Hoist by a Half-Rack?

[Kearyclose]

I have a 4 door, and want to lift the top using the half rack itself.

Does anyone else do this?

short rack / half rack / hoist / lift / winch

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[DVO50]

I use a Hooke Road half rack and a hoist to lift the rear clam shell to a DIY wall rack. I do use towels between the roof rack and top to minimize any scratches.

 

[Kearyclose]

I use a Hooke Road half rack and a hoist to lift the rear clam shell to a DIY wall rack. I do use towels between the roof rack and top to minimize any scratches.

Good setup. I’ve not seen a vertical wall mount like that before. My garage ceiling is tall enough for me to lift straight up and it be out of the way. Thanks for sharing you lift it from the Hooke Road rack.

 

[cbrenthus]

I hadn't heard of the Hook Road half rack - looks pretty nice and can you remove the 2nd row "targa top" with it on? Looks like it overlaps a bot, but should be OK. With snowboard season almost upon us, my want for a half rack is going to become a need

 

[DVO50]

Here's a better view of my wall rack. The three removable panels are stored on the top in Ford bags, and the clam shell is on the lower. The arms are removable when not in use. The canvas tarp covering everything is to keep mud daubers out. I would like to get a custom bag made to store the clam shell in.

 

[rblock50]

I bought the Hooke Road halvsie so that I could do just that and have some nice attachment points for a hoist. Sadly the rack just sucked. It transferred some nasty reverberations inside the cabin as-if i was driving with just the front window open and you can get that air pressure issue in the back. There were a number of us on another thread that were experiencing the same thing but we could never fix it.

I’d love to be able to use the rack like you mentioned, do you have any reverberations or other sound issues?

There were some folks who thought that holding the rack in midair to the attachment slots wasn’t a good idea. Ti me it seemed like it would be great, but I never really got to try it out.

 

[Kearyclose]

I bought the Hooke Road halvsie so that I could do just that and have some nice attachment points for a hoist. Sadly the rack just sucked. It transferred some nasty reverberations inside the cabin as-if i was driving with just the front window open and you can get that air pressure issue in the back. There were a number of us on another thread that were experiencing the same thing but we could never fix it.

I’d love to be able to use the rack like you mentioned, do you have any reverberations or other sound issues?

There were some folks who thought that holding the rack in midair to the attachment slots wasn’t a good idea. Ti me it seemed like it would be great, but I never really got to try it out.

Thanks for sharing. I haven’t bought a rack yet. I was hesitant about Hooke road after reading some complaints. I agree with you the mounting points would distribute the weight well for an easy hoist (on the 4 door)

 

[rblock50]

Just buyer beware, you basically can't return anything to them - or at least if you do ya pay a steep price. I do love their shelf for the cargo area, its great!

 

[DVO50]

I use the rack for lifting purposes only (with towels between rack and top for protection). Once it's on the wall rack all tension is let off if the lifting straps. I remove the rack after putting the top back on, so I have no idea about the wind noise.

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