How many of you still have your hard top?

[70jimmy]

My soft top works off the cage so no other metal framework. I often take it off for highway speeds just to protect it and I like the sun. Last year on the drive to Blazer Bash it was below freezing on the way over, top off. Glad I had the winter stuff with me, got to Grand Junction and it was pushing 90 degrees. I got some weird looks since I still had my jacket on.

 

[Chief Brody]

I haven't found a soft top that I like the looks of for mine, and I still refuse to drill holes in the windshield frame...so I have to hold onto my hardtop for certain situations

If I had the knowledge I am sure I could design something that would be a hybrid of the hard / soft tops that would function better around the windows and still fit in the bed when broken down. There should be all kinds of possibilities with today's carbon fiber and other materials.

At a bare minimum, I bet a hardtop could be designed that weighs 20% of what the original ones do

 

[So.Oregon K5'r]

Yep, the rack is one stage of the process. I predict it'll end up in the scrap steel yard eventually, about 6 months after the top is gone.

I like my hard top, It rains a lot here in Oregon. The summers are really hot here and can never get enough guys together to remove it let alone have them rush over to put it back on in a moments notice. A soft top would be nice for summer, but kind of pricey aren't they?

 

[So.Oregon K5'r]

Maybe the later model hard tops are better, but my soft top was actually quieter than the hard top as long as it didn't get flapping in the wind on my cage bar. That part was annoying. The hard top had this drone almost as bad as flowmasters. That...and it had an ant colony hiding inside it.

I don't have any noise issues with my hard top

 

[The Griff]

And, I've found it quite easy to take the hard top off by myself, assuming I've got another fullsize truck handy.

Just slide the top backwards onto the other truck.

 

[So.Oregon K5'r]

And, I've found it quite easy to take the hard top off by myself, assuming I've got another fullsize truck handy.

Just slide the top backwards onto the other truck.

yeah, that would work if I had a truck I don't use very often. space is limited at my house. with this rack I can park under it to save space.

 

[70jimmy]

On my 74 I put 4 - 4x4 posts in the ground and had big "L" Brackets on each one about 4 inches above bed height. Pull in, unbolt top, lift with back, slide 2X4 on the back 2, lift front, put 2x4 in and drive away. Tie or bolt top down and park under it, or drop top to ground.

 

[So.Oregon K5'r]

On my 74 I put 4 - 4x4 posts in the ground and had big "L" Brackets on each one about 4 inches above bed height. Pull in, unbolt top, lift with back, slide 2X4 on the back 2, lift front, put 2x4 in and drive away. Tie or bolt top down and park under it, or drop top to ground.

that's an inexpensive remedy that would work good

 

[Sholti]

I'll be the odd guy out. Love my Hardtop! It holds a bunch of snow, the windows don't break in winds gusting to 70-90 MPH, and it holds a little heat when it -30 ambient temperature.
(I know I could move, but I love Alaska in the summer and get paid pretty good.)

 

[Chief Brody]

I don't dislike the hardtop...I just have $600 worth of seals and some fiberglass work to get it to where I can set it down on the rails...and the only reason to put the top on would be so I could drive on an extended trip