John I think you have a much better chance of actually being able to use your skis in Minnesota than I do in south eastern Pennsylvania. I'm expecting the ski season to last at best 1 or 2 days. And then only if your at an airport that doesn't plow their snow and there is few of those in this area.
I didn't actually intend to buy the skis but became high bidder by accident because of a lack of understanding of the relationship between the reserve bid and proxy bidding an gahorn's favorite auction site. (EBAY)
I simply was curious what the reserve bid was and I guessed it exactly which meant I became the high bidder. There was no more bids and I won.
I'm not upset about the purchase as I always wanted a set of skis and I think I got them at a good price no matter how impractical they are to actually use in my area.
Since the likely hood of me actually using the skis more that 2 or 3 days in the next 5 years I think the stock bungee setup will work just fine in my case. An now thanks to this site, I now know where to buy more stuff I probably will never use.
I do appreciate all the responses for a Cub question on a Cessna site but I'm sure some of this info can relate the 170.
And yes Bill K. you should by a set of skis for your 170 and absolutely guarantee no snow in PA for the foreseeable future.
When I told my wife we where the proud owners of a set of skis she didn't understand the need at first till I explained that we would need snow to actually use them and now that we are ready the chance of snow was greatly diminished. She scolded me for not buying then sooner.
