#DIY JEEP HARDTOP HOIST INSTALL#

Ratcheting Straps: Husky 12ft Ratchet straps (set of 4) = $10.00 Home Depot Hand-crank winch: Haul Master 1-ton Winch with hand crank = $30.00 Harbor Freight With the help of a 72' of pipe (that's what she said), a 2X4, some extra wood lying around the house, two pulleys, a couple of sets of ratcheting straps, and a hand-cranked winch, we got her done! After two weeks of planning, prepping, testing, failing, and re-testing, we got the project to work with just lil' ole me doing all the work. With the help of several hardware stores, we created this lift system. We didn't want to spend a fortune on an half-assed pulley system or tons of money on electric lifts, so we found this in between.

We wanted something that I could potentially do myself with little to no help when my hubby is not around.

#DIY JEEP HARDTOP HOIST INSTALL#

This video was the inspiration for us to install a lift in our garage for Mimi's hardtop. I hope this info can help someone with designing their own hardtop storage solution. This platform is just a simple 7'x7' design, made of 2'x4s' with plywood sheeting over it.nothing fancy, but it does the trick. Soft Top cleaned and stored for winter, just need to cover it all with a piece of plastic to keep the dust off. My husband is 6'2' and can easily walk down the stairs without having to duck his head as he passes the shelf.Īfter my sons move my hardtop for me today, I'm going to to cover the shelf with a piece of carpeting to prevent scratching anything I store on the shelf. Last April I turned a 7'x7' area of that wasted space into a convenient storage area for my JL hardtop. The only negative to this setup was the floor space that we lost inside the back corner of our garage. When I designed our home, I took a cue from my husband's brothers who had built their homes a few years earlier and included a stairwell inside their attached garage leading down into the basement of the houses. When I lowered the hard top back onto the jeep, I unbolted the two front bolts, rotated the two rear hooks and then hit Retract on. First Name Kraig Joined Threads 5 Messages 50 Reaction score 69 Location. Hardtop Storage Shelf (Over Stairway in Garage) Thread starter MileHigh Start date Watchers 10 MileHigh Well-Known Member.

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