Hey all, I was originally looking at off road trailers but due to the gas mileage drop and cost would like to just go with modifying the 4 runner. I have a2017 trd off road. I see that AutoHome makes a smaller roof top tent called the Overcamp that would basically only take up half the rack. I would then be able to put a kayak on the other side. Does anyone have any experience with this tent? I am 6 foot 2 inches tall and want to make sure my wife and I fit. Also, what roof rack (non drill) would be best? I like the baja and the southern style but want to see what is best to mount this combo to. Will the roof be able to support? Thanks in advance for responses!
RTT + kayaks=what tent and what rack?
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MossJenks
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Being too cheap and practical I'd suggest a plain old ground tent and a pair of these mounted to the factory rack:
https://www.rei.com/product/117530/yakima-jayhook-kayak-rack
This has been discussed before - a tent and two kayaks is an awful lot of stuff for a roof that's only 4' wide. Yeah, you can hang over some but not a ton. Even a tiny whitewater kayak is over a foot thick, so even if you totally sandwich them together you only have 2 feet and some change leftover for a tent. There's been some discussion of putting kayaks on top of a tent but then you're getting pretty tall and hard to load. I do understand that some people want to sleep on the roof really badly though.
https://www.rei.com/product/117530/yakima-jayhook-kayak-rack
This has been discussed before - a tent and two kayaks is an awful lot of stuff for a roof that's only 4' wide. Yeah, you can hang over some but not a ton. Even a tiny whitewater kayak is over a foot thick, so even if you totally sandwich them together you only have 2 feet and some change leftover for a tent. There's been some discussion of putting kayaks on top of a tent but then you're getting pretty tall and hard to load. I do understand that some people want to sleep on the roof really badly though.
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