*THE RTT Owners Thread (With BS)*

If you talk to gofsr he will work with you on good pricing for a great tent

 

I think REI has some sales going on for Tepui.

Or www.gofsr.com has $99 shipping for all of their tents

 

Sweet thanks guys, I will have to look into it!

 

Correct. It's the only campground I visit and I hate it... i was with work people and the lake that we fish once a year doesn't have dispersed camping near it. So fawk it

 

I just got off of a 12 hour night shift...what am I missing?

 

@cmack was RTT camping with a Ranger.. not a big miss, but still funny

 

Ahhh yes saw that but I didn't like the tent so I just passed right on by.

 

Aka my crawler

 

I think the slowest i did it timed was about a minute open and 5 closed?

It was closed by the time the other one had the window springs removed, and fastened down.

 

Sorry TW, It won't let me post this as a thread yet (newbie). So any information is great appreciated!

I'm looking into buying a Smittybilt Overlander 2783 Rtt.
After reading some of the posts about them on TW, I was just wondering if anyone knew of any insights on this product. Some folks have mentioned getting them on sale for around $600.
Anyone know of any deals, hookups, or promotions on this product before I pull the trigger?
Thats in advance!

 

I got mine through Amazon. $719, free shipping in November 2016. I had seen it lower, but felt this was a good compromise between cheaper, paying shipping, and waiting longer. Just had it out for 5 days on the beach at the Outer Banks. Worked like a charm, loved every minute of it.

 

I have the Smittybilt Overlander and have been using it pretty frequently for the past few months... I got mine for $800 shipped and have been fairly pleased with it so far. The straps that hold the tent town have started to fall apart (Velcro separating) and I contacted Smittybilt and they are sending a new tent to 4wheelparts where I bought it so I can exchange it. Not the best quality tent but at least it's from a large name brand like Smittybilt and they stand behind their products fairly well. Eventually I'll upgrade to a CVT or Tepui but this tent works great as a first RTT. I was going to buy one on Black Friday last year and could've gotten it for $650 shipped from 4wheelparts but didn't have the money at the time.

 

Has anyone found any other solutions to mounting a CVT to a prinsu without needing the patience to ratchet the nut up all of the bolts? Maybe shorter bolts would make it easier?

 

I have purchased shorter bolts for mine to mount on the RCI bedrack I have. It took literally forever to tighten them all down and I got tired of doing it so this made sense. Should work just fine. I would recommend getting strong stainless steel ones.

 

Standard nut with a lock washer

 

Grade 8 HW, lock washers, nylock nut, red locktite. shit aint moving unless the rack falls off

 

Think he's referring to ease of mounting, not making it more secure. With the roof rack you have a small space to work with and having to tighten a nylock up all the way sucks, even with the right tools. Thats why I ditch the nylock in place of a lock washer. Spins freely all the way up and you only have to tighten the last bit, and it holds just fine

 

Sounds like a great idea if I wasn't planning on removing the tent, but I don't like leaving the tent on while I'm not exploring since I can't fit in the garage with it on.

 

Just going to order 2 extra bars so I can leave the bars attached to the rtt and just undo the 2 side bolts.

 

I do the same for the cab rack, rotopax,treds,plano all come off with the bars. much easier just having to do the bolts on the side of the rack