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    rooftop tent mounting

    I do a lot of camping with my truck and have been looking into those tents that mount to the rooftop. however it says they mount to rooftop racks which my trucks neither has nor do i wish to pay out the ass for one. does anyone have any experiance with how these mount to the roof? In other words is it a flexible mounting system to where i can spend $50 on pipe to build a mounting system for the tent

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    why not mount it to your bed rails?

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    i had thought about that but again i cant find a description better than the "mounts to your vehicle in minutes!" crap

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    Quote Originally Posted by bcolman View Post
    why not mount it to your bed rails?
    Yes...
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    Tell Chris to get it up and I will do it.
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    Paging Chris/FJ.
    Quote Originally Posted by Fredo View Post
    Ask your dad what it tastes like.
    Quote Originally Posted by Tyler View Post
    Tell Chris to get it up and I will do it.
    My bitch better have my money...
    Through rain, sleet, or snow...
    My whore better have my money...
    Not half, not some, but all my cash...
    'Cause if she don't,
    I'm gonna put my foot in her ass.

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    yakima/thule racks only have like a 150# weight limit. Flip pacs are sweet if you want something semi-permanent. Or you could get a big air mattres and set your tent up on the ground
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    damnit... if everyone is leaving i want my original 15 back... i dont wanna be left with these tools

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    Step into my office...

    For ease of use, go get a Yakima system that will mount to your roof. In fact I have two sets of bars that will work that you can have. I personally would recommend mounting it to a camper over the back of your truck or on a rack system that is mounted to your bed rails. I have done and seen all of the above.

    Yakima mounts for bed rails on our old Tundra...


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    Quote Originally Posted by uglyota View Post
    yakima/thule racks only have like a 150# weight limit. Flip pacs are sweet if you want something semi-permanent. Or you could get a big air mattres and set your tent up on the ground
    That is their Dynamic Load rating, not their static. A typical RTT weighs in at anywhere between 70 to 120 lbs. The Static load rating is about 8 times that of the Dynamic load. Trust me between my wife and I and all our gear and two dogs in a Roof Top Tent we push the weight limit...


    Now if only I could find that pic of the Tundra with the Roof Top Tent on the back...

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    the reason i wanted something like this is mainly because we get to wherever we're going late at night if not early morning and after driving for a long time im not in the best of moods to set up a tent at 1am with stakes and all i just wanna go to sleep. Hence this sort of tent becuase its supposed to like just unfold or something

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    i bet you can build one that will mount to your bed rails easy and cheap

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    Ta Daaaa1!!!!111!!!





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    yea something like that would be nice..and save me drilling holes and whatnot into the cab roof

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    chris didn't you have more than 2 bars on your rack?
    f150 they make tents that set up easily and don't require stakes. They just cost more than $100
    Quote Originally Posted by Shaggy View Post
    damnit... if everyone is leaving i want my original 15 back... i dont wanna be left with these tools

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    Quote Originally Posted by F1504x4 View Post
    the reason i wanted something like this is mainly because we get to wherever we're going late at night if not early morning and after driving for a long time im not in the best of moods to set up a tent at 1am with stakes and all i just wanna go to sleep. Hence this sort of tent becuase its supposed to like just unfold or something
    Roof Top Tents aren't cheap bud. If you are looking for ease they are the way to go. If your wife insists on not sleeping on the ground, and you have no other choice they are also the way to go.

    Quote Originally Posted by bcolman View Post
    i bet you can build one that will mount to your bed rails easy and cheap
    Si, I would concur with this. After going through Yakima and Thule and figuring out which one would work if I had to do it all over again, I would just weld some Tubing to some L Brackets and bolt them to the bed rails.

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    Quote Originally Posted by uglyota View Post
    chris didn't you have more than 2 bars on your rack?
    f150 they make tents that set up easily and don't require stakes. They just cost more than $100
    Actually no, but now that I had him make the rack on the Trailer to have three support bars, I wouldn't go back to only two. I think the load should be distributed out across three bars.

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