Hiace Poptop

dunno if youve never used a pop top or maybbe you work out a fair bit

but at least with the pop top i had it involved standing in the centre of the top and grabbing 2 handles and pushing up until the springs could take over and lift it

now visit your local gym and grab a barbel with maybe 10kg on it (guessing this might approximate the weight the weight of the existing poptop) and lift it above your head.......

now put "only" another 15kg onto the bar and repeat

Yes thats what I did. Put a roof rack on to the roof of the hiace and then bolted a 65w solar panel to it . We already had both these items and it seemed a pity not to use them (involved drilling holes in the side of th roof which was a bit of a worry) Works like a charm but does make the roof a bit heavy. Thought of putting fishing rods etc up there as well but wondered if I am that strong!!

arr sorry checked out your profile pic
your set up is slightly different to what I had - The pop top area didnt extend over the roof like yours hence the suggestion

Dont think there is any thing catching but will check. Might just try a bit of WD40!