Hardtop - suspending from garage roof???

I want to be able to easily mount and dismount the hardtop without my wife's (extremely limited) help. So I thought of rigging pulleys to the roof of the garage and pulling it up. I could store it suspended there as well.

I have got the pulleys, rope and some webbing to hold the top in but all attempts to date have been a failure. I can't get the suspension points above the centre of gravity and the webbing slips all over the place threatening to allow the top to fall out.

Has anyone successfully managed this? If so can you post a rough sketch of how you got it all to work.

TIA

David

I used to hang my hard top (before I sold it) using the front clips with a rope between them which was then clipped in to by the pulley rope. It worked with a 4 to one pulley but it did hand vertically which may not give you sufficient space under neath.

Richard

You are right - I don't have enough height to have it hanging vertically.

I want it to lift straight up - more or less as it sits on the car and then I can just lower it back into place when needed.

Did intend trying a lift system for my roof..but now I just place a tapaulin over the boot..carry the hardtop to the back of the car and lift it over..bit at a time...no damage but one man action...I bought a small mains winch but it is now surplus to requirements.

As regards suspending one here is a picture of a simular roof to that of a mgf/mgtf hardtop roof after lift off.