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Old Aug 5, 2007 | 12:32 PM
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How do you guys store your hardtops when it's time for the top to come down? Do you use a storage rack or suspend it from the ceiling? Is a cover needed? Thanks
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Store mine on 2 rubber wrapped 2x4's chain hung from my garage ceiling.....
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Store mine on 2 rubber wrapped 2x4's chain hung from my garage ceiling.....
Got any pictures of your set up?
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Old Aug 5, 2007 | 12:52 PM
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Got any pictures of your set up?
No but all it is: 2 2x4's about 6" longer than the top, spaced out about 4" narrower than the top width and chaing hung about 6" down from the ceiling on each end of the 2x4's and screwed into the trusses through the sheet rock. I used black pipe insulation over the tops of the 2x4's for cushion.
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Originally Posted by CINNEMAN
No but all it is: 2 2x4's about 6" longer than the top, spaced out about 4" narrower than the top width and chaing hung about 6" down from the ceiling on each end of the 2x4's and screwed into the trusses through the sheet rock. I used black pipe insulation over the tops of the 2x4's for cushion.
Your weather stripping doesn't rest on the 2x4s, does it?
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no i put the top painted side towards the insulation.....
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I built a shelf for mine in the garage. It's carpeted and has a cover over it until next cold snap which is late Nov. in SC.
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