wvtradbow
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I just found this on my search for a "better" lift system for my old Grandby http://mobilerik.com/927/camper-pop-up-lift-mechanism/ Thought it looked promising
X2 on Heco. I love mine. I use a longer handle made from a sailboat winch handle. I pick up the roof and 2 canoes each of which is around 70lbs or 3 65 lb kayaks all the time. Heco advised me it was not wise to do this. I ignored their advice. So far no problems. Probably raised and lowered it 60 times or more with those loads. I did look at a camper once with the lifting system linked in the first post. I immediately realized it was a bad design if you wanted to carry something on the roof.