Roof tent shed find and fittment
Posted: 14 May 2019 09:40
Hi guys
After starting our new job in the tuli block in Bots one of my first projects was cleaning out my new workshop and shed. While doing this I came across an Eezi Awn 1800 series 3 RTT burried under years of horded rubbish. The tent clearly had been packed away years ago and forgotten, it was covered in all types of crap and smelled like it too Haha
Anyway I asked for it and was given it for mahala so I figured it's fine if I open it and it's been rat eaten and not salvageable. Turns out it was the opposite lucky for me.
.. I then had to figure out how to fit it to my roof rack which was never designed to carry a RTT. Unfortunately that meant taking an angle grinder to the roof rack but I am going to replace it next year so I didnt mind to much, it's made from mild steel and its heavy...
After removing the right hand and front rails and painting I then made a wooden frame for the tent to sit on. The tent is secured to the frame which is bolted to the steel cross members of the rack. Yes it was propped up on dust bins as per proper african procedure
After a good clean it looks much better, almost new. We used a block and tackle from the workshop roof to lift it onto the patrol and it was done. We have never slept in a RTT before but we are looking forward to testing it out and seeing if it's something we like or not. Bit worried about having to pack it away everytime we want to go on a game drive but it might not be so bad. Its missing the fly sheet but I've ordered one from Hi Range here in Bots. Overall R2000 all in isn't bad going I think
After starting our new job in the tuli block in Bots one of my first projects was cleaning out my new workshop and shed. While doing this I came across an Eezi Awn 1800 series 3 RTT burried under years of horded rubbish. The tent clearly had been packed away years ago and forgotten, it was covered in all types of crap and smelled like it too Haha
Anyway I asked for it and was given it for mahala so I figured it's fine if I open it and it's been rat eaten and not salvageable. Turns out it was the opposite lucky for me.
.. I then had to figure out how to fit it to my roof rack which was never designed to carry a RTT. Unfortunately that meant taking an angle grinder to the roof rack but I am going to replace it next year so I didnt mind to much, it's made from mild steel and its heavy...
After removing the right hand and front rails and painting I then made a wooden frame for the tent to sit on. The tent is secured to the frame which is bolted to the steel cross members of the rack. Yes it was propped up on dust bins as per proper african procedure
After a good clean it looks much better, almost new. We used a block and tackle from the workshop roof to lift it onto the patrol and it was done. We have never slept in a RTT before but we are looking forward to testing it out and seeing if it's something we like or not. Bit worried about having to pack it away everytime we want to go on a game drive but it might not be so bad. Its missing the fly sheet but I've ordered one from Hi Range here in Bots. Overall R2000 all in isn't bad going I think