Ultra Light Weight Roof Tent Set Up

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Ultra Light Weight Roof Tent Set Up

Post by brummiedeano » Sun Oct 06, 2013 2:24 pm

The guys @ Peterborough had an early look at this but I've made a few enhancements since then and now I'm happy with it. I've always liked the idea of roof tents but don't like having a lot of weight and bulk up on the roof so opted for another solution for overland trips :

Take one Smart Tent :
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Remove the legs :
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Build some mounts to fix the remaining tent structure on my roof rack :
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Build 2 other roof rack mounts to attach the straps at the front and rear of the tent :
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Mounts attached to my roof rack :
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Tent attached to the mounts on the roof :
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Tent up on the stand @ Peterborough :
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Straps at the front and rear of the tent attached to the other mount points :
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Re: Ultra Light Weight Roof Tent Set Up

Post by Jason » Sun Oct 06, 2013 2:35 pm

That's a ideal solution for the single person, or up n personal with the fellow occupant :whistle: . Seems a lot of hardware going on the rack Dean, which I know can handle it but I'm thinking more of the resistance and noise.

Ingenious idea on the mounting build though.


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Post by Blacknsilver3 » Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:05 pm

Looks good mate! Bet its a bit tricky getting in it after a few Shandy's!


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Re: Ultra Light Weight Roof Tent Set Up

Post by Stu » Sun Oct 06, 2013 10:24 pm

Nobody got to see Deano get in or out of it. I think he was staying in the hotel over the road!


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Re: Ultra Light Weight Roof Tent Set Up

Post by anglefire » Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:07 am

The tent looks very much like the one Wazza brought to the Pyrenees - he didn't use it either and slept in the car. Shame really as we were looking forward to see how he would get into it.


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