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**FRENCHBLUE72** · 05-22-2003, 08:01 PM

This one is for the blazer owner's out there!!!!! How do you remove your blazer top !!!!!!! Couple of buddies and some beer or do you have some type of pullley system?????tia

JimKshortstep4x4 · 05-22-2003, 08:49 PM

We try to have (4) guys to remove and install it. The height and the weight adds to the difficulty but (4) guys can take it off or set it on without damaging anything.

My son's Blazer top is a double wall top so we have been leaving it off lately.

JIm

**old Rusty C10** · 05-22-2003, 09:02 PM

like the others said but ya can buy a lift thing int he garage to lift it

junkyardjohn · 05-22-2003, 09:28 PM

FOUR GUYS. PIECE OF CAKE. TAKES LESS THAN 60 SECONDS TO LIFT IT OFF, & ABOUT $9 FOR AN 18 PACK OF BUD LITE. I'VE BEEN DOING IT EVERY SPRING & FALL FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.

chucks70 · 05-22-2003, 09:43 PM

I've seen a couple of set ups pictured on this board. Mostly four pulleys on the ceiling, one at each corner of the top. Ropes run down to a 2X4 with eye hooks at the ends. 2X4 are of course wider than the top. Lift the top at each end, slide the 2X4's under and pull it up. I believe Pierce from Cincinnatti has a set up like this.

**FRENCHBLUE72** · 05-23-2003, 09:29 AM

So what was the direction's in the factory manual ...Step one buy beer. Step two call friend's. Step three give them beer to lift off top.. Thank's guy's for the response...

2wdBlazer · 05-23-2003, 09:32 AM

We used a system of setting 4 4x4 posts into the ground. Put 2 2x4's horizontal and it makes a drive through for the truck. Back in, Unbolt, 1 man lifts top up with his back and wife slides 2 2x4's in cross ways. Drive truck out and top is in the air. Does that make sense?

**FRENCHBLUE72** · 05-23-2003, 09:35 AM

Yes it does and it sound's like a great way to do it.....Thank's

JimKshortstep4x4 · 05-23-2003, 10:31 AM

Junkyardjohn,

Do you drink the beer before or after you take the top off or put it back on?

Jim

Roberty · 05-23-2003, 02:06 PM

Here's a picture of my top off the Blazer that I just sold a couple of weeks back. Unbolt the top from your truck and get in the truck and put your back under the top and lift first the front and then the back while you slide the 2x4 under the top. The top is heavy (approx. 400 lbs. I'm guessing). You can see in this picture where I looped the rope back around the board after I lifted it up to the ceiling. I'd say a person could tie all four of the ropes to one rope and have it go to a boat winch and it could be a one person top removal system. If you have any questions about how I did it let me know.
Robert

junkyardjohn · 05-23-2003, 02:33 PM

JIM --- THE SEQUENCE OF THE STEPS, IS VERY VERY IMPORTANT,
(1) CALL 4 BUDDIES OVER FOR A COLD BEER
(2) UNBOLT TOP
(3) AFTER BUDDIES SHOW UP --- SHOW THEM THE BEER (LIKE BAIT) BEING CAREFUL NOT TO LET ANY OF THEM OPEN ANY CANS.
(4) GET THEM TO LIFT OFF THE TOP & STORE IN A SAFE, OUT OF THE WAY PLACE, WHILE YOU SUPERVISE THE PROJECT.
(5) ENJOY REFRESHMENTS, & AFTER #15 START TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE MAKING A BEER RUN. JOHN

NuBomb · 05-23-2003, 03:24 PM

I took the top off by myself one time and it was no fun. I had a stack of lumber that just happened to be the same height as the blazer. I lifted it up with my back and walked it back to sit on the lumber. Robert I like your system, but I had to turn the garage into a hair salon. I think 2wd blazer has a good plan that I will have to switch to when the lumber is gone. You could set up some bottle jacks on each post and just have to lift the top off long enough to get the 2x4 under. Just trying to make it more complicated probably.

**FRENCHBLUE72** · 05-23-2003, 05:51 PM

Junk yard john I like you idea!!!!!!!! I usallly bait'em with a few beer's then remove top.....Double wall so it's hella heavey!!!!!Do all blazer tops have the light's as pictured in the photo????? Mine has been carpeted ever since I got it .

NuBomb · 05-23-2003, 09:01 PM

My top has those lights, but it is a single wall top. I believe the one in the picture is also. I bet the double wall is a heavy thing.

Roberty · 05-23-2003, 09:05 PM

Yep - Single walled top and it was still heavy as hell.

I'm not sure about the double walled tops - Never seen anything except a single walled variety.
Robert

mkmiller1 · 05-23-2003, 10:11 PM

I use the exact same method as 2wdblazer. The only word of caution I can offer when building this is to make sure the top of the 4x4 posts will clear the rear seat. If not, when you start to pull out from under the top your rear seat will catch the front 2x4's and yes, I'm speaking from experience.
Matthew

Also, I've lifted both single and double walled tops and they are both VERY heavy.

05-22-2003, 09:02 PM	#3
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,283	like the others said but ya can buy a lift thing int he garage to lift it __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

05-22-2003, 09:28 PM	#4
junkyardjohn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SOMERSET KY. Posts: 6,427	FOUR GUYS. PIECE OF CAKE. TAKES LESS THAN 60 SECONDS TO LIFT IT OFF, & ABOUT $9 FOR AN 18 PACK OF BUD LITE. I'VE BEEN DOING IT EVERY SPRING & FALL FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. __________________ junkyardjohn 69 1 TON TOW TRUCK // 84 4WD CUCV BLAZER// 85 1 TON 4WD STAKE TRUCK// 86 M1031 5/4 TON 4WD CUCV// ALOT OF OLD TRUCKS FOR ONE OLD MAN TO DRIVE. THERES ROOM FOR ALL OF GODS CREATURES RIGHT NEXT TO MY MASHED POTATOES// LIFE MEMBER OF P.E.T.A (PEOPLE EATING TASTY ANIMALS) DON'T RENT U-HAUL ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH IT WILL AMAZE PART OF THE PEOPLE & ASTONISH THE REST

05-22-2003, 09:43 PM	#5
chucks70 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cadiz, OH Posts: 628	Removing top I've seen a couple of set ups pictured on this board. Mostly four pulleys on the ceiling, one at each corner of the top. Ropes run down to a 2X4 with eye hooks at the ends. 2X4 are of course wider than the top. Lift the top at each end, slide the 2X4's under and pull it up. I believe Pierce from Cincinnatti has a set up like this. __________________ 68 1 ton dually 292, 2001 Sebring, 2004 Trailblazer, 11 Camaro Convertible.

05-23-2003, 09:29 AM	#6
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,602	So what was the direction's in the factory manual ...Step one buy beer. Step two call friend's. Step three give them beer to lift off top.. Thank's guy's for the response... __________________ GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..

05-23-2003, 09:32 AM	#7
2wdBlazer The Blazer King Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Valrico, Fl (Tampa) Posts: 1,213	We used a system of setting 4 4x4 posts into the ground. Put 2 2x4's horizontal and it makes a drive through for the truck. Back in, Unbolt, 1 man lifts top up with his back and wife slides 2 2x4's in cross ways. Drive truck out and top is in the air. Does that make sense? __________________ 72 2wd Blazer. Its the superbichinest, megacoolinest, superflowinest.

05-22-2003, 08:01 PM	#1
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,602	Top removal This one is for the blazer owner's out there!!!!! How do you remove your blazer top !!!!!!! Couple of buddies and some beer or do you have some type of pullley system?????tia __________________ GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..

05-22-2003, 08:49 PM	#2
JimKshortstep4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Muskegon,MI,USA Posts: 6,026	We try to have (4) guys to remove and install it. The height and the weight adds to the difficulty but (4) guys can take it off or set it on without damaging anything. My son's Blazer top is a double wall top so we have been leaving it off lately. JIm

05-23-2003, 09:35 AM	#8
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,602	Yes it does and it sound's like a great way to do it.....Thank's __________________ GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..

05-23-2003, 10:31 AM	#9
JimKshortstep4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Muskegon,MI,USA Posts: 6,026	Junkyardjohn, Do you drink the beer before or after you take the top off or put it back on? Jim

05-23-2003, 02:06 PM	#10
Roberty Hot Damn - Here I Am!! Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Ringgold, Georgia Posts: 726	Here's a picture of my top off the Blazer that I just sold a couple of weeks back. Unbolt the top from your truck and get in the truck and put your back under the top and lift first the front and then the back while you slide the 2x4 under the top. The top is heavy (approx. 400 lbs. I'm guessing). You can see in this picture where I looped the rope back around the board after I lifted it up to the ceiling. I'd say a person could tie all four of the ropes to one rope and have it go to a boat winch and it could be a one person top removal system. If you have any questions about how I did it let me know. Robert Attached Images __________________ My vehicles: '90 Silverado Sport '71 Chevelle SS Convertible '70 C-10 - My Grandfather bought it new - original un-restored

05-23-2003, 02:33 PM	#11
junkyardjohn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SOMERSET KY. Posts: 6,427	JIM --- THE SEQUENCE OF THE STEPS, IS VERY VERY IMPORTANT, (1) CALL 4 BUDDIES OVER FOR A COLD BEER (2) UNBOLT TOP (3) AFTER BUDDIES SHOW UP --- SHOW THEM THE BEER (LIKE BAIT) BEING CAREFUL NOT TO LET ANY OF THEM OPEN ANY CANS. (4) GET THEM TO LIFT OFF THE TOP & STORE IN A SAFE, OUT OF THE WAY PLACE, WHILE YOU SUPERVISE THE PROJECT. (5) ENJOY REFRESHMENTS, & AFTER #15 START TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE MAKING A BEER RUN. JOHN __________________ junkyardjohn 69 1 TON TOW TRUCK // 84 4WD CUCV BLAZER// 85 1 TON 4WD STAKE TRUCK// 86 M1031 5/4 TON 4WD CUCV// ALOT OF OLD TRUCKS FOR ONE OLD MAN TO DRIVE. THERES ROOM FOR ALL OF GODS CREATURES RIGHT NEXT TO MY MASHED POTATOES// LIFE MEMBER OF P.E.T.A (PEOPLE EATING TASTY ANIMALS) DON'T RENT U-HAUL ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH IT WILL AMAZE PART OF THE PEOPLE & ASTONISH THE REST

05-23-2003, 03:24 PM	#12
NuBomb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canton, Georgia, USA Posts: 1,119	I took the top off by myself one time and it was no fun. I had a stack of lumber that just happened to be the same height as the blazer. I lifted it up with my back and walked it back to sit on the lumber. Robert I like your system, but I had to turn the garage into a hair salon. I think 2wd blazer has a good plan that I will have to switch to when the lumber is gone. You could set up some bottle jacks on each post and just have to lift the top off long enough to get the 2x4 under. Just trying to make it more complicated probably. __________________ Jeremy (NUBOMB) 72K5 CST 350/350/205 1951 Chevy 1/2 ton North Georgia Group "... And the first rule to being a man is you gotta spend your life doing crap you don't wanna do." Red Forman.

05-23-2003, 05:51 PM	#13
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,602	Junk yard john I like you idea!!!!!!!! I usallly bait'em with a few beer's then remove top.....Double wall so it's hella heavey!!!!!Do all blazer tops have the light's as pictured in the photo????? Mine has been carpeted ever since I got it . __________________ GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..

05-23-2003, 09:01 PM	#14
NuBomb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canton, Georgia, USA Posts: 1,119	My top has those lights, but it is a single wall top. I believe the one in the picture is also. I bet the double wall is a heavy thing. __________________ Jeremy (NUBOMB) 72K5 CST 350/350/205 1951 Chevy 1/2 ton North Georgia Group "... And the first rule to being a man is you gotta spend your life doing crap you don't wanna do." Red Forman.

05-23-2003, 09:05 PM	#15
Roberty Hot Damn - Here I Am!! Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Ringgold, Georgia Posts: 726	Yep - Single walled top and it was still heavy as hell. I'm not sure about the double walled tops - Never seen anything except a single walled variety. Robert __________________ My vehicles: '90 Silverado Sport '71 Chevelle SS Convertible '70 C-10 - My Grandfather bought it new - original un-restored



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05-23-2003, 10:11 PM	#16
mkmiller1 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Magnolia, Arkansas Posts: 1,091	I use the exact same method as 2wdblazer. The only word of caution I can offer when building this is to make sure the top of the 4x4 posts will clear the rear seat. If not, when you start to pull out from under the top your rear seat will catch the front 2x4's and yes, I'm speaking from experience. Matthew Also, I've lifted both single and double walled tops and they are both VERY heavy. __________________ GOD is good...All the time! '71 swb custom10 barn find-68K original miles 72 K5 CST rust bucket, but runs and drives 84K miles

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