*THE RTT Owners Thread (With BS)*

San Elijo?

 

One from this weekend

 

@Cascadia Tents I put on a new cover this weekend, and when I was closing the tent up the center aluminum support came out of the lug (screw had apparently fallen out), dropped into the hinge area and bent badly.

Anyone have a good fix? I used Gorilla Tape and some 3" nails to splint it, might hold up for a few trips. Mine has the 3/4" tubes, so I'm thinking I might be able to use a section of PVC pipe around where it broke.

I have a message into Bobby for a replacement, but until that happens, looking for any decent fixes if anyone has run into something similar.

 

First trip with the new bed rack. Much better having the tent higher and out of the way. Makes getting stuff out of the bed of the truck a lot easier.


_DSC0008 by Brent Prater, on Flickr
_DSC0010 by Brent Prater, on Flickr
_DSC0009 by Brent Prater, on Flickr
_DSC0037 by Brent Prater, on Flickr

 

Close. South Carlsbad State Beach.

 

Never seen someone put rocks under their tires to make their truck lean even more unleveled. Learn something new everyday

 

I think your level is broken that you are using... I might buy a new level if i were you or just park your truck on the ground without putting boulders under it.

 

Y'all gotta know somebody wanting a good RTT...

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/for-sale-cvt-mt-shasta-extended-stargazer-summit-series.605238/

 

More unlevel? Without the rocks the tent was sloped towards the passenger side front. With the rocks the tent was level side-to-side and 1 degree higher where we lay our heads than the ladder side. Pretty ideal to me.

 

might be the angle of your picture then. it looks like driver side is considerably lower

 

It must be the picture... it looks to be to be a foot different in slope.

 

Went to NH and Maine this weekend for some camping and wheeling

NAC WWT 2019 by Andrew Hyland, on Flickr


NAC WWT 2019 by Andrew Hyland, on Flickr

 

Mine was so I could keep the tent tucked partially below the roof line. After adding the prinsu, it is almost level except the ladder part. I also needed to fit my bike underneath so I couldn't go any lower.

 

Who is the CVT guy in here? I need to ask some questions about my tent...

Thanks in advance.

 

Ah yes. Love it down there.

 

@Cascadia Tents

 

Thought there was a rep who chimed in here often, but for the life of me I cannot remember his name.

 

Inaugural RTT Trailer Run was this past weekend going to the Lone Star Toyota Jamboree. It pulled really well down the highway and the width is perfect as I am able to see the tires out of the side mirrors without any issues.

Took me a little bit to figure out the tarp/awning situation, but it worked really well keeping the weather at bay since it decided to rain a ton the entire time I was there so it kept everything nice and dry underneath!

I do think that I am going to go ahead and turn the tent and have it open onto the deck of the trailer, even though I will have to duck down to get onto the ladder and into the tent, this will allow me to have a smaller footprint at smaller campsites and give me a small deck to come down onto when the weather is bad and I don't want to deploy an awning. I should be able to just use the tent itself as shelter to sit under if I want to if it is raining since it is 4ft from the deck to the bottom of the tent. Plus will allow me to just run the guidelines to the trailer instead of onto the ground as I kept wanting to trip over them while at camp and dark

I will be looking to get an actual awning though to mount on the drivers side, I would honestly love a foxwing style that would go from the drivers side around the back to cover the back of the trailer as well, but not sure if I want to spend that money for one...

Other than that, I am going to look at getting some simple 12V lights that I can hardmount onto the rack and power them with a USB battery pack that I can place in the toolbox and have them on a switch of some sort, as well as move the PVC flag pole mount to the tongue of the trailer, and will also be looking to build some side tables of some sort so that I can have a better surface too cook on or place stuff while at camp instead of on top of the yellowtop boxes and cooler.