Garage Hard-Top Hoist Kit Suggestions, HELP???
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Re: Garage Hard-Top Hoist Kit Suggestions, HELP???
GK did pass the time by typing:
> Thanks man, I took some of your advice and what I found at
> http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/hardtopstorage.htm and got everything fixed.
> I have even got redundant ratchet straps to hold things up if the
> come-a-long gave way again. Luckily, once I got the hardtop up off my TJ
> today, the damage was not as bad as I thought. However, it could have been
> real nasty if my Jeep had not been exactly in place under it for it to fall
> on.
no problem, glad to hear there wasn't too much damage.
--
DougW
> Thanks man, I took some of your advice and what I found at
> http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/hardtopstorage.htm and got everything fixed.
> I have even got redundant ratchet straps to hold things up if the
> come-a-long gave way again. Luckily, once I got the hardtop up off my TJ
> today, the damage was not as bad as I thought. However, it could have been
> real nasty if my Jeep had not been exactly in place under it for it to fall
> on.
no problem, glad to hear there wasn't too much damage.
--
DougW
#32
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Re: Garage Hard-Top Hoist Kit Suggestions, HELP???
GK did pass the time by typing:
> Thanks man, I took some of your advice and what I found at
> http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/hardtopstorage.htm and got everything fixed.
> I have even got redundant ratchet straps to hold things up if the
> come-a-long gave way again. Luckily, once I got the hardtop up off my TJ
> today, the damage was not as bad as I thought. However, it could have been
> real nasty if my Jeep had not been exactly in place under it for it to fall
> on.
no problem, glad to hear there wasn't too much damage.
--
DougW
> Thanks man, I took some of your advice and what I found at
> http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/hardtopstorage.htm and got everything fixed.
> I have even got redundant ratchet straps to hold things up if the
> come-a-long gave way again. Luckily, once I got the hardtop up off my TJ
> today, the damage was not as bad as I thought. However, it could have been
> real nasty if my Jeep had not been exactly in place under it for it to fall
> on.
no problem, glad to hear there wasn't too much damage.
--
DougW
#33
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Re: Garage Hard-Top Hoist Kit Suggestions, HELP???
GK did pass the time by typing:
> Thanks man, I took some of your advice and what I found at
> http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/hardtopstorage.htm and got everything fixed.
> I have even got redundant ratchet straps to hold things up if the
> come-a-long gave way again. Luckily, once I got the hardtop up off my TJ
> today, the damage was not as bad as I thought. However, it could have been
> real nasty if my Jeep had not been exactly in place under it for it to fall
> on.
no problem, glad to hear there wasn't too much damage.
--
DougW
> Thanks man, I took some of your advice and what I found at
> http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/hardtopstorage.htm and got everything fixed.
> I have even got redundant ratchet straps to hold things up if the
> come-a-long gave way again. Luckily, once I got the hardtop up off my TJ
> today, the damage was not as bad as I thought. However, it could have been
> real nasty if my Jeep had not been exactly in place under it for it to fall
> on.
no problem, glad to hear there wasn't too much damage.
--
DougW
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Re: Garage Hard-Top Hoist Kit Suggestions, HELP???
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GK wrote:
>
> Bill
>
> I have already taken the same approach today and went up in the attic and
> cross braced over 3 rafters with a piece of 2x6. I bought a 12" x .5"
> threaded end eyebolt that I extended up through my ceiling then through the
> cross over 2x6. It is secured on both sides of the 2x6 with fender washers,
> lockwashers, a nut, then a jam nut to keep everything from moving any. I
> have also installed several backup eyebolts in the ceiling where all four
> corners of the hard top would roughly hang. I then put 16 foot ratcheting
> straps through them and hooked them under the edges of my hardtop. Even if
> the pulley unit gives way now, the ratchet straps will save the day. BTW, I
> found a good link at http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/hardtopstorage.htm .
> Stu must think of absolutely everything. Thank God.
>
> Regards,
>
> GK
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
GK wrote:
>
> Bill
>
> I have already taken the same approach today and went up in the attic and
> cross braced over 3 rafters with a piece of 2x6. I bought a 12" x .5"
> threaded end eyebolt that I extended up through my ceiling then through the
> cross over 2x6. It is secured on both sides of the 2x6 with fender washers,
> lockwashers, a nut, then a jam nut to keep everything from moving any. I
> have also installed several backup eyebolts in the ceiling where all four
> corners of the hard top would roughly hang. I then put 16 foot ratcheting
> straps through them and hooked them under the edges of my hardtop. Even if
> the pulley unit gives way now, the ratchet straps will save the day. BTW, I
> found a good link at http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/hardtopstorage.htm .
> Stu must think of absolutely everything. Thank God.
>
> Regards,
>
> GK
#35
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Re: Garage Hard-Top Hoist Kit Suggestions, HELP???
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GK wrote:
>
> Bill
>
> I have already taken the same approach today and went up in the attic and
> cross braced over 3 rafters with a piece of 2x6. I bought a 12" x .5"
> threaded end eyebolt that I extended up through my ceiling then through the
> cross over 2x6. It is secured on both sides of the 2x6 with fender washers,
> lockwashers, a nut, then a jam nut to keep everything from moving any. I
> have also installed several backup eyebolts in the ceiling where all four
> corners of the hard top would roughly hang. I then put 16 foot ratcheting
> straps through them and hooked them under the edges of my hardtop. Even if
> the pulley unit gives way now, the ratchet straps will save the day. BTW, I
> found a good link at http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/hardtopstorage.htm .
> Stu must think of absolutely everything. Thank God.
>
> Regards,
>
> GK
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
GK wrote:
>
> Bill
>
> I have already taken the same approach today and went up in the attic and
> cross braced over 3 rafters with a piece of 2x6. I bought a 12" x .5"
> threaded end eyebolt that I extended up through my ceiling then through the
> cross over 2x6. It is secured on both sides of the 2x6 with fender washers,
> lockwashers, a nut, then a jam nut to keep everything from moving any. I
> have also installed several backup eyebolts in the ceiling where all four
> corners of the hard top would roughly hang. I then put 16 foot ratcheting
> straps through them and hooked them under the edges of my hardtop. Even if
> the pulley unit gives way now, the ratchet straps will save the day. BTW, I
> found a good link at http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/hardtopstorage.htm .
> Stu must think of absolutely everything. Thank God.
>
> Regards,
>
> GK
#36
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Re: Garage Hard-Top Hoist Kit Suggestions, HELP???
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GK wrote:
>
> Bill
>
> I have already taken the same approach today and went up in the attic and
> cross braced over 3 rafters with a piece of 2x6. I bought a 12" x .5"
> threaded end eyebolt that I extended up through my ceiling then through the
> cross over 2x6. It is secured on both sides of the 2x6 with fender washers,
> lockwashers, a nut, then a jam nut to keep everything from moving any. I
> have also installed several backup eyebolts in the ceiling where all four
> corners of the hard top would roughly hang. I then put 16 foot ratcheting
> straps through them and hooked them under the edges of my hardtop. Even if
> the pulley unit gives way now, the ratchet straps will save the day. BTW, I
> found a good link at http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/hardtopstorage.htm .
> Stu must think of absolutely everything. Thank God.
>
> Regards,
>
> GK
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
GK wrote:
>
> Bill
>
> I have already taken the same approach today and went up in the attic and
> cross braced over 3 rafters with a piece of 2x6. I bought a 12" x .5"
> threaded end eyebolt that I extended up through my ceiling then through the
> cross over 2x6. It is secured on both sides of the 2x6 with fender washers,
> lockwashers, a nut, then a jam nut to keep everything from moving any. I
> have also installed several backup eyebolts in the ceiling where all four
> corners of the hard top would roughly hang. I then put 16 foot ratcheting
> straps through them and hooked them under the edges of my hardtop. Even if
> the pulley unit gives way now, the ratchet straps will save the day. BTW, I
> found a good link at http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/hardtopstorage.htm .
> Stu must think of absolutely everything. Thank God.
>
> Regards,
>
> GK
#37
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Re: Garage Hard-Top Hoist Kit Suggestions, HELP???
Book marked.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
GK wrote:
>
> Bill
>
> I have already taken the same approach today and went up in the attic and
> cross braced over 3 rafters with a piece of 2x6. I bought a 12" x .5"
> threaded end eyebolt that I extended up through my ceiling then through the
> cross over 2x6. It is secured on both sides of the 2x6 with fender washers,
> lockwashers, a nut, then a jam nut to keep everything from moving any. I
> have also installed several backup eyebolts in the ceiling where all four
> corners of the hard top would roughly hang. I then put 16 foot ratcheting
> straps through them and hooked them under the edges of my hardtop. Even if
> the pulley unit gives way now, the ratchet straps will save the day. BTW, I
> found a good link at http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/hardtopstorage.htm .
> Stu must think of absolutely everything. Thank God.
>
> Regards,
>
> GK
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
GK wrote:
>
> Bill
>
> I have already taken the same approach today and went up in the attic and
> cross braced over 3 rafters with a piece of 2x6. I bought a 12" x .5"
> threaded end eyebolt that I extended up through my ceiling then through the
> cross over 2x6. It is secured on both sides of the 2x6 with fender washers,
> lockwashers, a nut, then a jam nut to keep everything from moving any. I
> have also installed several backup eyebolts in the ceiling where all four
> corners of the hard top would roughly hang. I then put 16 foot ratcheting
> straps through them and hooked them under the edges of my hardtop. Even if
> the pulley unit gives way now, the ratchet straps will save the day. BTW, I
> found a good link at http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/hardtopstorage.htm .
> Stu must think of absolutely everything. Thank God.
>
> Regards,
>
> GK
#38
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Re: Garage Hard-Top Hoist Kit Suggestions, HELP???
I did't take my camera into the roof to document my rafter reinforcement, but it
looks very similar to what was done in the link to stu-offroad.
http://www.monogramsinc.com/jeep/jeepin-toplift.htm
The eye bolt has to withstand 2 times the weight applied to the lift cable. I
don't know what a top weighs, but guessing 150 pounds, then the load on the top
pulley is 300 pounds.
Dean
>
>Thanks man, I took some of your advice and what I found at
>http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/hardtopstorage.htm and got everything fixed.
>I have even got redundant ratchet straps to hold things up if the
>come-a-long gave way again. Luckily, once I got the hardtop up off my TJ
>today, the damage was not as bad as I thought. However, it could have been
>real nasty if my Jeep had not been exactly in place under it for it to fall
>on.
>
>Thanks,
>
>GK
>
#39
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Re: Garage Hard-Top Hoist Kit Suggestions, HELP???
I did't take my camera into the roof to document my rafter reinforcement, but it
looks very similar to what was done in the link to stu-offroad.
http://www.monogramsinc.com/jeep/jeepin-toplift.htm
The eye bolt has to withstand 2 times the weight applied to the lift cable. I
don't know what a top weighs, but guessing 150 pounds, then the load on the top
pulley is 300 pounds.
Dean
>
>Thanks man, I took some of your advice and what I found at
>http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/hardtopstorage.htm and got everything fixed.
>I have even got redundant ratchet straps to hold things up if the
>come-a-long gave way again. Luckily, once I got the hardtop up off my TJ
>today, the damage was not as bad as I thought. However, it could have been
>real nasty if my Jeep had not been exactly in place under it for it to fall
>on.
>
>Thanks,
>
>GK
>
#40
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Re: Garage Hard-Top Hoist Kit Suggestions, HELP???
I did't take my camera into the roof to document my rafter reinforcement, but it
looks very similar to what was done in the link to stu-offroad.
http://www.monogramsinc.com/jeep/jeepin-toplift.htm
The eye bolt has to withstand 2 times the weight applied to the lift cable. I
don't know what a top weighs, but guessing 150 pounds, then the load on the top
pulley is 300 pounds.
Dean
>
>Thanks man, I took some of your advice and what I found at
>http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/hardtopstorage.htm and got everything fixed.
>I have even got redundant ratchet straps to hold things up if the
>come-a-long gave way again. Luckily, once I got the hardtop up off my TJ
>today, the damage was not as bad as I thought. However, it could have been
>real nasty if my Jeep had not been exactly in place under it for it to fall
>on.
>
>Thanks,
>
>GK
>