| Author | Message | ||
     Jack Leitch (Liveattheedge) Member Username: Liveattheedge Post Number: 160 Registered: 12-2003 |
Safety devices and hannibal are selling roof racks for north of 1K, and there are alternatives available for half the price. Hannibal have their rood top tent listed at 1200 aprox. Does anyone know of any where, or any companies that are selling more affordable roof top accomodations? Cheers Jack | ||
| Jeff Mclaird (Granitedisco) Member Username: Granitedisco Post Number: 225 Registered: 08-2003 |
Yep - if you want to save some groats you could go with the Kamp-rite - tent bed - this will fit on most roof racks with some mods - $199 from campmor.com HTH Jeff | ||
| Matthew A. Barnes (Discoveryxd) Senior Member Username: Discoveryxd Post Number: 460 Registered: 08-2003 |
One of my surprise B-day presents...   Why not tentcot? https://www.expeditionexchange.com/tentcot/ | ||
| Jeff Mclaird (Granitedisco) Member Username: Granitedisco Post Number: 228 Registered: 08-2003 |
Tent bed is bigger and for $60 more you might just as well have a bit more room. http://www.campmor.com/webapp/commerce/command/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=36096931&p rmenbr=226 or you can have the cot and save $10 http://www.tentcot.com/order.asp Jeff | ||
| Jack Leitch (Liveattheedge) Member Username: Liveattheedge Post Number: 161 Registered: 12-2003 |
matt, need it to sleep 2, i mean... yeah, the kamp rite is the same concept as the tent cot. I think i'll go for that one. Tent cot looks cool on the XD. Cheers Jack | ||
| Matthew A. Barnes (Discoveryxd) Senior Member Username: Discoveryxd Post Number: 461 Registered: 08-2003 |
That's the first time I've seen that 2 person model. That looks nice. | ||
| Jeff Mclaird (Granitedisco) Member Username: Granitedisco Post Number: 230 Registered: 08-2003 |
Hi Jack - both the tentcot and tentbed are made by kamp-rite. Jeff | ||
| Jack Leitch (Liveattheedge) Member Username: Liveattheedge Post Number: 163 Registered: 12-2003 |
ahh, i figured as much, being as similar in structure as they are. good idea. They'd be good on the ground also, keeping you up off the floor, never know what crawls over ur face when you're on the desert floor... Cheers Jack | ||
| Jeff Mclaird (Granitedisco) Member Username: Granitedisco Post Number: 232 Registered: 08-2003 |
yep - totally agreed Jack - but not sure I'd use on eof these if I was going to venture into cold climates. Having said that I wouldn't use a roof tent in the colder temps. Jeff | ||
| Jack Leitch (Liveattheedge) Member Username: Liveattheedge Post Number: 165 Registered: 12-2003 |
i plan to sleep in the car if i'm presented with a sudden blizard. Most of my extended overnight off roading will be done in the summer anyway, little thing called high school, so inconvienient. Cheers Jack | ||
| Jeff Mclaird (Granitedisco) Member Username: Granitedisco Post Number: 235 Registered: 08-2003 |
Yep - don't blame you Jack - wish I could but with the hootchy monster (Boxer 50lbs and hyper) sleepng in the truck next winter - we're going to be relegated to tents.  Jeff | ||
| Craig Kobayashi (Koby) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Koby Post Number: 1100 Registered: 02-2002 |
I think it'd be nice to have that tent bed, but putting it on the roof would be tough, and probably not worth the effort. If you're flying solo, however, it is definitely tough to beat the TentCot on the LR roof rack.  | ||
| Jamie (Rover_puppy) Senior Member Username: Rover_puppy Post Number: 997 Registered: 05-2003 |
Craig, Every once in a while you post the most incredible pics. I'm thinking the last one I saw was a morning picture taken in the same area with a view from the ground. Thanks for posting pic, I just gave a relaxed sigh looking at it. The sky is gorgeous - it looks like someone painted a pastel water color. That one belongs in a frame... Awesome Jamie | ||
| Peter Carey (Peterca) Member Username: Peterca Post Number: 71 Registered: 10-2003 |
The two person version looks like it needs the ends to touch the ground to give better stability, which would be a problem with the sideways action on the roof. Anyone actually tried it? pwc | ||
| Brendan Kearns (Howboucha) Member Username: Howboucha Post Number: 232 Registered: 01-2003 |
Craig, that photo has been my wallpaper for about a month now. I absolutely love it. B.K. | ||
| Brendan Kearns (Howboucha) Member Username: Howboucha Post Number: 234 Registered: 01-2003 |
I was trying to find a cool tent shot that I took in Colorado a few years ago, but couldn't. I did run across this one that I shot on the same trip. It's of my 95 with one of my Dual Sport bikes strapped on the back. That was a great trip. http://www.stromtrooper.com/disco951.gif |
