I have seen a ton of different material thickness and dimensions for roof top tents mounts and am looking for some advise. I have a 5' Ruger trailer and am looking to mount my existing RTT about 10" above the lid. The internal frame on the lid of the trailer is all 1" square tubing with multiple cross braces and is designed to mount a RTT up there. For the actual tent frame mount, I've seen some folks going everywhere from 1" x 3" 14 ga to 1" x 1" at 16 ga. I'm all for making something strong and plan to gusset everything, but don't want to overbuild and add un-needed weight.
What would you use to build this short RTT mounting frame? Wouldn't 1x1, 16 GA be more than sufficient?
What would you use to build this short RTT mounting frame? Wouldn't 1x1, 16 GA be more than sufficient?