The
winter blew by me and soon it was time to install the soft top for the
summer. I had just enough time to do so before leaving on business
for a couple weeks. I ended up spending a couple days on the
garage clean up this time and resolve to get the garage into a state
that I can just remove the roof rack, drive the Jeep in, raise the top,
and drive out. But this time I ended up doing a major clean-up and
inventory (to plan out the garage storage) so the top swap took more or
less all day... To be fair the time spent actually swapping the
top was about 15 minutes. Digging out to get to the top stored was
the major activity.
As
usual, I removed the roof rack. No
big deal. By now I have mastered the routine of emptying it of the
spares and jack and flipping it back to stand against the side of the
garage. In between garage cleaning activities, I rolled the Jeep
in and hoisted the hard top onto the
storage frame.
This
set-up continues to serve me well. The load-rated nylon rope has
not shown any sign of deterioration, and the hand-winch makes it all as
easy as pie. I could probably come up with a more elegant way of
rigging the frame but like everything these days, it's all about getting
some time to do it!
