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- Outer Banks
Any updates on how people are storing a soft top for the summer? Any lift system?
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I have a 23 with the dual top option. I bought the J-Barr lifting bar and a 120v electric winch that looks like yours. Worked so great to remove the hard top from my Bronco by myself. But when it came time to install the soft top I had to get a friend to help me lift it into place. I'm tempted to buy another 120v winch to remove and store the soft top. Can you post some more pictures of your set up? How do you use the winch? What loops or whatever do you use to lift up the top? Thanks!I hung a board from the garage ceiling with that metal that they hanf garage door tracks with. The rear sits on that and the front of it hangs by chains through two of the holes at the very ends of the metal parts. it seems to work as I can get the heavy part on the board and then raise one side then the other on the longer chains. When you do it yourself you need to be resourceful right.
can you share the secret of using the GarageSmart hoist with a soft top?I got the GarageSmart hoist system. Itās designed for a hard top, but I figure with a few adjustments itāll work with the soft top as well.
Iām still attempting to find the best path. Iāve so far only taken the top completely off once. I used some straps and bungies tied to the metal H frame of the lift. It came off, but was not balanced so it ended up hanging vertically in the garage. Need to make some tweaks with the tension of the cables/straps next time.can you share the secret of using the GarageSmart hoist with a soft top?