none of the pics were of my truck or my solution...just thought you'd find them of interest. i tried mounting the tent on "top" of my factory basket once - but, it's a bit too high for my taste...although, that arrangement does allow for additional storage below the tent. since we have the 1400 tent, mounting inside the rack was never an option.
frankly, there's a great deal of value in a good sd rack these days and availibility is scarce, so I wasn't willing to cut it up - it just hangs in the garage until the roof tent season ends. another consideration for me was the weight of the rack itself; we use the roof tent on all overnight trips so it seemed silly to have all the weight of a rack sitting unusable under a tent. i figure the 4 feet of roof rack i eliminated by using the thule bars is roughly equivalant to a jerry can full of water - perhaps a bit more.
i'll likely fit a short (i.e. 30") rack forward of the tent someday if/when i find i need more storage. just one guys opinions and experiences...subject to change, of course.
frankly, there's a great deal of value in a good sd rack these days and availibility is scarce, so I wasn't willing to cut it up - it just hangs in the garage until the roof tent season ends. another consideration for me was the weight of the rack itself; we use the roof tent on all overnight trips so it seemed silly to have all the weight of a rack sitting unusable under a tent. i figure the 4 feet of roof rack i eliminated by using the thule bars is roughly equivalant to a jerry can full of water - perhaps a bit more.
i'll likely fit a short (i.e. 30") rack forward of the tent someday if/when i find i need more storage. just one guys opinions and experiences...subject to change, of course.