Topic: QUICK RELEASE TENT MOUNT KIT - BY FRONT RUNNER

[PainRoller]

Hey fellow RTT-ers:

Anyone purchased these yet?  If so, love or hate them?  Thrilled you bought them or waste o'money? On your wish list?

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Seriously considering buying these, as mounting/unmounting the RTT is the biggest pain of ownership (IMO).   

So I'm looking for feedback from anyone who has already added these to their rig. 

[knightrider]

Imo for that much money I will continue just unbolting it, or leave it on all the time cause i can't lift it all on my own. 

Not sure how difficult yours is to remove compared to mine tho.

[PainRoller]

With the uber-lowered rack.....yeah, it's a true pain 

But the price is killing me!  So trying to decide which is more painful.   

Has anyone in the RTT community used these yet?

[Ghost65]

With the uber-lowered rack.....yeah, it's a true pain 

But the price is killing me!  So trying to decide which is more painful.   

Has anyone in the RTT community used these yet?

I haven't used this product specifically Barb...but, my Yakima Skyrise came equipped with a pretty cool set of "clamp" style attachment pieces that make removal pretty simple.

I cracked one and had to purchase a new one direct from Yakima, for $15.00.  Much less than the FrontRunner pieces @ $75 each.

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[knightrider]

The yakima mounts wouldn't work with the other tents unless you changed the rails to match the yakima tent.  I don't know if the yakima mounts would work for Mike n Barb's front runner rack either. 

Watched the FR video and those are pretty cool quick release but man, $300

[PainRoller]

Watched the FR video and those are pretty cool quick release but man, $300

I KNOW, RIGHT?!?!?! 

"Who doesn't love a Roof Top Tent? Everyone loves a Roof Top Tent." "Because reaching and wrenching in tight spots wastes the precious time you could be outdoors having fun......"   




(drooling.....all the drooling)

[knightrider]

My tent is not hard to remove from the rack as it is getting it off the truck, my truck is too tall and I am too short.  The lack of manpower aka another strong person also doesn't help either.

[PainRoller]

Yeah, being short didn't help the installation of these one bit..... (spoiler alert: these were a b!tch to install!!) 

Really hoping these were worth the price.   First camping trip will be the test.

[JFanaselle]

That's a bummer. They also look like they add at least 2" of height to the RTT setup, which is also a bummer. I still REALLY want to swap out to the flat-top style rack for clearance purposes. Running a frontrunner with the "toro mod" like you guys have would allow me to titan swap and still fit in the garage. I was hopeful these quick releases would be part of that ultimate plan/solution, but it looks like they'll add too much height

[Jayrat]

That's a bummer. They also look like they add at least 2" of height to the RTT setup, which is also a bummer. I still REALLY want to swap out to the flat-top style rack for clearance purposes. Running a frontrunner with the "toro mod" like you guys have would allow me to titan swap and still fit in the garage. I was hopeful these quick releases would be part of that ultimate plan/solution, but it looks like they'll add too much height

First dips on your old Roof rack

[steve c]

First dips on your old Roof rack

I have first dibs. 

[Celt]

First dips on your old Roof rack

  Joe, the resident used parts dealer at large. I think just about all of us have bought or traded something with him in the last few years!

[PainRoller]

That's a bummer. They also look like they add at least 2" of height to the RTT setup, which is also a bummer. I still REALLY want to swap out to the flat-top style rack for clearance purposes. Running a frontrunner with the "toro mod" like you guys have would allow me to titan swap and still fit in the garage. I was hopeful these quick releases would be part of that ultimate plan/solution, but it looks like they'll add too much height

Wait.....did you go RTT?  I thought you were a ground guy......

Edit:  also not sure about the 2in thing - I can measure.  And I believe there was a way to mount below rack, giving an even lower profile.  We are trying this version first to see how it goes....

[JFanaselle]

I've long been dreaming about getting one, but am still a ground guy for now.

[steve c]

Wait.....did you go RTT?  I thought you were a ground guy......

Edit:  also not sure about the 2in thing - I can measure.  And I believe there was a way to mount below rack, giving an even lower profile.  We are trying this version first to see how it goes....

That was my first thought when I saw them mounted to your rack (roof rack), but I didn't want to sound like a dummy so I shut up for once.