What I did about my truck cap....
 

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:D)

here are the pics finally

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...0418091655.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...0423091740.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...423091740a.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...0423091929.jpg

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 :D