 6x12.

Build an enclosed.

Means the redneck will only accompany you on riding days.

If it’s parked inside the garage and insulated a small heater would cook it inside.

wwillf01 · Sep 27, 2018

It would work... I use a van and can't close the rear doors all the way and it still melts out with the heat on... There is no insulation in the storage area of the van I have... But melting out the bike is pretty important to avoid issues...if it's been through a lot of powder....

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kyle.B. · Sep 27, 2018

My garage is technically insulated, but not heated, barely warmer then outside temps. I just toss a tarp over the bike with a heater blowing under it. Works great!

wwillf01 · Sep 27, 2018

Just make sure if you have caked up snow on the intake or filter that it is removed so that water does not drain down into your engine........

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n16ht5 · Sep 27, 2018

I had a ski bum friend that made a whole camper out of the back of his toyota. It was big enough to fit a couple bikes in it. I'd be in to do it. That would be great. I'm thinking some zinc roofing panels, framed with 2x4s. Big garage door on the back, making a floor would essentially seal it off. propane heater for 20 min would thaw everything out in the mornig.

tek9tim · Sep 28, 2018

ChrisNeibauer said:
I had a ski bum friend that made a whole camper out of the back of his toyota. It was big enough to fit a couple bikes in it. I'd be in to do it. That would be great. I'm thinking some zinc roofing panels, framed with 2x4s. Big garage door on the back, making a floor would essentially seal it off. propane heater for 20 min would thaw everything out in the mornig.

Did it look like this?

wwillf01 · Sep 28, 2018

That's awesome

tek9tim said:
Did it look like this?

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Misha Subo · Sep 29, 2018

Nice and hommie looking Tim. But where do you store your SB?

I'm a back country skier as well and like the idea of warming up or taking an overnight at the trail head parking lot before/after a trek. Wondering what my overly white neighbours are going to tell me if they see something like that parked in my driveway?

AZ800 · Sep 29, 2018

Misha Subo said:
Wondering what my overly white neighbours are going to tell me if they see something like that parked in my driveway?

Pure awesomeness! I'm going to use that line at first opportunity!

AZ800 · Sep 29, 2018

In all seriousness, while an in-bed bike "garage" sounds cool, a little enclosed trailer is about 100% more practical. AND the trailer will maintain most or all of it's value for a good while.
If cost is an issue, a Couple side jobs taking the same amount of time as building a bike shed on your truck could pay for the trailer outright.

justinkredible56 · Sep 29, 2018

tek9tim said:
Did it look like this?

This is amazing!

If you can build something that is anywhere near as cool as this, I would vote that way.

Anything short of that, I’d vote for a small enclosed trailer.

Generally I think the more redneck the better but I think you’d save time/money going the trailer route.

My 2 cents.

Misha Subo · Sep 30, 2018

AZ800 said:
Pure awesomeness! I'm going to use that line at first opportunity!

Feel free to use that one AZ...no royalty needed. Just credit me but spell my name backwards - it truly is AHSIM!!

Back to the Jed Clampett mobile...although I like the quaint look, I'm using a open truck this year with two bikes but we also have an enclosed trailer. Our problem is the trailer storage. Right now I'm forced to leave it in the bush. If you're in the country, most of your neighbours are out of sight. Here in the big smoke (Toronto), we have prying eyes on all sides that don't take kindly to anything other than a status quo symbol in the driveway.

tek9tim · Sep 30, 2018

Misha Subo said:
Nice and hommie looking Tim. But where do you store your SB?

That's not my setup, that belonged to a guy I grew up with that was a pretty well known skier. Made a guess that Chris was talking about him when he mentioned a skier in the past tense that had a Toyota with a homemade camper, especially since Adam was a Baker regular and Chris spends a lot of time up there.

He had that thing pretty well set up, my buddy Joel welded up a little woodstove for it and everything. Adam's dad is a highly skilled wood worker, and there were some serious tricks they worked into that setup.

But seriously, I'd just go for an enclosed trailer before I'd strap a dog house on the back of my pickup.

Misha Subo · Sep 30, 2018

This was last year's set up. My second garage (trailer) in the driveway had the bikes in it. Pure luxury compared to keeping them in the garage which is what I'll have to do this year. I'm going to insulate the garage floor and re-pour the cement slab this fall. That should melt the bikes off asap but I'll miss having the extra room in the garage to work around other projects. I need a new neighbour.:face-icon-small-win

n16ht5 · Sep 30, 2018

tek9tim said:
That's not my setup, that belonged to a guy I grew up with that was a pretty well known skier. Made a guess that Chris was talking about him when he mentioned a skier in the past tense that had a Toyota with a homemade camper, especially since Adam was a Baker regular and Chris spends a lot of time up there.

He had that thing pretty well set up, my buddy Joel welded up a little woodstove for it and everything. Adam's dad is a highly skilled wood worker, and there were some serious tricks they worked into that setup.

But seriously, I'd just go for an enclosed trailer before I'd strap a dog house on the back of my pickup.

Yeah, Adam. Coming up on two years he is gone now

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Half the places I go there isn't any way in heck you could get a trailer in, especially an enclosed. I have tried. Four snowbikes in a 12ft enclosed, diesel rolling coal, sliding backwards down a steep narrow hill, me in the driver seat of my friend's girlfriends truck trying to follow him in his truck without trailer.. him saying "just giver'er bud!" NOT doing that again I hope. I laugh when people say " that is dumb why don't you get a trailer" - you have no idea.

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