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Geebus....
Sorry...wedding got in the way of the install.....
The install was VERY easy and would have taken less time if we weren't trying to mate two things that just happened to fit close. 2 people can easily heft it up there, one person can lift it with ease. The construction is rock solid. The floor is 4 aluminum beams running lengthwise sandwiched between two 2mm aluminum plates and vinyl coated on both sides. All of the hardware was true stainless steel hardware. The self pulling bungees inside are great. The PVC cover zips onto the base now rather than bungee'ing around it. The skirt slides into a channel easily. The ladder is simple and very strong. The main hinge is a giant slab of stainless steel with massive hardware on it. Its very well sealed and is meant to last. Despite buying it from China, the box was marked made in South Africa. When someone is inside you can't see any bowing and deformation can only be seen when weight it put on a single point, like a knee. The mattress is VERY fat and acts like tempurpedic stuff, its attached by velcro underneath. I've only found 4 problems, 2 of which are design. 1. There are some odd holes, like large pin holes, for some reason throughout. It must be part of factory assembly. The outer cover is well intact and very waterproof though. 2. The matress cover material is very thin and scratches easily. I have a few toenail marks already. A good blanket or handy wife would fix it in seconds. 3. Theres no instructions with the skirt. 4. The ladders a wee bit too short for my lift.
And just for fun, a guy who decided to submarine his Pajero LWB. Was on the way back from a mountain excursion with my Dad, visiting JP, and saw a Pudge sitting hood high in the big river below the road. Said, "Huh, always wondered what it looked like when you sub'd a car."
Went over to see what he needed to find two tired little Zukers high tailing it for help. They couldn't yank him out. So I rolled up and winched him out. Could have driven him away too if I had a couple more tools to pull the glow plugs and spin the engine dry...that and was on the way to take my fiancee to her parets house night before our wedding...was already late....
I like the roof rack.