If this video helps you please Like and Subscribe! That will help me out also, Thanks! (Camera I use)amzn.to/3Olq0VS (2" Straps)amzn.to/44QTcJX (prebuilt 2" straps)amzn.to/3WfPsk6 (2000lbs ATV Winch) amzn.to/3Om75dE (Battery Clamps)amzn.to/44Ojyw7 I made the length of the straps 8.5 feet. This is how I Lift my hardtop from my Jeep JKU. Harbor Freight Style. This price includes the winch and the strapping only. Everything else I used in this video, I already had laying around. Good luck. This system works great!! I am a part of the Amazon Associate program. Clicking the links is a great way to support my channel and cost you nothing.
What a great idea. It solves my jeep issue and it give me a great project to work on. The best part is how it makes everyone think about how they can adjust your great idea into their own version.
Great job! Love it! Only thing I would add is, either paint an L or use tape on the floor for your back tire and/or front tire or both to line up to when backing in to remove or install your top. That way you will be in exact same spot every time for the process. Taking the guess work out of the deal. We used to do that at Wawa stores to line up our side lift gates to the cooler bubble delivery door when delivering milk to the stores. Works like a charm! Great video! Good luck!
This man is a genius, i did the same setup but instead of the exrension cord to jumper cables, i bought 12 foot 6 gauge jumper cables and spliced it directly to the winch, over all super easy and effective!!
I bought a 440 lb electric hoist at Harbor Freight and they give you a 20% coupon so I spent $71. Plugged right in to my garage door opener outlet. Mounted to my ceiling joist above . I already had some straps so yea definitely better than spending a small fortune for all those crappy gadgets out there. The top of a 2 door jeep only weighs about 145 lbs with the Freedom tops already pulled off.
I already have a winch installed for hauling storage bins into the upper portion of my garage so this just saved me a bunch of time having to think of something and have it work. Thank you Sir for posting this!
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That's not jury riggin it's ingenuity. This kind of thinking is exactly what keeps things moving forward and gets things done. Someone had to jury rig before anyone invented anything. "Need" is the mother of invention.
Great Idea. I’m going to use this winch for my Jeep over the weekend. Another way to do the wiring and clean up the mess is too leave all of the original winch wiring intact. Run it over to the wall or above the approximate location of the battery. Attach the 2 leads to the surface about 8” apart. Then utilizing a set of jumper cables. Attach one set of cables to the leads and then move the Jeep into position. Open the hood and then the cables to the battery and lift off the top. Once you’re done. Remove the jumper cables and throw them in the Jeep. Hope this makes sense. I’ll be posting a video of my setup over the weekend.
Yeah, I know. Really the only sketchy thing is the way I connect to the battery. Not a problem since I am the only one that uses it. If other people were involved I would for sure make a change. The system that holds the top and the straps are a solid as can be and I wouldn't change a thing. Thanks for watching Red!
I just used the hand crank winch from a boat trailer with steel cable, but good rope would be fine and made up 4 short straps to go to the Topsy brand window hinge mount brackets and a strap with rings on it that goes across the top(inside). Clips on with small carabiners. Attached the winch to the wall, a couple pulleys, one on the wall above the winch, the other to the ceiling. No wiring or electrical anything. I have less than $50 in it all.
Great video. One idea on re-installing your hard top - mark the center of your tires so you know where to line up your car. That might save a little time.
I did something very close to this, but make it easy on yourself and buy the "T" bar with the lifting "J" hooks. My opinion is that with the straps you'll still end up lifting the top and aligning it yourself. The whole reason to put together something like this is to make it easy, the straps aren't easy, the "T" bar makes it easy. Thanks for sharing the video.
Thanks for the comment. I haven't had any problems doing it this way. I'm sure the T bar is more convenient for some. I was doing this as cheap as possible and turned out better than expected! Thanks!
Very Nice Not sure I would trust a couple of lag bolts to a floor joist for support, but I can see running something a bit more substantial to hold the weight. Thanks for sharing... gives me a good idea on what to do.
You can get a system like that already made and kitted...for about $600‘s!!!! Great Jury rigging (Or is it Jerry rigging ‘cause it’s so cheap?). Good thinking and wonderful Southern charm, to boot! Jeep on!
Amazing. I've been looking for a solution for removing and storing my hard top. This is genius. And also has the aggregate value of not occupying floor or lateral space. I have a one car garage and "This is the way". Thank you Sir. Jeep on!!
My goodness this is genius. Thank you so much for this video and for putting up the link to buy the winch. You are the coolest dude on this planet. Thanks again
Just picked up my manual JL Sport yesterday, same color as yours. Gonna hook this system up in a few months when it gets warmer out. Thanks and great idea w the tie downs to avoid wind (or kids) moving it around
This is a great idea, good job! My JKU also has the 12V cigarette lighter plug in the rear. I’m thinking I could do this and pull 12V DC right from the rear outlet.
OutDoor Stuff buy the hoist not the winch like he did. Hoist is only like $15 more and it’s a much cleaner setup. It plugs into your garage door opener outlet in the ceiling
No outlet in mine😫. I was gonna do that. Apparently they didn't offer the $1 cigarette plug on some models. Thanks, that would work. Just not on mine. Mine doesn't have the factory sub. I think that is the difference.
Just seen this nice job try taking a board make it L shaped to go behind the rear tires and come up the drivers side tire where you can see it use it for your stopping point 👍
Great video. Just picked up a gladiator and seems like a good solution for the top. Can even make it a little easier by just powering by plugging into the outlet in the back of the truck bed. Thanks!
Nice! I wish mine had the powered outlet or at least a 12v accessory plug. I could have gotten an AC winch and plugged into an outlet on my house but they are quiet a bit higher. Good Luck! Congrats on a Gladiator too!!!
For another $10 you could’ve mounted the winch to a stud on the back of your garage wall and ran the cable from it up and over to drop location with 2 heavy duty porch swing hangers. Then all your cords are easier to get to including the power wires to possibly hook to a battery source mounted next to it like a motorcycle or car battery on a shelf
FuturaForce oh that’s a compliment, Papa! The highest of compliments. Went to Harbor Freight about fifteen minutes later. Did mine with 400lb test nylon rope. Brought it in for $60 total including our absurd 10% CA tax. Not enough room in my garage with the existing ceiling racks to leave my back window open, so I ran two long ropes and looped them through the bolt holes. Worked like a charm.
Not sure if you know it or not, but you have a DC outlet on the front of your center counsel. You must first press the DC power button on your dash first though. No need for those jumper cables.
Just a suggestion, you should have just cut the ends of the jumper cables and wired it directly to the winch power wires, then it would've eliminated the need of the extension cord. Very good idea though!
If I do this, I’d probably buy a cheap battery to keep it connected to instead of using my truck battery, just for the added convenience. Great idea overall.
That makes a lot of sense. I am planning on that also. I wanted to go as cheap as possible in the beginning. Very happy with the results. Thanks for watching!
Amazing! I love what people create when thier seems to be expensive options, so really that's limiting! Not your idea! I made a similar one for my 2 door tj and when I had to transfer my winch to my house I wasn't sure about the weight neither because of thier well built rafters in thier garage, so I will have to test my system in the summer and see if how I added extra supports in the attic will be enough? Jeeps are the best vehical made!
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I made the length of the straps 8.5 feet.
This is how I Lift my hardtop from my Jeep JKU. Harbor Freight Style. This price includes the winch and the strapping only. Everything else I used in this video, I already had laying around. Good luck. This system works great!!
I am a part of the Amazon Associate program. Clicking the links is a great way to support my channel and cost you nothing.
Do you have the updated links? These links don't seem to work.
Updated now. Thanks for the heads up. I didn't realize the links had quit working.
@@ForceBuilt Awesome, thanks!
@@Rob0917 Your Welcome! Thanks for watching!
How long should the bands be?
What a great idea. It solves my jeep issue and it give me a great project to work on. The best part is how it makes everyone think about how they can adjust your great idea into their own version.
Great job! Love it!
Only thing I would add is, either paint an L or use tape on the floor for your back tire and/or front tire or both to line up to when backing in to remove or install your top. That way you will be in exact same spot every time for the process. Taking the guess work out of the deal. We used to do that at Wawa stores to line up our side lift gates to the cooler bubble delivery door when delivering milk to the stores. Works like a charm!
Great video! Good luck!
Thanks a lot and great advice! Thanks for watching
This man is a genius, i did the same setup but instead of the exrension cord to jumper cables, i bought 12 foot 6 gauge jumper cables and spliced it directly to the winch, over all super easy and effective!!
Thank you Azeem!
I bought a 440 lb electric hoist at Harbor Freight and they give you a 20% coupon so I spent $71. Plugged right in to my garage door opener outlet. Mounted to my ceiling joist above . I already had some straps so yea definitely better than spending a small fortune for all those crappy gadgets out there. The top of a 2 door jeep only weighs about 145 lbs with the Freedom tops already pulled off.
I already have a winch installed for hauling storage bins into the upper portion of my garage so this just saved me a bunch of time having to think of something and have it work. Thank you Sir for posting this!
That's not jury riggin it's ingenuity. This kind of thinking is exactly what keeps things moving forward and gets things done. Someone had to jury rig before anyone invented anything. "Need" is the mother of invention.
Thanks for the compliment!
Did this today. Worked out great. Glad I had that cigarette outlet in the back.
Great idea, just got my first wrangler with a hard top. Definitely doing this!!
Thanks Matt, it works great!
This is something my grandpa would come up with good job man....
R.i.p Steve
Yeah, my grandpa could just about do anything too! Thanks!
@@ForceBuilt your welcome man
A country boy, will survive! Great work.Im off to harbor freight
Great Idea. I’m going to use this winch for my Jeep over the weekend.
Another way to do the wiring and clean up the mess is too leave all of the original winch wiring intact.
Run it over to the wall or above the approximate location of the battery.
Attach the 2 leads to the surface about 8” apart.
Then utilizing a set of jumper cables. Attach one set of cables to the leads and then move the Jeep into position.
Open the hood and then the cables to the battery and lift off the top. Once you’re done. Remove the jumper cables and throw them in the Jeep.
Hope this makes sense. I’ll be posting a video of my setup over the weekend.
Thanks for posting this, it’s given me a few fresh ideas for hoisting Jeep tops, roll bars, and tubs in my garage.. I fortunately have an i beam..
Thanks for watching Brent!
Thanks for the upload. I am off to HF now.
Thanks for watching! Good luck!!
I love this just for the jerry rigging, like logically it all seems good, but it just fells really sketchy 😂😂
Yeah, I know. Really the only sketchy thing is the way I connect to the battery. Not a problem since I am the only one that uses it. If other people were involved I would for sure make a change. The system that holds the top and the straps are a solid as can be and I wouldn't change a thing. Thanks for watching Red!
I just used the hand crank winch from a boat trailer with steel cable, but good rope would be fine and made up 4 short straps to go to the Topsy brand window hinge mount brackets and a strap with rings on it that goes across the top(inside). Clips on with small carabiners. Attached the winch to the wall, a couple pulleys, one on the wall above the winch, the other to the ceiling. No wiring or electrical anything. I have less than $50 in it all.
Innovation at its finest. Cool setup and easy on the budget. Thanks. Will be doing this also
Great video. One idea on re-installing your hard top - mark the center of your tires so you know where to line up your car. That might save a little time.
I’ve looking for ways to do this cheaper. This seems to be the best one I’ve seen built. I’m going to build this. Thank You.
Dig it man, just bought my 1st Jeep and will put together a setup in my barn like this.
Thank you for sharing that, Jeep on brotha ✌️
I did something very close to this, but make it easy on yourself and buy the "T" bar with the lifting "J" hooks. My opinion is that with the straps you'll still end up lifting the top and aligning it yourself. The whole reason to put together something like this is to make it easy, the straps aren't easy, the "T" bar makes it easy. Thanks for sharing the video.
Thanks for the comment. I haven't had any problems doing it this way. I'm sure the T bar is more convenient for some. I was doing this as cheap as possible and turned out better than expected! Thanks!
What is the t bar ? Any links ?
Very Nice
Not sure I would trust a couple of lag bolts to a floor joist for support, but I can see running something a bit more substantial to hold the weight.
Thanks for sharing... gives me a good idea on what to do.
Thanks!
Excellent! Going to try this in my carport. Thanks for the idea!
You can get a system like that already made and kitted...for about $600‘s!!!! Great Jury rigging (Or is it Jerry rigging ‘cause it’s so cheap?). Good thinking and wonderful Southern charm, to boot! Jeep on!
Amazing. I've been looking for a solution for removing and storing my hard top. This is genius. And also has the aggregate value of not occupying floor or lateral space. I have a one car garage and "This is the way". Thank you Sir. Jeep on!!
Jeep on! Thanks a bunch!
"This is the way"
You should put something behind your back wheels before you leave so you have a gauge on where to back up to when you come back. 👍🏻
Good ideal!
All that I can do ...is smile !! Thank you sir !!!
You welcome!
Great idea sir!!! I just lifted my hard top today and it was a breeze!! Thank you!
Thanks! Glad to Help out! Jeep On!
My goodness this is genius. Thank you so much for this video and for putting up the link to buy the winch. You are the coolest dude on this planet. Thanks again
I made one from this video, i bought a wench from harbor freight for 50 bucks, it works great!!
That is GREAT! Proud it worked out for you too!
Nice Job - Thanks for the great video idea!
Thanks for watching Mike!
Thanks for the idea. Got a little project this weekend. Fall season. Jeep season. 👋
Gotta love Jeeps! Love mine all year long...
This is almost exactly what I was looking for!
Actually works great! Thanks for commenting!
I used the electric hoist from HF and it only cost $15 more. No need for the weird battery hookup. Also the straps won’t hurt the weatherstripping.
Cool! Good idea. Yeah, I agree about the straps but it is so easy to go under the weather stripping. I though why not ;)
This is genius! Absolutely love it!
Thank you for watching!
If I hadn't lost my darn remote for my winch this would be perfect
Very nice. I will borrow some of these ideas for my hardtop removal.
Thanks! It will work great!
I'll be honest the $100 option from Amazon seems a lot easier. But this is pretty cool if you want to make something yourself
I will check that out. I haven't seen it. Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
Best UA-camr I’ve came across by far
My gawd! Hillbilly ingenuity at it's best! Good job!
Genius! I wish I had watched this video at the start of summer... 😆 But I’ll do it next year! Thanks!
Great Idea. Great job. Great video. I'm going to use this system as well....thank you.
Just picked up my manual JL Sport yesterday, same color as yours. Gonna hook this system up in a few months when it gets warmer out. Thanks and great idea w the tie downs to avoid wind (or kids) moving it around
Thanks and congratulations on the new JL! Did you get the 2.0 or 3.6?
Yessir
FuturaForce 3.6. I wanted the 2.0 however I don’t believe they offer it in a manual otherwise w all my city driving I would have
I’m impressed sir! Thank you, I’ll be visiting harbor freight soon. 🙂
MrJeff1188 glad you like it!
Love it! This will be my system too! Thanks for the great detailed video!
Thanks Carol Stacy! It works great. Thanks for watching!
Flip your shackle so that the 4 eyes are in the bell then just screw your pin in through the latched hook . Good ideas though !!!
Excellent! Gotta start reinforcing my carport this weekend and take a trip to Harbor Freight. Thanks for the tip and thorough explanation.
Pretty smart way of powering you winch. With the price of ever upgrade, it nice to save money we’re you can . Well done.
Sir, that was simply magnificent.
Thank you Javier!!
Awesome! May just do this for mine. Well done!
Go for it! Mine works great!
Out Standing...That was Great
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
Brilliant idea. I’m going to harbor freights this next weekend
That's great! Good luck and thanks for the comment!
This was SO SMART AND COOL🔥🔥🔥
I will have my garage in a few weeks , thanks for the tip sir . Well a few more months till spring as well
Pretty darn sweet idea
Thanks!
Brilliant! I’m going to do exactly the same thing!
Brilliant piece of ingenuity, well done sir!
David Thomas thank you!
That is one fine piece of Country Boy Engineering sir. Well done!
Great Job! Thank you for sharing - saves hundreds!!!
This is a great idea, good job! My JKU also has the 12V cigarette lighter plug in the rear. I’m thinking I could do this and pull 12V DC right from the rear outlet.
I would try that for sure! Mine didn't have the outlet. Thanks!
Cigarette lighters usually have wimpy limits on amperage…..I’d think you’d pop fuses left and right.
Fantastic idea. THANK you for sharing
Thanks, Glad you liked it!
Just what I been looking for!!! Love love love it!! Thanks! Subbed!
Awesome! Thank you!
OutDoor Stuff buy the hoist not the winch like he did. Hoist is only like $15 more and it’s a much cleaner setup. It plugs into your garage door opener outlet in the ceiling
Man that's a great video! Thank you for sharing your idea with everyone.
You could just splice a cigarette lighter adapter on the winch lead and plug it into the outlet in the back of the Jeep. Easy no need to pop the hood.
No outlet in mine😫. I was gonna do that. Apparently they didn't offer the $1 cigarette plug on some models. Thanks, that would work. Just not on mine. Mine doesn't have the factory sub. I think that is the difference.
Genius! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 thanks for sharing!
Glad you liked it!
Just seen this nice job try taking a board make it L shaped to go behind the rear tires and come up the drivers side tire where you can see it use it for your stopping point 👍
Great video. Just picked up a gladiator and seems like a good solution for the top. Can even make it a little easier by just powering by plugging into the outlet in the back of the truck bed. Thanks!
Nice! I wish mine had the powered outlet or at least a 12v accessory plug. I could have gotten an AC winch and plugged into an outlet on my house but they are quiet a bit higher. Good Luck! Congrats on a Gladiator too!!!
I’d be curious to hear if the cigarette lighter adapter can handle the motor. Let us know how that goes.
For another $10 you could’ve mounted the winch to a stud on the back of your garage wall and ran the cable from it up and over to drop location with 2 heavy duty porch swing hangers. Then all your cords are easier to get to including the power wires to possibly hook to a battery source mounted next to it like a motorcycle or car battery on a shelf
I was thinking similar….but a ceiling mounted pulley.
You, Sir - are a Wiggletown Genius! Fondly - a North Country transplant living in SoCal
Not sure if that's a compliment or not. Wiggletown? Just a country boy in the south here. Thanks for the comment!
FuturaForce oh that’s a compliment, Papa! The highest of compliments. Went to Harbor Freight about fifteen minutes later. Did mine with 400lb test nylon rope. Brought it in for $60 total including our absurd 10% CA tax. Not enough room in my garage with the existing ceiling racks to leave my back window open, so I ran two long ropes and looped them through the bolt holes. Worked like a charm.
BTW, Wiggletown is a region in Upstate NY where this kinda brilliant ingenuity is the cultural norm.
I used a battery charger to power mine. I haven't put a load on it yet to see if it's enough amps yet.
Awesome Jason! Never thought of that. May work great. Good Luck!
Not sure if you know it or not, but you have a DC outlet on the front of your center counsel. You must first press the DC power button on your dash first though. No need for those jumper cables.
Yeah, I knew it was there. I have used it for other stuff. Thanks for the input!
Pretty awesome! Well done!
Pan to the kids and they don't seem impressed! hehe Dad likes his Jeep, kids....um not so much apparently.
Love it!! Going to install one in my garage in a few weeks!!
That's great! Proud you like it! Hope you like yours like I do mine!
As long as a loop doesn't get loose then crash!
Haven't had a problem at all. Thanks for watching!
@@ForceBuilt oh good.. looks like Yu got it figured out!
You sir are a genius!
Wow, what a great compliment! Thanks for watching!
Awesome thank you very much you save me a lot of money
Cool Jaun! Glad to help! I have lots of other jeep videos on my channel. Check them out when you get time :)
@@ForceBuilt nice thanks
Nice set up, Sir.
Glad you like it!
Great Job!! Going to do this! Thanks!
Hope you like it!
Great job!!! I believe I’ll be heading to harbor freight soon
Man yeah! Good luck!
Nice job thinking of doing same thing
great idea, thank you!
Glad you like it Ibis! Thanks for watching!
Nice.
Can you come install this at my house lol
I was thinking the same thing I was gonna ask sir do live in houston Texas by any chance loool
pretty slick there bud
Smart man! I’m going to do this!
Nice Jay! And Thanks!
Just a suggestion, you should have just cut the ends of the jumper cables and wired it directly to the winch power wires, then it would've eliminated the need of the extension cord. Very good idea though!
supershooter999 wasn’t long enough without it. It wasn’t jumper cables it was a jumper box. Very short cables. Thanks for the comment
Nice set up
Definitely a big money saver that’s for sure.
If I do this, I’d probably buy a cheap battery to keep it connected to instead of using my truck battery, just for the added convenience. Great idea overall.
That makes a lot of sense. I am planning on that also. I wanted to go as cheap as possible in the beginning. Very happy with the results. Thanks for watching!
I just used a jump box to power
Everything looks good to me except that 12 volt to a 120v plugs... not ideal but works lol
You are absolutely right! Just what I had on hand lol..
Brilliant!!! Thank you!!
Nice setup! I'm just envious that you have a garage to put your Jeep in. lol
Bearded Johnson thanks!
This is wild😂😂😂just buy one.
I like it lol. Keeps me alert haha. Thanks for watching
Nice job my friend. Thank you for this new idea.
Why not just get an inverter plug it into the cigarette lighter? Cool idea though .. I just might have to use it.
Good job. Thanks for the video.
Amazing! I love what people create when thier seems to be expensive options, so really that's limiting! Not your idea! I made a similar one for my 2 door tj and when I had to transfer my winch to my house I wasn't sure about the weight neither because of thier well built rafters in thier garage, so I will have to test my system in the summer and see if how I added extra supports in the attic will be enough? Jeeps are the best vehical made!
Thanks Jemmarie!
Thank you. Just saw that in the description. Just back from HF.
Very cool!
Make a floor marks< for better aiming after comeback!
Great idea! Thanks