Hey just a little advise. Remove your two cross bars , Install the mounting hardware to the tent on the ground and then get your tent up there. All you need to do then is place the screws in and you’re done
Nice video. That's a good idea for solo fitment, apart from the hard to reach mounting brackets. Do you have a ballpark figure for the weight of your tent? And do you have any ideas on solo removal/dismount (without a hoist)? I'm having some corrosion issues with my roof rack, but now I have to dismount my tent before I can get the roof rack treated.
It weighs about 180 lbs. Since this video, I now store it in the barn with a harken hoist. If you have to take it off solo, depending on the vehicle, you can probably just slide it off the rear onto the ground, with a moving blanket or something to protect the car during the process. I'd recommend inviting a friend over to help.
The tent comes on a pallet with braces that hold it upright. After unboxing everything, I laid it down on a dolly to open and make sure everything was in order. I then tilted it back up on the pallet and tied it on using ratchet straps. Here’s where the cheating started… I used my tractor with pallet forks to lift it up to the top of my truck rack, got in the bed of the truck and removed the straps, then laid it down. Couldn’t have been easier!
