Hardshell RTT Directly to Roof

[2barevo]

I too would be interested in purchasing a set of brackets of you plan to make some for others.

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[Sundy]

I would think that doing all that for 1 tent is going to be different if you have some buddies get together and order 10. Customs, brokers, taxes etc, would be rolled together and only dealt with once right?

Sounds like an unofficial/group buy for people all in a relatively close area needs to be looked into lol

 

[Sundy]

Here's a picture of one of the brackets in CAD and another close up on the truck. They are fairly simple, but interestingly, the roof rack mounting locations on the truck are not parallel. They actually taper towards the rear. Also, they aren't flat, they are angled outwards 6-7deg. So it took a bit of precise measurement and couple mock-ups.

The brackets were cut on my CNC plasma table and TIG welded.

If anyone has one of these tents, I would entertain the idea of selling them... something else do other than drink beer in these crazy times!

PM me if you're interested. I will want to verify some measurements on your tent and the first 'customer' will have to be a bit of a guinnea pig to make sure my tent is in-fact exactly the same as the Roofnest and Falcons.

These brackets turned out AWESOME! I like the idea, but highly dislike the profile you get once you add an aftermarket rack or LFD bars, plus the tent height - you setup is super streamlined!

I'm not sure if you're looking for a little side hustle, but making these and selling, or teaming with someone to fab, and I'm sure you'd have quite the order list!

 

[MooseT4R]

Your skills are yet another check mark on my list of how lame I am at basically everything. Awesome.

 

[Jono.ful]

I've been down the alibaba RTT rabbit hole before.

Unless the OP managed to get confirmation from CVT or Tempui or any of the others, they are not the same quality as the name brand tents. Some of the same generic components like extrusions and what not which are common to most of the made in China tents (OP probably came across the name "Sunday Camper" I'm guessing), but having seen alibaba tents side by side with several different branded tents, I can say with absolute certainty that they are not the same.

Alibaba tents typically use rivets rather than welded aluminum bases, use thinner poles, thinner canvas which may not have the same waterproofing, and will not come with some of the niceties that the name brands have.

If all you're looking for is a cheap price and/or occasional weekend use, I'm sure a $600 rtt will do the job just fine. Increasingly hard shell rtts are made in the US (ie. Go Fast, Roofnest etc), and the prices around $3500ish reflect that reality.

Not trying to on the great work the op did, but this tent is not an equivalent to others on the domestic market.

 

[mteolus]

Terrapod's new hardshell RTT mounts directly to the 4Runner and no antennae delete but I haven't seen how it is done. If you are going to sell it, you better get a patent.

 

[nickeltitanium]

Are you selling these mounts? I'm not sure how I can PM.

 

[sn_85]

Terrapod's new hardshell RTT mounts directly to the 4Runner and no antennae delete but I haven't seen how it is done. If you are going to sell it, you better get a patent.

The Terrapod is not a direct mount tent. It mounts using the Rhino Rack backbone and 80/20 extrusion crossbars. It doesn't need an antenna delete because the RR backbone clears the shark fin.

 

[Krupky]

those brackets are rad!

i'm super interested in the brackets as well! i did the antenna delete from GFC. couldn't believe how unimpressive the part was for $60!