Try opening the sliding door before you pop the roof top. I find opening the door relieves the air vacuum that is formed when opening the pop-top. Paul Borghese
>Listees, > >Three weeks ago, I fell and broke my left shoulder in a couple of places. >(While feeding puppies - - it shows you, no good deed goes unpunished.) >With dog show camping weekends coming up, I am seriously considering >selling my wonderful Westy to get an RV, if I can't figure out how to >overcome the one-armed problems. My shoulder is doing fine, but I >probably won't have full extension and use of it for things like lifting >up the poptop roof, for 6 months to a year or more. (I can drive it ok, w >automatic tranny and ps.) > >Do any of you know of any creative solutions that would help me: > >1. raise the poptop one-handed? I was a weakling to begin with- -it was >hard with two. > >2. hook up and unhook the little 3 by 4 enclosed travel trailer that I >tow? That was also hard for me to move around with two hands . > >3. load and unload the Westy easily? With the dogs and their gear, it is >a lot of stuff to load for the road, move when we arrive, reload for >home and then unload at home. > >Also, I will now be traveling with 4 Lhasa dogs not two, so it is more >stuff. An RV looks a whole lot easier to handle. > >I'd appreciate any suggestions from the list. Have any of you survived >one-armed camping in a Westy alone? (I could try renting friends or >friends' kids, but that's even more stuff.) > >Also, I don't want to permanently modify the Westy, either. > >TIA for your thoughts. > >Maureen > >Maureen Stretch >Natick, Mass. >91 Vanagon GL Westy "Johann" |
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