Southern California Club Xterra
Southern California Club Xterra => SCCX General Discussion => Topic started by: PainRoller on December 07, 2017, 10:32:09 PM
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Hey fellow RTT-ers:
Anyone purchased these yet? If so, love or hate them? Thrilled you bought them or waste o'money? On your wish list?
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Seriously considering buying these, as mounting/unmounting the RTT is the biggest pain of ownership (IMO).
So I'm looking for feedback from anyone who has already added these to their rig. ;)
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Imo for that much money I will continue just unbolting it, or leave it on all the time cause i can't lift it all on my own.
Not sure how difficult yours is to remove compared to mine tho.
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With the uber-lowered rack.....yeah, it's a true pain :o
But the price is killing me! So trying to decide which is more painful. ::)
Has anyone in the RTT community used these yet?
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With the uber-lowered rack.....yeah, it's a true pain :o
But the price is killing me! So trying to decide which is more painful. ::)
Has anyone in the RTT community used these yet?
I haven't used this product specifically Barb...but, my Yakima Skyrise came equipped with a pretty cool set of "clamp" style attachment pieces that make removal pretty simple.
I cracked one and had to purchase a new one direct from Yakima, for $15.00. Much less than the FrontRunner pieces @ $75 each.
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The yakima mounts wouldn't work with the other tents unless you changed the rails to match the yakima tent. I don't know if the yakima mounts would work for Mike n Barb's front runner rack either.
Watched the FR video and those are pretty cool quick release but man, $300
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Watched the FR video and those are pretty cool quick release but man, $300
I KNOW, RIGHT?!?!?!
"Who doesn't love a Roof Top Tent? Everyone loves a Roof Top Tent." "Because reaching and wrenching in tight spots wastes the precious time you could be outdoors having fun......" :D :D :D
https://youtu.be/UqtCXHlDfqo (https://youtu.be/UqtCXHlDfqo)
(drooling.....all the drooling)
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My tent is not hard to remove from the rack as it is getting it off the truck, my truck is too tall and I am too short. The lack of manpower aka another strong person also doesn't help either.
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Yeah, being short didn't help the installation of these one bit..... (spoiler alert: these were a b!tch to install!!)
Really hoping these were worth the price. First camping trip will be the test.
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That's a bummer. They also look like they add at least 2" of height to the RTT setup, which is also a bummer. I still REALLY want to swap out to the flat-top style rack for clearance purposes. Running a frontrunner with the "toro mod" like you guys have would allow me to titan swap and still fit in the garage. I was hopeful these quick releases would be part of that ultimate plan/solution, but it looks like they'll add too much height :(
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That's a bummer. They also look like they add at least 2" of height to the RTT setup, which is also a bummer. I still REALLY want to swap out to the flat-top style rack for clearance purposes. Running a frontrunner with the "toro mod" like you guys have would allow me to titan swap and still fit in the garage. I was hopeful these quick releases would be part of that ultimate plan/solution, but it looks like they'll add too much height :(
First dips on your old Roof rack
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First dips on your old Roof rack
(https://i.imgflip.com/1dxet4.jpg)
I have first dibs. :)
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First dips on your old Roof rack
Joe, the resident used parts dealer at large. I think just about all of us have bought or traded something with him in the last few years!
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That's a bummer. They also look like they add at least 2" of height to the RTT setup, which is also a bummer. I still REALLY want to swap out to the flat-top style rack for clearance purposes. Running a frontrunner with the "toro mod" like you guys have would allow me to titan swap and still fit in the garage. I was hopeful these quick releases would be part of that ultimate plan/solution, but it looks like they'll add too much height :(
Wait.....did you go RTT? I thought you were a ground guy......
Edit: also not sure about the 2in thing - I can measure. And I believe there was a way to mount below rack, giving an even lower profile. We are trying this version first to see how it goes....
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I've long been dreaming about getting one, but am still a ground guy for now.
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Wait.....did you go RTT? I thought you were a ground guy......
Edit: also not sure about the 2in thing - I can measure. And I believe there was a way to mount below rack, giving an even lower profile. We are trying this version first to see how it goes....
That was my first thought when I saw them mounted to your rack (roof rack), but I didn't want to sound like a dummy so I shut up for once.
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looking at the video around the 1:00 mark, you can see they should be able to be mounted to the underside of the rack and still have enough height for the tentside pieces to slide in, but that would probably require removal of the roof rack in order the get the bolts in and to tighten them down so I don't blame you for the topside mounting at first.
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That was my first thought when I saw them mounted to your rack (roof rack), but I didn't want to sound like a dummy so I shut up for once.
Yeah, FIG and I are big people, not little delicate flowers. And we've been known to "stress" the tent's framing due to...."moving around".
So we thought we'd try mounting from the top first to see how it goes (rather than stressing the screw mounts by placing the weight bearing from underneath).
But I understand Joe's concern about fitting too snug - every inch counts........
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That's a bummer. They also look like they add at least 2" of height to the RTT setup, which is also a bummer. I still REALLY want to swap out to the flat-top style rack for clearance purposes. Running a frontrunner with the "toro mod" like you guys have would allow me to titan swap and still fit in the garage. I was hopeful these quick releases would be part of that ultimate plan/solution, but it looks like they'll add too much height :(
Joe- here are some pics I took today. I'm no photographer, so they are kinda wonky.
Total height from roof
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Tent Mount Height
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Roof Rack Lip Height
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Roof Gap with Tent on
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I know it's hard to tell, but I think the mount is only about 1 in above the rack lip. Enough to make sure you don't pinch your hand when putting tent on. Hope this helps.
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So it looks like if you installed those mounts under the cross beams the mounts would not stick up above the side rails very much at all, maybe 1/4-1/2" at most
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Thanks Barb! And yeah, I agree with you Jordan. Like barb said, it would probably be too low to even get your hand in there and engage the locking mechanisms. I suppose this is the best way to do it.
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Joe, I think it would depend on how much clearance you needed - that's why I measured from the roof. You'd need at least 4.5 inch clearance with a Toro Mod rack and mounted on top.
But Jordan is right - mounted below would give you even more clearance.
Pretty sure either position would work and still allow you to lock the mechanism.
Better talk to Danny..... ;) ;)
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OK Barb, time to put the tent back on one more time and measure from the top of the siderail to the bottom of the tent, it looks like lowering it 1"(approx thickness of the crossbars from the looks of them) would sill give plenty of room to work the latches.
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OK Barb, time to put the tent back on one more time and measure from the top of the siderail to the bottom of the tent, it looks like lowering it 1"(approx thickness of the crossbars from the looks of them) would sill give plenty of room to work the latches.
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:D