Product Description

Bestop HOSS Hardtop Organized Storage System is designed to protect, store and organize the hardtops, doors and accessories, all in one place. Great for off-season storage of hard top, or full steel hard doors during the summer. 1-year Limited Warranty.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #43294 in Automotive
• Color: Black
• Brand: Bestop
• Model: 42801-01
• Dimensions: 6.00" h x 35.00" w x 47.00" l, 64.03 pounds

Features

• Includes Hardtop Storage Cart and Door Storage Cart for 1-pc. or 2-pc. Hardtops
• Quickly attaches to the back of the hardtop while on the vehicle for easy ad convenient removal
• Unique support bar on the HOSS Hardtop Cart keeps rear window from opening during removal
• Features foam padding on supports to help prevent scratches on the top, plus heavy duty casters
• HOSS Door Cart accommodates full steel doors, half steel doors, soft upper doors, upper door sliders or Bestop two-piece doors

Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
It's almost where it needs to be...
By Jeff Kraus
This cart isn't perfect. But it's "good enough" if you need a way to store your hardtop and doors. Especially if you have a garage like mine where there's no room for a hoist because of the garage door.

I bought this cart after experiencing firsthand how frustrating the hardtop removal process can be, and I had hoped that the fact that it mounts to the top while it's still on the Jeep would make my life a little easier. The idea of having "handles" for the hardtop was one of the main reasons for purchasing.

Putting the cart together was a breeze, for the most part. I ended up installing the clips that go under the edge of the hardtop in the wrong order because the manual didn't specify and the drawings were completely ambiguous. But they were easy to fix once I realized they wouldn't work.

So when your hardtop is on the Jeep, you first remove the Freedom Top panels (if so equipped). Then you are supposed to clip one end of this nylon stra p to the frontmost portion of the top. The strap goes to the back of the hardtop and is supposed to loop around the frame of the cart to hold it in place. There's a plastic length-adjustment buckle that you feed the tail end of the strap through and bring it back to you. You're supposed to tighten the nylon strap until the cart hangs snugly on the top with the clips underneath. From here, you should be able to use the cart as a handle to lift the top off (with help) and set it down on the wheels.

Well, it didn't work out that way for me. As I tightened the nylon strap, the little plastic adjustment buckle snapped and the cart crashed down on my tailgate, scratching it in several places and putting a small gouge in my hardtop and sending me into quite a rage. It's a BRAND NEW Jeep, after all. It hadn't even been off road yet by then.

After I calmed down, I finished the process, and it was thankfully uneventful.

The cart rolls around nicely and I LOVE how much space it saves by storing the top upright. I keep the Freedom Top panels in their bag and keep the bag on the door portion of the cart. That's a separate cart with its own wheels that slides inside the top without touching it. It's great because you can put those panels and/or a couple of doors on it, and the whole package with the hardtop takes up exactly as much space as the hardtop alone. You can see it in the product photo.

Anyway, you might expect a bad review because of what happened to me, but that's not the case. Consider it a cautionary tale -- take extra care when tightening the nylon strap. All of my suffering would have been avoided if only I had been more careful with it. Other than that, it was a good purchase. So bottom line: I docked a star for that plastic buckle. It should be metal, maybe rubber coated to keep it from scratching the top.