Tent in Roof not in bed? It's possible?

Hello,

I lease a Tacoma TRD 2019 and just purchased a Tepui RTT and have a dirt bike.

Thinking if it's possible to install the RTT in the roof vs the bed? This way I could still use the bed of the truck for my bike instead of using a hitch carrier or trailer.

Other option would be to have a tall enough rack ladder where I can put the dirt bike underneath but I believe that it's fairly complex as the ladder will need to be over 30inc taller and inserting the bike while the tent is there would be challenging.

I have seen some roof racks but the max weight supported claimed it's 200lbs which is much lower than the weight of the RTT + people sleep on it, but I also saw very few pictures with RTT on roofs while most are in the bed.

I would truly appreciate your thoughts around it.

Thank you!

 

IIRC either a topper, or a bed mounted frame work are required.

 

Trailer?

 

Yes it is possible. Check the dynamic vs static roof loads. The 200lbs limit might be the dynamic load. This isn't my truck but a friend sent me the photo of it.

 

A few guys put them on the cab at first then realize it sucks gas and is loud, and not the best place for it weight wise.