You ll often find rooftop campers on international expedition vehicles or off road suvs.
Diy roof top tent plans.
University of colorado at boulder student andriy wybaczynsky decided on a whim to design and build his own diy version of a vehicle rooftop tent.
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Open sun by marco221 posted apr 21 2019 at 6 20 pm 4.
Designed and developed by compact camping concepts llc they re campers that you can easily build yourself.
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I then finished the details.
Jeremey adventures method for making a diy rooftop tent is pretty darn simple especially if you already have a roof rack mounted to your truck or suv.
Take a look at this video if you would like to learn more about building your own rtt.
It was during finals week and he set aside just 8 days for the initial design and build.
I had a local fabricating shop do all the aluminum work then a local boat top fitter do the tent portion.
The unit mounts securely to the roof of a car or suv.
Basically jeremy just gets a kamp rite overside tent cot with a rainfly and then mounts the whole system to the top of his land cruiser.
The original challenge was to see if the tent could be built using widely available materials and for under 100.
Fortunately he would have the help of a.
Build the base of the tent using 4 x 8 plywood sheets.
Article by natie smit.
My diy rooftop tent and where i got my idea and plans.
All in i was about 2 3rds the cost of a typical hardshell tent.
Building this diy roof top tent will simply cost you 100.
If you have any.
However the tent needs no roof rack or cross bars it bolts directly to the stock roof rails.
This is the homemade hardshell rooftop tent that i built last year.
Finally showing the finished product.
Closed by marco221 posted apr 21 2019 at 6 20 pm 5.
The explorer boxes are a hybrid of a teardrop trailers and easy to set up tent campers.
Check out the height of diy creativity here get the plan here to build your car rooftop tent.
Feb 25 2020 explore bryan s board diy roof top tent on pinterest.
While you can buy these commercially they usually cost over 1 000 a young couple decided to make their own.
Roof top tent diy build.
I ve been putting off making this video for way too.
A roof top camper usually consists of a rigid bottom and heavily reinforced tent.
