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rustyframe
03-01-2014, 02:19 PM
My 4 year old twins saw a picture of a nice roof top tent on a 110. They have been bugging me to get one. However. the price is a bit out of my range at the moment. Here is our solution.

I Leak Oil
03-01-2014, 04:23 PM
Nothing wrong with that!

sleam
03-01-2014, 06:19 PM
That's great! How did you do it? I'll have to play on mine and see if I can make something...

ignotus
03-01-2014, 06:39 PM
I did a simular thing in the early 80's for my 109. Put on flat surf racks(4) bolted a 3/4" piece of marine ply. It fit the footprint of my 2 man Timberline tent perfectly. I drilled 1/4" side holes thru the edge at the corners and used some alloy rod which I bent to hold the ends of the rain fly bungees. Worked great! Then the family got bigger.............

gene

I Leak Oil
03-02-2014, 07:12 AM
Key is finding a tent that fits it right. Then working out a way of getting up there easily without having to carry around a full size ladder.

rustyframe
03-02-2014, 07:13 AM
That's great! How did you do it? I'll have to play on mine and see if I can make something...

Nearly identical to Ignotus's set up...