Hardtop Hoist

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John Smith - 07 Apr 2004 15:50 GMT

I'm looking for any ideas for rigging up a hoist to lift the hardtop off and
drop it back on without having to unchain the wife from the sink to get her
to help me. I've seen the commercially available hoists however they
haven't made their way to Australia yet. Any suggestions?

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L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III - 07 Apr 2004 20:11 GMT

http://www.jedi.com/obiwan/jeep/oldhoist.html
http://www.rnventions.com/index_files/page0005.htm
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> I'm looking for any ideas for rigging up a hoist to lift the hardtop off and
> drop it back on without having to unchain the wife from the sink to get her
> to help me. I've seen the commercially available hoists however they
> haven't made their way to Australia yet. Any suggestions?

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John Smith - 08 Apr 2004 10:46 GMT

Thanks heaps Bill - this info is great...

> http://www.jedi.com/obiwan/jeep/oldhoist.html
> http://www.rnventions.com/index_files/page0005.htm
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> > to help me. I've seen the commercially available hoists however they
> > haven't made their way to Australia yet. Any suggestions?

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Jeff - 08 Apr 2004 13:29 GMT

I thought a great idea would be to install 4 eye hooks on the hardtop
corners (nice also for strapping stuff to the roof for room) ...then a
pulley and rope in thje garage....too easy...no?
Just a thought, Jeff

> Thanks heaps Bill - this info is great...
>
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> > > to help me. I've seen the commercially available hoists however they
> > > haven't made their way to Australia yet. Any suggestions?

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Dean - 08 Apr 2004 15:59 GMT

Here is a link to the hard top lift I built. It will also work to remove pickup
truck bed caps as well.

http://www.monogramsinc.com/jeep/jeepin-toplift.htm

Good Luck,
Dean

>I'm looking for any ideas for rigging up a hoist to lift the hardtop off and
>drop it back on without having to unchain the wife from the sink to get her
>to help me. I've seen the commercially available hoists however they
>haven't made their way to Australia yet. Any suggestions?

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