Roof Top Tent on the Raptor

[juiceweezl]

That looks awesome. I have thought about a setup like that for my old jeep. I have safari rack and basket system already, so it would be easy to do this. Jealous of those cooler temps. We are melting on the baseball fields here in TX.

[Sgt Beavis]

RCI makes great racks. They’re right up the road in Ft Collins. I would have bought from them but they also have about a 6 week back order. Max Modular was able to get a rack to me in a week. It’s roughly the same price too.

We took the rig out camping last night along Mammoth Gulch near Rollinsville, CO. Fun times..

[kingjason]

I like it. Part of me says the roof top tent is awesome, then part of me says I can throw a 150.00 tent in the back that springs into action super easy. I have looked around a lot and for the money the RCI racks seam pretty decent. I am not sure the wife would be interested in camping that much but the full set up would look trick on my big Ford. Like the grill, compressors, storage that slide, etc etc. Just money right! Maybe when I finish my stupid M I will start on it.

[scootro]

very nice

[Sgt Beavis]

Man, there are still big snow drifts on the mountains. I can see them from my house. But yes. The area we're camping at this weekend has night lows in the mid 50s. However that's in town. We'll be about 4000ft higher than that so I expect temps will be in the 40s at night.

Heck, my property near Breckenridge had a high of 73 when I was up there on Monday. Of course that is on the side of a mountain at 11400ft.

[Ruffdaddy]

I'm guessing it stays cool enough out there to not even need AC?

[Sgt Beavis]

I finally got the KB Voodoo Max Modular bed rack and iKamper installed this week. We're heading out camping on Saturday.

As you can see, the rear sags when the tent is open and my wife is up there. However it doesn't appear to sag at all when the tent is closed up. Still, I'm probably going to add a new leaf spring.

When I initially tried to install it, I used iKampers Gen 2.0 mounting brackets. Those wouldn't work with the Max Modular's thick crossbars so I had to buy the original 1.0 brackets. Those worked just fine. The iKamper is VERY nice. Surprisingly so. It's be enough for me and my wife to keep a small dog kennel for her Westie. I think there will be some fun times in our future..