brentbba
Explorer
I purchased a James Baround Evasion from my local JB dealer, Nomad Ventures down in Escondido. Super happy with the tent! Bruce at Nomad offers mounting as part of his service and he went WAY ABOVE AND BEYOND with my installation and I need to let anyone in SoCal considering a JB know to give him a shout!
I've got an INTI rack on my Landcruiser. I'd removed the side rails in preparation for the JB. The rack has 3 crossbars and several vertical aluminum slats. It was going to be close as to whether the C channels would allow the mounting brackets to drop down directly or if I'd need to modify some of the slats. I came prepared for the worst. Good news is that the brackets dropped down just inside the slats. The bad news was that the supplied bracket bolts from JB were too short for MY rack cross bars. The bolts were 70mm and I needed 80mm.
Bruce did not leave me stranded! What should have been a simple 45 minute to an hour install turned into a 5 hour ordeal as we figured out how to make longer brackets. Bruce went to a local hardware store no less than three times to get what we needed to 'make' longer brackets. I won't go into all the gory details, but suffice it to say that Bruce and Nomad Ventures went way above and beyond to help me get the tent secured for the trip home! I've since had 80mm length bolt brackets fabricated, but I just felt it necessary to let this community and the distributor (OK4WD/Rino) know about the exceptional service Bruce and Nomad gave me. :exclaim::safari-rig:
I've got an INTI rack on my Landcruiser. I'd removed the side rails in preparation for the JB. The rack has 3 crossbars and several vertical aluminum slats. It was going to be close as to whether the C channels would allow the mounting brackets to drop down directly or if I'd need to modify some of the slats. I came prepared for the worst. Good news is that the brackets dropped down just inside the slats. The bad news was that the supplied bracket bolts from JB were too short for MY rack cross bars. The bolts were 70mm and I needed 80mm.
Bruce did not leave me stranded! What should have been a simple 45 minute to an hour install turned into a 5 hour ordeal as we figured out how to make longer brackets. Bruce went to a local hardware store no less than three times to get what we needed to 'make' longer brackets. I won't go into all the gory details, but suffice it to say that Bruce and Nomad Ventures went way above and beyond to help me get the tent secured for the trip home! I've since had 80mm length bolt brackets fabricated, but I just felt it necessary to let this community and the distributor (OK4WD/Rino) know about the exceptional service Bruce and Nomad gave me. :exclaim::safari-rig: