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Roof tent

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08 Jun 2018 07:10 #193285 by Daniel30
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Looks good, scroll along They do a jimny and roof tent for hire but I don't know about the weight of two people on the roof?

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09 Jun 2018 01:29 #193311 by zukebob
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A number of the people in the Jimny club here have them. They are the Chinese version. The owners appear to enjoy them.

I would likely be tempted but they appear to be a little heavy and they aren't too easy to mount and remove. For those reasons, I will stick to throwing my 2-man pop-up onto the roof rack when I do an overnight trip.

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09 Jun 2018 09:30 #193321 by Daniel30
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Yeah I'm with you on that ;)

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16 Jun 2018 06:05 #193515 by kirkynut
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This is a bad idea. One person in the tent puts it way over the weight limit for the plastic roof bar mounts.

I appreciate it won't be driven with people in but the weight is so excessive I'd fear the tent falling off with the people in.

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16 Jun 2018 06:27 #193516 by zukebob
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Maybe I'm just being spiteful but I will go one further and say that anyone that mounts a roof tent to the stock rails would deserve to wake up in the morning and find themselves on the ground.

I won't say they are all that exist but the only examples of roof tents I have seen are the ones that mount to roof racks that are hard mounted to the studs for the stock rails. It is still very possible that your point is a valid one Kirkynut.

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16 Jun 2018 12:30 #193522 by kirkynut
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In the pictures they're on the standard rails!

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16 Jun 2018 17:27 #193526 by Daniel30
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Yeah, I don't understand how they are going to get away with it, can only think the people who tested it were wafer thin, I'd stand no chance :woohoo: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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17 Jun 2018 01:11 #193537 by zukebob
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Good catch Kirkynut. For the Jimny, I have only seen the ones like the Frontrunner, ARB and Chinese copies.

I don't know what the liability laws are in that country but it sure seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen.

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