RTT cnversion

If that first pic is your vehicle and RTT, how far will it overhang the rear of the tub by the time you drop it behind the cab of your vehicle?....currently it overhangs your roof of your vehicle and looks to overhang the tub at the rear already a touch. The tub already has a decent overhang behind the rear wheels, canterlevering the RTT even further isn't a great idea IMO.

Keep in mind a fold-out RTT can take significantly longer to take down. If you regularly move places daily (using the RTT only for sleeping, then packing up and moving on) I'd reconsider the swap and look at other options.

If you mount the RTT lower, how are you going to get a tinnie on top and still fold out the RTT? Use a pivoting rack for the tinnie?

Cheers,

Mark

I have a fold out that is just above roof height, top of the tent cover is level with the roof racks. It wasn't exactly planned like that, but now I can fit on 2 sea kayaks and they sit on the racks and get a bit of support from the tent cover and sit either side of the stowed ladder.

The slowest bit of packing it up is getting the cover on and that is generally down to the tent being a high on a wagon roof.

If you are dropping it down to roof level, then the zipper will be at around eye height and it will be so much easier to stuff the canvas in and zip the cover on.
You don't want to drop it too low down as the big door flap on the non folding 1/2 will be propped open with steel springs and if it is too low, then getting the springs in will be hard and they may hit on the car roof and not pull the fly tight.

I can pack my tent up in about 10 minutes. If you take the time to fold the sleeping bags in 1/2, flatten them out and hook up the bungy cords inside in slow time when you wake up, then it can save more than a few minutes in the pack up time.

If setting up for boating, then look at getting some small stainless steel saddles to rivet onto the 4 corners of the under side of the folded out floor bit. Then you loop some bungy cord around the perimeter, maybe crossing it in the middle.
Pull it tightish and it gives you a convenient place to hang towels, clothes, socks and shoes that is sort of under cover so they can dry.

would those black pipes be weld-able? if i chopp it in half? i assume their some kind of heavy steel...its thick and heavy.

but im probly gonna cut it in half tomorrow and take it to a welder