The original challenge was to see if the tent could be built using widely available materials and for under 100.
Diy roof top tent plans.
You ll often find rooftop campers on international expedition vehicles or off road suvs.
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.
I had a local fabricating shop do all the aluminum work then a local boat top fitter do the tent portion.
A roof top camper usually consists of a rigid bottom and heavily reinforced tent.
My diy rooftop tent and where i got my idea and plans.
Build the base of the tent using 4 x 8 plywood sheets.
Roof top tent diy build.
While you can buy these commercially they usually cost over 1 000 a young couple decided to make their own.
The company has developed an 85 page set of building plans so that you can build your own tent trailer they re small in size and lightweight so you can tow with just about any vehicle including.
Check out the height of diy creativity here get the plan here to build your car rooftop tent.
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The unit mounts securely to the roof of a car or suv.
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Next build the tent frame with conduit and choose the best fabric for the tent portion.
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All in i was about 2 3rds the cost of a typical hardshell tent.
This is the homemade hardshell rooftop tent that i built last year.
Building this diy roof top tent will simply cost you 100.
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It was during finals week and he set aside just 8 days for the initial design and build.
Feb 25 2020 explore bryan s board diy roof top tent on pinterest.
Designed and developed by compact camping concepts llc they re campers that you can easily build yourself.
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.
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.
However the tent needs no roof rack or cross bars it bolts directly to the stock roof rails.
Take a look at this video if you would like to learn more about building your own rtt.
The explorer boxes are a hybrid of a teardrop trailers and easy to set up tent campers.
