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Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
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Anyone storing their top on its side?
I'm looking to regain some garage space by making a storage rack that will use the mounting bolt holes to hold the top sideways. This should keep the distance between the two side-rails fixed (i.e. keep it from folding like a taco), but I'm curious if I need to work about the roof portion skewing relative to the bottom rails. Is anyone else storing their top on its side? Any distortion or flex issues?
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Location: Md
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Re: Anyone storing their top on its side?
Anything other than on the truck will likely have flex issues. I stored mine on a flat cart and it now has a bow in the side rail.
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Location: Orem, Utah
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Re: Anyone storing their top on its side?
I store mine bolted on a base (just the 4 corners) that matches the dimensions of the bed.
I would worry that storing it on its side would lead to distortion and/or cracking. The top is pretty heavy, and you'd be putting a lot of weight on one side, loading it in a direction it wasn't designed for.
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Re: Anyone storing their top on its side?
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Are the single walls prone to cracking and sagging? I've read that the double-walls are, buty single appears to be pretty sturdy. |
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Re: Anyone storing their top on its side?
The single wall tops are pretty sturdy, but they weren't designed to be on their side. They're hard enough to find that I wouldn't take the chance with mine.
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