Date:         Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:55:35 -0800
Reply-To:     Keith Ovregaard <kovregaard@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Keith Ovregaard <kovregaard@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Poptop Raise Assists
Comments: To: hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM
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Hey Joy

I've been thinking about putting some assist struts on my poptop for
some time now, so I am glad you brought it up. Kim Brennan and I
emailed back and forth about a year ago and he seemed happy with the
struts mounted to the poptop brackets.  I think they were 250lb.
struts. Kim, do you have a part number? Did you get the struts from
McMasters?

Keith O


On Mar 4, 2008, at 4:01 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Tue, 4 Mar 2008 06:57:48 -0500
> From:    Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Poptop Raise Assists
>
> Yup, I know I'm replying to an email from more than a year ago!  But
> I'm
> back to carrying a kayak, and thus back to being unable to lift my
> poptop.
> Very inconvenient.  So I'm looking at struts.
>
> Kim, why did you install them inside instead of outside?  Is that
> cosmetic
> or functional?  And I can't tell from your photos where exactly they
> are
> mounted at the lower end.  Are they attached to a metal plate that
> is part
> of the poptop hinge?
>
> If anyone else has tried this, I'd be interested in your experience
> as well.
>
>
>
> Joy