I like your design. Not something I would use since the family won't tent camp lol.
One thing to consider is how much the bed moves in relation to the cab when off road. If you push it that is. Anyway cab strikes from the bed are fairly common. Under those conditions I would worry about your rack impacting the roof. You may have already accounted for that but it was the first thing that jumped out at me. Good luck.
Yep - want to follow the lines but will definitely keep some space there...
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WEIGHT. Tent, frame, two spares, tools, fuel, water, etc..... it adds up quick.
Yep.
The roof top tent is made of carbon fibre shells top and bottom. It's about half the weight of any other roof top tent.
Once I finish my actual design in CAD and know the lengths and bends etc, will price out with the fabricator doing it in aluminium, chromoly or normal steel.
The idea of slinging a second spare up under the tent is only for long distance trips that would require it... most cases it would be left at home. But when we do take it - the mount up there keeps the bed space accessible.
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I have looked at roof top tents, bought one and installed it on a trailer... My ideas would be to keep it as low as possible and get the most from a tent.. We used a Tepui tent. Also figure room under the rack in the bed for two spares, two 5 gallon fuel cans, one 5 gallon water jug, a box to lock stuff in to.. Ideally the tent would sit no further up than equal to the cab...
That's a nice trailer... it would be nice to have the tent sit as low as possible - but it is longer than the bed as it opens up like a clam-shell rather than flipping open like a book like yours. Plus I wanted to keep a bit more height in the bed for carrying stuff.
I'm planning on a Pace Edwards sliding / rolling tonnau cover - and a custom fuel cell in the dead space under the tonnau cover cannister, with a second OEM fuel door cut into the bed side. That fuel cell will then transfer into the main tank as required.
Water tank should be built into storage above / around the wheel arches. So all that weight will be relatively low on the truck.
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Labraptors makes a good point.
Actually it's the cab that moved on the mounts but it does move a lot ask sliver raptor. Make sure you account for 2-3 inches of clearance to be safe.
Set up some mounts for tools, shovel etc.
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Good point... easy access to the shovels would be ideal in the dunes.
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Did he say "rough" sketch. Frig
It's just Photoshop
I have some nice toys to play with in the office - as soon as I get my Raptor I'm pulling it into the office and 3D scanning the bed rails and cab area - and will be designing the rack on CAD.
All the brackets / tabs / base plates will be water-jet cut out and all the tubes should have precise lengths and bends.
Should go together like a jigsaw puzzle with a welder
