If you're at all a craftsman, don't spend the money buying a hoist. My dad and I spent a couple of hours max building this pully system and it works perfectly. Just hook the hooks to the detached jku top and crank it up.

 

Garage isn't an option for me so I Made this. Works great only take me like 5-10 min to take the top off



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Macgyver action!!

 

Took an hour and $12 later($8 for ratchet and $4 for eye bilts)



made this hardtop lift for JKU.

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I have a manual Harken Hoist and I love it

 

Another vote for Harken; Simple, easy to use, and is fast on/off!

http://www.offroadelements.com/harke...-hoist-system/

 

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I needed to keep myself busy while I wait for my new 2015 JK to arrive, so I thought I would build a hoist in advance. I also wanted to share the build with those looking to do the same thing so I shot all the critical steps as I went and put it all in a PDF file. Just go to this link. The file was too big for the forum.

http://www.jeffmunk.com/jk/munkmans_hoist_build.pdf