When I bought my F150 it came with a bed cap, and I hate the look of them so I took it off the day I got the truck but want to keep it for long trips or other times when I may need to keep my cargo dry....

since Im limited on garage space and live in a neighborhood with a HOA (no sheds, no cap in yard) I decided to hang it from my garage ceiling (I have a pretty tall garage)

What I did was buy a hand-crank winch with automatic brake from Harbor-Freight and mount it to a rafter in the attic above the garage then cut a hole in the drywall so the cable could come down. I then strapped the cap to the winch and it is now lifted up and out of the way.

It is directly above the bed so installation/removal of the cap is easy...

Pictures to come soon!

 

I had a neighbor that did something similar for his IH scout cap in his garage.

He did admit that it was a bit hairy the first few times of lifting the cap off only b/c the feet that gripped the cap had very little surface area to hold on to. Other than that he thought it was the best thing since sliced bread...

 

thats a really good idea! I wish i had a taller garage now!!

 

I covered mine with one of those blue tarps when i pulled it up last fall,to keep dust off, big mistake, the fiberglass developed bubbles like tiny blisters. Maybe should have used a sheet

 

Do you think it was purely chemical, or does your garage happen to get fairly hot? If it was pulled up near an asphalt shingle roof, I could see the radiant heat cooking it pretty good if it was close enough.

 

havent had that hot of temps, I think the tarp and moisture had something to do with it
anyway, it must be a good idea to let fiberglass breath

 

the bubbling sounds like a moisture thing

I'll try to get pics up soon (I have a bunch of other pics I want to get up as well)

 

here are the pics finally

 

Nice job! That area above the garage door tracks isn't usually very usable but that is perfect.

I've read about a few folks in the Early Bronco crowd that do this move.

 

Nice setup! Thats nice that you have that extra space above the door, i wish i had that kind of room!

 

its great! making use of empty space plus its easy to get it on and off the truck. Plus now I have a garage winch