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Old 04-27-05, 09:44 AM   #13
Cruiserdrew
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Having seen Darwood's and Snook's up close and personal, I like them. Given the $ most of us have in Cruisers what's another $1500? The fast set up is the real advantage, but the "up off the ground" thing is good too.

The real down side is the 100 pounds of extra weight in the worst possible place-up high on an already tall vehicle. The trailer mount like Jay's is really great if you happen to have the trailer with you-ie great for Baja, not so great on the Rubicon.

Mike-since your truck is not super tall, I think the roof-top tent would work great. The one feature I would like to see is to cut the weight in half and maintain the same durability. I'm not sure if that could be done or not.


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