I like creative ways to remove & store the hard top. Mine is removed using a Harbor Freight engine hoist and some straps. I strap it up, lift it, then roll it back and set it down on a cart I built. Then roll that under an overhang for storage for the summer. It takes more time putting on the soft top than taking off the hard top. It's a ritual I go through every spring & fall, but I just plan for it, and it's sort of relaxing. Plus I like the change in tops twice a year.
Do you have a pic of how you do that?? I have an engine hoist, but I cannot picture how to use it for the top... I was going to see it anyone made a gantry of sorts to lift it off. I see all kind of rigs for lifting it off in a garage, but really nothing outside. Since the weather has been so unseasonably nice here, I've been shopping for a soft top for Lucy... LOL Pretty much decided on the Sprint top, as I dig the flip back on the front cabin.