Any pics of it open ?Smittybilt Gen2 Overlander mounted on Rhino Rack cross bars attached to Retrax tonneau cover.
I had the first generation of this tent mounted to my Jeep Wrangler. I didn't like the folding ladder, and the velcro closure for the cover. The Gen2 version corrects that with a telescoping ladder, and a zippered cover. Also has an improved rainfly.
It was available next day from 4 Wheel Parts, and was about the cheapest tent for it's size as well. With the money I saved on the tent, I bought a set of NFab Trailsliders, also from 4WP.
Not yet, thanks.
WOOT!!! that was a nice road trip.Just got back from our 7700 mile trip to see the West and get my GoFast camper.
Picking up the camper at Go Fast in Bozeman
Campsite at the Selway Falls River in ID. Met a young man on a Rafting trip from Portland ME there.
Spent a night in the Charles M Russell Wildlife Refuge area in MT. Upper Missouri River Breaks. After the storm, got a chance to drive in the mud a bit.
After the storm passed. We pulled everything in and waited out the storm
Spent a night in the Black Hills National Forest, a night in the Cascades, a night in the Belt mountains in MT. I took a nap after we set up our camp and woke to a doe eating at the edge of the field we camped in. We mixed in nights camping with nights in a hotel, depending on the heat and weather. Went to the elementary school I attended in Moses Lake WA, went to Soap Lake WA, where I was born. Badlands NP and Devils Tower were some of my favorite stops in South Dakota. We had planned to drive the Lolo motorway, but a storm had blown down a bunch of trees on one end and a forest fire was started by lightning on the other end, so we contented driving down RT 12 in Idaho. Randomly stopped at a Ranger station, talked to the young woman there who mentioned she was in the National Guard in Ephrata WA. I said my brother was in a Guard unit in Ephrata when he lived there. "Wait! Whats your name? I know your brother, Mike. We served together" Small world, indeed.
It was a nice trip
What height and length rack did you go with? I see that Xtrusion has us at a 48" rack for the crew cab. I am also trying to gauge how tall to go in order to have the rack as low as possible but still have the tent clear the roofline so that I can center it somewhat and avoid the dreaded 2 feet of overhang at the back.Smittybilt Overlander (gen 1) on XtrusionOverland XT1 rack and Retrax knock-off tonneau cover. I need to clean the tent and then probably re-waterproof it. I picked it up used and there is some light mildew staining and smell to it, but it should clean up nicely!
Here are the order specs for my rack:
Awesome, thanks! How much higher do you think you'd need to go to get the top of the rack just above the roof of the cab? The tents I'm looking at are all hardtops and longer so I'm trying to get the rack high enough to clear the roof enough I can have some of the overhang above the cab and not all hanging off the back.Here are the order specs for my rack:
XTR1 Bed Rack for TacomaModel: 2005-2021 Tacoma Short
BedRack Length: 48
Rack Height: 15
Bed Rail Bracket Options: Wide Wing Brackets
Bracket Assembly Method: Pinch Back Plate
Bed Rack Finish: Black Rugged Powder Coated Extrusion and Brackets.
Excludes front to back top braces)
Mine was the first for the Ranger so it got listed as a Tacoma rack for ordering purposes. I can stand semi-comfortably behind my truck under the tent the way I have it set up to deploy over the tailgate. And the tent seems to be centered up pretty nice. But, the footprint of the tent folded fits the rack pretty well.
