*THE RTT Owners Thread (With BS)*

Honestly I don't think you will lose that much MPG mounting RTT to the truck vs. towing a trailer...I have mine mounted via bed bars and hardly see MPG loss. I just think towing a trailer constantly you would have a higher chance of seeing MPG loss.

 

the bestop bed bars would put it up above the cab catching all the wind though. be about the same as mounting on the roof I guess.

 

You could also get a roof rack with a wind fairing to deflect some of it, like the prinsu or something

 

I was worried about wind so I have mine mounted low. I don't notice any loss in mpg, and unless there's a super strong cross wind I don't even realize it's back there.


(Sorry, bad picture. Only one I had on hand)

 

Just want to shout out to @Cascadia Tents, I hit a decent sized branch with my tent ladder last night while driving and the cover and ladder are in good shape! Lucky me. I have bad luck with trees.

 

I didn't really see any loss in mpg's when I put the tent on. I actually saw a more dramatic loss from putting a roof rack on.

 

Since im the first bestop over rack that eddy has built back in 2014, i feel obligated to comment

The build quality/welds are very good so no worries there.

As far as MPG, i dont think you'll lose that much.. bear in mind im armored front/rear with 33's and i still can manage 16mpg around back roads/towns..

When i hit the highway i have a lead foot and i still can pull 13mpg if i try.

 

I don't see how it's possible to damage anything at west hahaha

 

You know where the "gun range" out off the road is? Where the fence is down? There is a tree above it that is apparently 8' off the ground. I am 8'1" lol

 

hey guess not sure if this has been mentioned but I saw a lot of guys still using the rectangular shaped brackets that come with our rtt on their bed bars. @dcsbtaco and I didn't like that idea so we bought the exhaust clamps to go there. We are not the first people to do this but I can remember who did it and if some of you guys knew about this cheap and good looking mod?

 

pics

 

you can kinda see, Im at work so I cant get a good pic for a little while but yeah

 

No idea where that is. Looks like everywhere is a gun range there lol. Did you rip your CB antenna off ??

 

How long have you had your tent mounted like that? Is the corner with the lock solidly mounted to the bar? If not, it seems pretty risky to really only have 3 solid attachment points.

 

Lol no. My antenna is on a spring. It bent fine. Its the place that is super trashed where we keep trying to do a clean up.

 

Thanks for the info.
yeah, I've got Eddy's bolt on sliders on my truck...quality work! besides an aftermarket front skid, its all the armor I have.
Mostly I would be running down the beach..75 mph limit so I usually run about 80...

 

Itll probably be like a kite on the back... I haven't got my tent yet but I can't see myself going 80 with a RTT on the back... My bed rack is 19 inches from the bed rail to the top of the cross bar so another 15.5 inches off that is where the tent will sit....

Plus my truck doesn't like to go over 70 with the 2.7...

 

i run 80+ often when im driving home but ive got the 4.0 so that's prob a factor