I'm wondering if anyone specifically with a tacoma (2nd Gen), has developed an easily removable rack for their RTT tent allowing them to remove the rack with attached RTT and deploy it at a base camp. There are many places I go where I like to set-up a base camp and then go on daily off road trips from there. My thinking was to have the RTT mounted to the rack but set up in such a manner as to make the rack easily removable to just set the rack and tent on the ground.
As a caveat I am not a fan of tents or at least traditional tents. I don't like the set up, I don't like the breakdown, I don't like them in high wind and I don't like them in heavy rain. In nice weather I could just put the tailgate down and sleep fine but I do camp often in the conditions above. RTT's fair much better in inclement weather and negate the hassles of set up and breakdown in inclement weather. Set up and breakdown is most important next only to their serviceability in inclement weather. Specifically I'm looking at an eezi-awn.
Caveat 2. I have a buddy with a flipak and well, lets just say we have been in some rough weather on more than one occassion and the flipak just didn't cut it on multiple occassions and its not an option for me. Heavy heavy rain with the fly in place it failed as it did in heavy wind.
So, the options I am exploring are custom rack with eezi-awn or custom topper with slide-outs Dont try and steal my idea either! If I go that route I will take orders though:sombrero:
Anyway, curious if anyone has done anything like this so their RTT could become a basecamp.
Thanks guys
As a caveat I am not a fan of tents or at least traditional tents. I don't like the set up, I don't like the breakdown, I don't like them in high wind and I don't like them in heavy rain. In nice weather I could just put the tailgate down and sleep fine but I do camp often in the conditions above. RTT's fair much better in inclement weather and negate the hassles of set up and breakdown in inclement weather. Set up and breakdown is most important next only to their serviceability in inclement weather. Specifically I'm looking at an eezi-awn.
Caveat 2. I have a buddy with a flipak and well, lets just say we have been in some rough weather on more than one occassion and the flipak just didn't cut it on multiple occassions and its not an option for me. Heavy heavy rain with the fly in place it failed as it did in heavy wind.
So, the options I am exploring are custom rack with eezi-awn or custom topper with slide-outs Dont try and steal my idea either! If I go that route I will take orders though:sombrero:
Anyway, curious if anyone has done anything like this so their RTT could become a basecamp.
Thanks guys