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To give the roof top tent a good base to sit on and to let the air flow underneath I glue stripes of 8mm thick rubber onto the longitudinal ribs of the roof. Where the support has to cross I leave a gap. Yes, Sikaflex works in the rain, too... |
With the help of my colleague Robin I lifted the roof top tent upwards from the front side. The 68 kg were a lot - we have been so lucky to have someone passing by, who helped us - after some seconds the tent was on top. |
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Because I had drilled the holes in the roof too early the tent with its support did not fit exactly. Some holes I had to drill again a little bigger. In this situation the supports were quite short on each side - 1 or 2 cm more on each side would have made the drilling close to the tent more easy. |
The tent is mounted really close to the roof. I had to bend the edges of the locks to get them closed. You can see that there is space enough on the outside to make the supports 1 or 2 cm wider. |
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The roof top tent of 220x145cm looks quite small on the Volvo. The aeroynamic profile looks good, too... |
From the backside the roof top tent is modest in appearance on the Volvo. If I dismount it only 8 little supports are left - nearly invisible. |
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In the terrain I feel no disadvantage - the tent is not as heavy as the machine gun, wich could be mounted in that place. |
In the camp in the evening the roof top tent can show its advantages: open up, crawl in and feel well! In the back the open hatch, were I can climb down into the hold. |
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