Occaissionally, I have found myself on solo trips or sometimes sleeping by myself in a tent, and wanted to I came up with a proto-type which utilizes my Yakima Sky Box, to make a Roof Top Tent for one. I wanted to keep the Sky Box modifications to a minimum, so that it can easily be utilized as it's intended to be, or quicklly converted into my Solo Trip RTT. It cost me less than $20 to put it together, plus a few hours of cutting and sewing.
I found a pup tent on Craigslist that was brand new, never been used, for $10. I figured between the floor of the tent which is the same as coated tarp material, and about half a dozen stuff sacks I will make from the scraps from cutting the tent up, are all worth more than the cost of the tent I paid for, if this thing doesn't pan out.
Then I bought some epoxy and nylon cable holders, which didn't hold as well as I had hoped, and simply used some sticky backed velcro to secure the tent to the Sky Box. Lastly, not shown in the photos, I have an old temperpedic mattress topper, which I will cut to size and place inside the bottom of it.
Each hinge has a very small hole in it, where I discovered you can lock the lid open by inserting a very small nail through the hole. This will prevent the lid from closing in a windy situation or accidentally.
Now, the pics. These were taken in my living room, where I didn't have a chance to tighten up the guy lines on the bottom, which, when mounted on my roof rack, will be secured and will snug everything up. It's a bit of a squeeze to get into, but once in, it's actually quite comfy. For the record, I am 5'10" and there's plenty of room to stretch out inside there. This thing should hold up well in the Colorado hail storms we get every summer!
I found a pup tent on Craigslist that was brand new, never been used, for $10. I figured between the floor of the tent which is the same as coated tarp material, and about half a dozen stuff sacks I will make from the scraps from cutting the tent up, are all worth more than the cost of the tent I paid for, if this thing doesn't pan out.
Then I bought some epoxy and nylon cable holders, which didn't hold as well as I had hoped, and simply used some sticky backed velcro to secure the tent to the Sky Box. Lastly, not shown in the photos, I have an old temperpedic mattress topper, which I will cut to size and place inside the bottom of it.
Each hinge has a very small hole in it, where I discovered you can lock the lid open by inserting a very small nail through the hole. This will prevent the lid from closing in a windy situation or accidentally.
Now, the pics. These were taken in my living room, where I didn't have a chance to tighten up the guy lines on the bottom, which, when mounted on my roof rack, will be secured and will snug everything up. It's a bit of a squeeze to get into, but once in, it's actually quite comfy. For the record, I am 5'10" and there's plenty of room to stretch out inside there. This thing should hold up well in the Colorado hail storms we get every summer!
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