HMMWV 2 Man M998 cargo cover question. Anyone ever do a chop top on the cargo?

[MaverickH1]

I've been considering this route as well. I always hated the look of the raised cargo covers, as well as the sail they make when in transit. But I've considered doing a chop job.

Now that I made a huge score of Humvee parts and it includes all of the cargo cover equipment... I might have to look into this in the future. The dogs might really love having that shade in the summer time.

Some great ideas in here!

 

[Jakob1944]

You could roll up the sides like we did in the nam......but you could only haul little people

 

[TNriverjet]

I found a tan HMMWV cargo cover in the bed of my LMTV when purchased. I'll let it go cheap if someone needs one for experimentation.

 

[Rekdiver1]

I did this a year ago, cut the troop bows down, then went to CAL RANCH and bought their OD green Canvas tarp. affixed it to the bows and this is what I ended up with. If I were to do it again I would get a shop to put velcro along the area where it could attach to the 2 man top. Also be aware that the rear cargo cover does not zip up and close if using the bows as a support. it is about 2 inches too wide. I liked the look. in other words if you try and use the rear cargo cover of the 4man later and use just 2 bows it is too wide between the bows for the factory 4 man cargo cover to work. if you keep the troop seats in and then add this cover and get it to velcro to the top and create that seal vs having a gap that is the way to go. Tarp was only $50 or so.

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I was curious what length you cut the cover tubes down to? Im thinking around 23” from the top arch to the bottom of each leg. Thanks for any insight!

 

[SmartDrug]

7 year old thread

 

[DREDnot]

 

[Rekdiver1]

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What is the length of the bow closest to the cab? I’m wanting that height all the way back.

 

[DREDnot]

I just held it flush with the top of the cab and scribed and cut to the line. Did all the bow cutting free hand eyeball because all the bows i used were bent ones. because of their compound shape and easily bent tubing you got to hand fit each one

 

[Rekdiver1]

I just held it flush with the top of the cab and scribed and cut to the line. Did all the bow cutting free hand eyeball because all the bows i used were bent ones. because of their compound shape and easily bent tubing you got to hand fit each one

Thank you for your reply! I’ll post pics once it’s done.