I have one that is very similar, minus the straps. I keep my hard top on it pretty much all the time and have no complaints. It’s a bit tippy if you’re moving it by yourself over uneven ground.

The biggest advantage of hanging it from the ceiling is you’re less likely to accidentally damage it.

 

does anybody have any current experience with this cart?

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And/or any recommendations.

Suspending from the ceiling is feasible. Is it worth the trouble? I have floor space for the cart with hard top on board.

Thanks.

I have two of those carts. They work just fine for storage, casters are handy. I also use a top hoist and leave one suspended when not in use. I would HIGHLY recommend a hoist simply for pure convenience and reducing the possibility of damaging the top from an inattentive assistant removing it manually. Be SURE you get the lag bolts securely into the ceiling trusses for the top hoist. Having a roof fall would be a bummer.

 

I've got basically the same cart, and it is doing the job for me. When I bought our car, the seller had the hard top suspended by the apparently common bracket/pully arrangement, from from a garage roof beam. That top hung up there for who knows how many years, without falling on the car beneath, but I passed on using it.

 

That hard top stand will work fine.

I used one for 3 years. Now the hardtop is off the floor onto the mezzanine shelf in the garage.

 

I have my hardtop hanging from garage rafters on fixed wooden brackets, it’s out of the way there not taking up any room. It won’t ever be back on the car unless I sell it or move home. Car is April to October use only.

 

If you have the floor space go with the stand. My hardtop was removed from the car the day I bought it and has occupied the same corner of the garage for almost 12 years now.

 

Get some neoprene AC refrigerant pipe insulation (the black stuff that slips over the pipe to insulate it) and slip it over the edges of the top's beltline trim on the sides and especially at the "B" pillar edge. They tend to get bent and the trim is NLA.

 

I had I of those back when I had 4 hard tops for my r129. It worked fine. That said, for the same money you can buy an electronic hoist and harness (literally 3 appropriate ratchet straps). Which makes install and removal so easy one person can do it. And frees floor space.

When I downsized to only one hard top, I left it suspended on the hoist. And the only cart I kept was a portable/collapsible one for road trips.

 

The light weight alloy unit is fine but it's a two man job to get the top off the car and put it in the stand.
The downside is finding the space to store it.

 

Its can be a "one man job" two ways:

1- If you are as strong and agile as forum member @Fonzi you can do the "turtle lift".

2- If you a weak old fart like me you can drive your R107 under a Ceiling Hoist, lift off the top, drive the R107 away from under the Hoist, lower the top on the floor, lay stand on top of hard top, and flip the top/stand upright.

 

Nobody has mentioned the head-hitting hazards presented by a hanging hardtop.

 

Or, for the potential that it might fall from the ceiling and damage ones R107.

 

Mine has been sealed in this cocoon for many many years!

 

If there is a nuclear explosion at least your hard top will be safe.

 

Its one of the better things URO makes. They work perfectly, as long as you have the space to put them.

 

Here again my solution. The cover is very useful!
Cheers Martin

New Electric Lift for Hardtop

Just finished installing and testing my electric lift for my hardtop. I liked the foam bar with rear hooks to lift the top. I had it mounted and in operation within an hour (I had installed a double 2x6 beam the prior week in preparation for the lift arrival). A little noisy, but far better...

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In my youth I had a 1965 Corvair Corsa convertible and my parking spot was the one under my dad's small cartop boat cleverly suspended from the ceiling...
I was not impressed one day when one of the fasteners gave way after many years and the bow of the boat came down on my car. Luckily nobody was injured and the windshield frame took most of the hit. I now have trust issues with unusual things suspended above me and I use a URO cart for my hardtop.

 

I have problems with storing my hard top overhead because of that guy named "Murphy" :-(

 

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How does this hoist look?

It was the cheapest on I could find. Maybe because it doesn't include a cover?

 

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OK, here's the cover. Still not that much more than the cart.

What do you think?