I got her top off!!
IOPort51
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I offer this for your amusement only, even though it did work pretty well.
The problem was how to remove the hard top from the CJ with out causing damage to my favorite body. When I bought the top I could put it on and take it off by myself but that was a long time ago and I am old and gray and a bit lazy too.
The answer was to build a crane for the back of the truck that I could put on and take off with minimal help or no help at all.
I just happened to have about 15 feet of drill stem , an old boat trailer winch and the rest were available at the home despot. at the time this project was built it was cold and wet outside and this was more fun than watching TV.
I figure it will handle about 400 pounds but the only basis for that figure is that me and my buddy pretty much hung from the hook before we tied on to the top. This is, by the way , when we decided to put an additional pair of straps to the back of the bed. with out them it is much too easy for the boom to flop to one side or the other.
As I said , this is for your amusement only. I am sure no one would actually try to move a top of a tub with something like this.:laugh:
The problem was how to remove the hard top from the CJ with out causing damage to my favorite body. When I bought the top I could put it on and take it off by myself but that was a long time ago and I am old and gray and a bit lazy too.
The answer was to build a crane for the back of the truck that I could put on and take off with minimal help or no help at all.
I just happened to have about 15 feet of drill stem , an old boat trailer winch and the rest were available at the home despot. at the time this project was built it was cold and wet outside and this was more fun than watching TV.
I figure it will handle about 400 pounds but the only basis for that figure is that me and my buddy pretty much hung from the hook before we tied on to the top. This is, by the way , when we decided to put an additional pair of straps to the back of the bed. with out them it is much too easy for the boom to flop to one side or the other.
As I said , this is for your amusement only. I am sure no one would actually try to move a top of a tub with something like this.:laugh:
