Roof top tent question

[McDowra]

Like a lot of people come September 1st I am ordering a CVT RTT . The two tents I am looking at are the Mt Shasta extended(56 wide) and the MT Rainer extended(72 wide). The question is can I mount the Mt Rainer where it will open to the rear of my 80 or is it too wide to do that? The reason I want it to open to the rear is because of my drawer system is already set up for camping plus it makes the 80 a 2 story camper with a queen bed on the drawers. I have never had an RTT so any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks for the help!

 

[chap79]

The short answer is yes, but it depends on the width of the chosen tent and whether or not the rear hatch would interfere with the tent bottom/ladder when open.

 

[Arkansas80]

I have my TJM Yulara off the back. Its the perfect setup. At first I too was looking for tents the were extended or extra large but settled for the TJM Yulara since it was 1200 or so and still had ykk zippers, double stitched and taped seams. A great deal in my opinion and my 250 lb. self along with my wife and 2 yo slept just fine in it.

 

[Arkansas80]

Here's a pic with the lift gate and tailgate open.

 

[FranceJohnson]

I have the CVT Mt Caylee which is pretty much the same size as the Shasta, I have it mounted off the back. A couple of things which I really got ticked off with CVT and their lack of info on their annex is:

A) The door which faces the vehicle is the same size as the rest of the doors, which is only like 30" wide. Your tailgate is much wider, it is possible to bow out the door around the tailgate and hatch, but then the hole tent moves up and no longer touches the ground; making the floor useless and leaves a 6"+/- gap from the bottom to the ground (Truck is not even that lifted). This design was completely idiotic, since this would really be the only function of this door, is to give you access to your truck.

B) Back to my complaining about the door, it unzips from the bottom to the top, so instead of being able to leave the bottom zipped up enough to fill the gap left from the floor to the bottom of the tailgate, that is now completely open to the bottom of the truck. Not a huge deal, but we camp in the winter and that would have been a big draft sealer.

C) If your tent does not come with the separate annex rail, buy it. Otherwise you will need to completely remove your cover to use that same channel to attach your annex. Feeding the annex/cover into the rail is a complete PITA, especially by yourself.

I would buy the bigger tent. The Caylee/Shasta works great for two people, but more space is always welcome and you might as well grab it on the front end. Just prepare yourself for the annex limitations up front. Even though I love the RTT, it seemed like the annex design was by someone who had no idea what it would be used for in the real world. I set it up in my driveway once, and I got so mad at the whole thing I have no used it since. Really made me salty about the whole thing to be honest. I have really been happy with CVT's customer service and quality. I give the tent high reviews, the annex is a big fail in my mind.

 

[McDowra]

Looks like they have fixed the problem with the rear opening, at least they did in the Mt Rainier I saw in a video.

 

[97 greenmonster]

I was looking at the Mt. Rainer also. I don't know how it would work mounting off the back because of its size. Folded up it 72" long by 48" wide. So if you turned it to flip off back that would mean your mounting it the 72" dimension side ways across your truck. I have 60" wide cross bars on my truck now and can't imagine something hanging another 6" further out each side of the truck.

 

[McDowra]

I was looking at the Mt. Rainer also. I don't know how it would work mounting off the back because of its size. Folded up it 72" long by 48" wide. So if you turned it to flip off back that would mean your mounting it the 72" dimension side ways across your truck. I have 60" wide cross bars on my truck now and can't imagine something hanging another 6" further out each side of the truck.

That is me, but we really want the extra space