*THE RTT Owners Thread (With BS)*

well fuck me! that's certainly one way to do it!

 

Anyone sorted a way to mount a 270 awning their prinsu and not have to offset the rtt?

 

Would think only a 180 can mount on a roof rack since a 270 needs to wrap around the back.

 

This is what I came up with to mount my 270 awning to my mid height rack. it is a work in progress, But since these pictures where taken I added a corner gusset to the brackets to help support the weight.





Awning clears the door.



Sticks a bit far out since I was trying to see how much room I needed to work the cover on an off.




I am going to slide the brackets under the tent rail and Add some spacers on the passengers side to keep the tent level.

 

Anyone have 2 tents on their truck?

Trying to avoid buying a trailer and wife doesn’t like ground tenting. Second tent for the kids and will go on cab roof rack so weight isn’t an issue.

 

I saw this in Switzerland haha. I'm sure it's possible with a Tacoma.
Your truck will be close to it's weight limit I bet with 2 tents, a family, and all the gear.

 

What's up community, itching to go camping in February, ya'll got any recommendations? Thanks. Located in California.

 

Maine is nice in February.

 

as is colorado

 

How far are you trying to go and how cold can you put up with lol

Desert camping is always nice, joshua tree has some nice dispersed spots outside of the park. Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear are also not too bad if you can do cold camping. Otherwise if you don't wanna deal with snow you'll probably want to stick to the desert. Santa Barbara has some really nice spots as well

 

Mid November in Central NH

 

Mid December in NW Maine

 

Hi all!

I have a Tepui Kukeman 4 and I HATE the aluminum channel slider it uses to attach to the racks. Has anyone made or knows of a more durable option?
I feel like every time I take the tent off, the bolt head strips the aluminium. For reference this is what I am referring to




Thanks @honda50r for the photos

 

replace the aluminum bars with unistrut (superstrut) perhaps?

 

Those look just like the smittybilt ones I have from my tent. May be able to source some replacements through another company if they are the same size and cheaper. Mine on my smittybilt havent had issues slipping like that.

 

You are probably over tightening them... cvt says snug.. if you over tighten they will groove like that and when removing it slips back making you believe it's when re.oving the bolt when in reality it's caused from over tightening.. ( ask me how I know).. I keep 10 extra on hand just in case I take my tent off every season and since I haven't over tightened I haven't had this issue.. snug is all you need.. 4 feet aren't going to allow it to move

 

They look just like the ones I had for my TuffStuff tent as well, I think they're pretty popular/universal. Only had that issue once when I started tightening it down when it wasn't slotted in correctly. ended up needing to take a rubber hammer to it to pop it out so that I could properly slot it in the channel.

 

Seems like the consensus is to get replacement ones and maybe go softer on the ugga duggas…
Thanks all!