Hard Top storage
09-16-2003, 04:58 PM
#11
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Re: Hard Top storage
Man you must be short or have a really tall garage!
;-)
A 2x4 frame with some old or new computer chair wheels stuck into
drilled holes in the corners comes to my mind.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> Most of us hang it from the ceiling.
>
> You can buy a hardtop hoist from any of several providers, or you can go to
> Lowe's and buy some rope, a few hooks, and some pullies, oh yeah - a couple
> of 2x2's. Back into the garage and remove the hardware that holds the top
> down, then lift the rear and slip a 2x2 under, then put the other 2x2 under
> the front, and pull the ropes until the top is raised to where you can walk
> under.
>
> "lee" <mrlee727@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:21fdf96c.0309161156.5bc4e51d@posting.google.c om...
> > I would like to remove the hard top and store it for a while in my
> > garage but do not want it to sit on the groung on the floor. I was
> > wondering if anybody had any plans or a link for some kind of cart or
> > dolly that I can store the HardTop and move around in my garage while
> > storing it.
;-)
A 2x4 frame with some old or new computer chair wheels stuck into
drilled holes in the corners comes to my mind.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> Most of us hang it from the ceiling.
>
> You can buy a hardtop hoist from any of several providers, or you can go to
> Lowe's and buy some rope, a few hooks, and some pullies, oh yeah - a couple
> of 2x2's. Back into the garage and remove the hardware that holds the top
> down, then lift the rear and slip a 2x2 under, then put the other 2x2 under
> the front, and pull the ropes until the top is raised to where you can walk
> under.
>
> "lee" <mrlee727@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:21fdf96c.0309161156.5bc4e51d@posting.google.c om...
> > I would like to remove the hard top and store it for a while in my
> > garage but do not want it to sit on the groung on the floor. I was
> > wondering if anybody had any plans or a link for some kind of cart or
> > dolly that I can store the HardTop and move around in my garage while
> > storing it.
09-16-2003, 05:19 PM
#12
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Re: Hard Top storage
Yes, we don't care about having to heat our cathedral ceilings.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> Man you must be short or have a really tall garage!
> ;-)
>
> A 2x4 frame with some old or new computer chair wheels stuck into
> drilled holes in the corners comes to my mind.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> Man you must be short or have a really tall garage!
> ;-)
>
> A 2x4 frame with some old or new computer chair wheels stuck into
> drilled holes in the corners comes to my mind.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
09-16-2003, 05:19 PM
#13
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Re: Hard Top storage
Yes, we don't care about having to heat our cathedral ceilings.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> Man you must be short or have a really tall garage!
> ;-)
>
> A 2x4 frame with some old or new computer chair wheels stuck into
> drilled holes in the corners comes to my mind.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> Man you must be short or have a really tall garage!
> ;-)
>
> A 2x4 frame with some old or new computer chair wheels stuck into
> drilled holes in the corners comes to my mind.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
09-16-2003, 06:34 PM
#14
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Re: Hard Top storage
LOL!
You make a good point Bill, funny, I never really thought about that...
Heated, home garages usually have a 7' usually or 'maybe' an 8' flat
insulated ceilings in them where I grew up. We had a 7' in a new
house. Some 'classy' homes had a 9 or 10..., some had ones I had to
duck the ducts in. I can put my hand flat on an 8' ceiling.
Even non insulated ones have the open ceiling joists across them
(triangle trusses) when built, just in case or for ease I guess. We
store stuff up there.
Up until this point I always thought those ceiling hard top hangers were
the 'worst' use of space anyone could come up with unless it was in a
corner of a large garage or something.
I store mine lately with a couple chunks of 2x4 lengthwise and lay it on
them in the corner of the yard or I have stood it up a few times for a
season against the house, front up, top side against the house with a
towel across the top, (up on it's tail) but didn't like the open glass
on the ground, too easy to break. But it didn't get broke with lots of
young boys around for a few years that way, soo...
Mike
"L.W.(ßill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> Yes, we don't care about having to heat our cathedral ceilings.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Man you must be short or have a really tall garage!
> > ;-)
> >
> > A 2x4 frame with some old or new computer chair wheels stuck into
> > drilled holes in the corners comes to my mind.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
You make a good point Bill, funny, I never really thought about that...
Heated, home garages usually have a 7' usually or 'maybe' an 8' flat
insulated ceilings in them where I grew up. We had a 7' in a new
house. Some 'classy' homes had a 9 or 10..., some had ones I had to
duck the ducts in. I can put my hand flat on an 8' ceiling.
Even non insulated ones have the open ceiling joists across them
(triangle trusses) when built, just in case or for ease I guess. We
store stuff up there.
Up until this point I always thought those ceiling hard top hangers were
the 'worst' use of space anyone could come up with unless it was in a
corner of a large garage or something.
I store mine lately with a couple chunks of 2x4 lengthwise and lay it on
them in the corner of the yard or I have stood it up a few times for a
season against the house, front up, top side against the house with a
towel across the top, (up on it's tail) but didn't like the open glass
on the ground, too easy to break. But it didn't get broke with lots of
young boys around for a few years that way, soo...
Mike
"L.W.(ßill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> Yes, we don't care about having to heat our cathedral ceilings.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Man you must be short or have a really tall garage!
> > ;-)
> >
> > A 2x4 frame with some old or new computer chair wheels stuck into
> > drilled holes in the corners comes to my mind.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
09-16-2003, 06:34 PM
#15
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Re: Hard Top storage
LOL!
You make a good point Bill, funny, I never really thought about that...
Heated, home garages usually have a 7' usually or 'maybe' an 8' flat
insulated ceilings in them where I grew up. We had a 7' in a new
house. Some 'classy' homes had a 9 or 10..., some had ones I had to
duck the ducts in. I can put my hand flat on an 8' ceiling.
Even non insulated ones have the open ceiling joists across them
(triangle trusses) when built, just in case or for ease I guess. We
store stuff up there.
Up until this point I always thought those ceiling hard top hangers were
the 'worst' use of space anyone could come up with unless it was in a
corner of a large garage or something.
I store mine lately with a couple chunks of 2x4 lengthwise and lay it on
them in the corner of the yard or I have stood it up a few times for a
season against the house, front up, top side against the house with a
towel across the top, (up on it's tail) but didn't like the open glass
on the ground, too easy to break. But it didn't get broke with lots of
young boys around for a few years that way, soo...
Mike
"L.W.(ßill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> Yes, we don't care about having to heat our cathedral ceilings.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Man you must be short or have a really tall garage!
> > ;-)
> >
> > A 2x4 frame with some old or new computer chair wheels stuck into
> > drilled holes in the corners comes to my mind.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
You make a good point Bill, funny, I never really thought about that...
Heated, home garages usually have a 7' usually or 'maybe' an 8' flat
insulated ceilings in them where I grew up. We had a 7' in a new
house. Some 'classy' homes had a 9 or 10..., some had ones I had to
duck the ducts in. I can put my hand flat on an 8' ceiling.
Even non insulated ones have the open ceiling joists across them
(triangle trusses) when built, just in case or for ease I guess. We
store stuff up there.
Up until this point I always thought those ceiling hard top hangers were
the 'worst' use of space anyone could come up with unless it was in a
corner of a large garage or something.
I store mine lately with a couple chunks of 2x4 lengthwise and lay it on
them in the corner of the yard or I have stood it up a few times for a
season against the house, front up, top side against the house with a
towel across the top, (up on it's tail) but didn't like the open glass
on the ground, too easy to break. But it didn't get broke with lots of
young boys around for a few years that way, soo...
Mike
"L.W.(ßill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> Yes, we don't care about having to heat our cathedral ceilings.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Man you must be short or have a really tall garage!
> > ;-)
> >
> > A 2x4 frame with some old or new computer chair wheels stuck into
> > drilled holes in the corners comes to my mind.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
09-16-2003, 06:56 PM
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Re: Hard Top storage
I don't know about the rest of you , but I don't hang my hardtop from the
catherdal ceilings, I probably would, _if_ I could get my CJ through the
front door. It is not that hard to hang it from the garage ceiling in a
place where it is not in a traffic area that can cause repeated removal of
hair and scalp from the top of my head.
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:3F677DA0.BF75B0A6@***.net...
> Yes, we don't care about having to heat our cathedral ceilings.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Man you must be short or have a really tall garage!
> > ;-)
> >
> > A 2x4 frame with some old or new computer chair wheels stuck into
> > drilled holes in the corners comes to my mind.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
catherdal ceilings, I probably would, _if_ I could get my CJ through the
front door. It is not that hard to hang it from the garage ceiling in a
place where it is not in a traffic area that can cause repeated removal of
hair and scalp from the top of my head.
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:3F677DA0.BF75B0A6@***.net...
> Yes, we don't care about having to heat our cathedral ceilings.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Man you must be short or have a really tall garage!
> > ;-)
> >
> > A 2x4 frame with some old or new computer chair wheels stuck into
> > drilled holes in the corners comes to my mind.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
09-16-2003, 06:56 PM
#17
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Re: Hard Top storage
I don't know about the rest of you , but I don't hang my hardtop from the
catherdal ceilings, I probably would, _if_ I could get my CJ through the
front door. It is not that hard to hang it from the garage ceiling in a
place where it is not in a traffic area that can cause repeated removal of
hair and scalp from the top of my head.
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:3F677DA0.BF75B0A6@***.net...
> Yes, we don't care about having to heat our cathedral ceilings.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Man you must be short or have a really tall garage!
> > ;-)
> >
> > A 2x4 frame with some old or new computer chair wheels stuck into
> > drilled holes in the corners comes to my mind.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
catherdal ceilings, I probably would, _if_ I could get my CJ through the
front door. It is not that hard to hang it from the garage ceiling in a
place where it is not in a traffic area that can cause repeated removal of
hair and scalp from the top of my head.
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:3F677DA0.BF75B0A6@***.net...
> Yes, we don't care about having to heat our cathedral ceilings.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Man you must be short or have a really tall garage!
> > ;-)
> >
> > A 2x4 frame with some old or new computer chair wheels stuck into
> > drilled holes in the corners comes to my mind.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
09-16-2003, 09:47 PM
#18
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Re: Hard Top storage
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:19:18 GMT, L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@***.net>
wrote:
> Yes, we don't care about having to heat our cathedral ceilings.
Hey! I resemble that remark <lol>
<http://www.monograms-inc.com/jeep/toplift/topoffcompletely.jpg>
Floor space in my garage is at an absolute premium. Hanging stuff from the
ceiling makes sense in my case. Even with a low ceiling you could put the top
lift in the back of the garage, back in lift the top, and then park the jeep in
nose first under the top. ymmv
Dean
how to build your own top lift
http://www.monograms-inc.com/jeep/jeepin-toplift.htm
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>Mike Romain wrote:
>>
>> Man you must be short or have a really tall garage!
>> ;-)
>>
>> A 2x4 frame with some old or new computer chair wheels stuck into
>> drilled holes in the corners comes to my mind.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
wrote:
> Yes, we don't care about having to heat our cathedral ceilings.
Hey! I resemble that remark <lol>
<http://www.monograms-inc.com/jeep/toplift/topoffcompletely.jpg>
Floor space in my garage is at an absolute premium. Hanging stuff from the
ceiling makes sense in my case. Even with a low ceiling you could put the top
lift in the back of the garage, back in lift the top, and then park the jeep in
nose first under the top. ymmv
Dean
how to build your own top lift
http://www.monograms-inc.com/jeep/jeepin-toplift.htm
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>Mike Romain wrote:
>>
>> Man you must be short or have a really tall garage!
>> ;-)
>>
>> A 2x4 frame with some old or new computer chair wheels stuck into
>> drilled holes in the corners comes to my mind.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
09-16-2003, 09:47 PM
#19
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Re: Hard Top storage
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:19:18 GMT, L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@***.net>
wrote:
> Yes, we don't care about having to heat our cathedral ceilings.
Hey! I resemble that remark <lol>
<http://www.monograms-inc.com/jeep/toplift/topoffcompletely.jpg>
Floor space in my garage is at an absolute premium. Hanging stuff from the
ceiling makes sense in my case. Even with a low ceiling you could put the top
lift in the back of the garage, back in lift the top, and then park the jeep in
nose first under the top. ymmv
Dean
how to build your own top lift
http://www.monograms-inc.com/jeep/jeepin-toplift.htm
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>Mike Romain wrote:
>>
>> Man you must be short or have a really tall garage!
>> ;-)
>>
>> A 2x4 frame with some old or new computer chair wheels stuck into
>> drilled holes in the corners comes to my mind.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
wrote:
> Yes, we don't care about having to heat our cathedral ceilings.
Hey! I resemble that remark <lol>
<http://www.monograms-inc.com/jeep/toplift/topoffcompletely.jpg>
Floor space in my garage is at an absolute premium. Hanging stuff from the
ceiling makes sense in my case. Even with a low ceiling you could put the top
lift in the back of the garage, back in lift the top, and then park the jeep in
nose first under the top. ymmv
Dean
how to build your own top lift
http://www.monograms-inc.com/jeep/jeepin-toplift.htm
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>Mike Romain wrote:
>>
>> Man you must be short or have a really tall garage!
>> ;-)
>>
>> A 2x4 frame with some old or new computer chair wheels stuck into
>> drilled holes in the corners comes to my mind.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
