6 Person RTT

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suburbanjo

Adventurer
I finally started designing a custom RTT for my suburban family hauler. Shown below is 3 separate but connectable tents in aluminum shells 4 or 5 inches tall each. They are 54" wide by 84" long at the moment. They will have gas assist and have either legs that go to ground or back to frame. The images show the tent pods before they are expanded. They will open similar to autohome airtop or the like. Many details are missing but this is a start.
 
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mkitchen

mkitchen

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Neat Design

I too, look forward to seeing more. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work. It might make the Sub a bit top heavy but it seems that it would be a better choice than pulling trailer.
Mikey
 
Kevin108

Kevin108

Explorer
I'd have probably gone with a 4-person RTT and a 2-person in-vehicle setup, but I'm anxious to see what you come up with!
 
IdaSHO

IdaSHO

IDACAMPER
Hopefully not too much.

Might have a bit of an incident if everyone is on one side. :coffeedrink:
 
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suburbanjo

Adventurer
Thanks guys. Now I'm considering sliding the top 2 tents out instead of flipping.... Hmm. I really want to make the sleep area as wide as possible but make the overall width on the roof as narrow as possible so it doesn't look dorky. I found the 3d file of the burb for free online and plopped it into Keyshot and colorized it to match my suburban. I exported it to PTC Creo where I'm creating all my components, then I bring components back into Keyshot to render. It's all aluminum so my guess is the whole thing will weigh 350 lbs (get more accurate later). I intend to fasten in 4 spots on the roof but spread the load along the whole distance on both sides to spread the gross camping weight of 1400 lbs. The wing tents will be primarily supported by the ground or frame as the downrigger struts will be fastened in line roughly to the cg of those.

As for liking each other, yeah we like each other. 2 girls (11 and 9), 2 boys (7 and 5), and my wife and I. This is why the 3 tents with full privacy. Today we camp in an 8 x 13 tent. I'm thinking optional drop down rooms on each side below the tents for future. When I have a moment, I'll update a few more pics of the latest.

Thanks
 
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Clutch

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suburbanjo said:
As for liking each other, yeah we like each other. 2 girls (11 and 9), 2 boys (7 and 5), and my wife and I. This is why the 3 tents with full privacy. Today we camp in an 8 x 13 tent. I'm thinking optional drop down rooms on each side below the tents for future. When I have a moment, I'll update a few more pics of the latest.

Thanks
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That is a lot of crawling over each other when someone has to pee in the middle of the night...then down a ladder. With that many think I would want to be on the ground.
 
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suburbanjo

Adventurer
Yeah I'll need to have 3 separate entrances each at the feet so nobody has to crawl over anyone. I was considering making the tents 8.5 or even 9 ft and put a hatch at the foot end. I could even cut a hole in the burb in the back and put a toilet in the floor behind the bench seat, then crawl down there from the middle tent.
 
WillBeck

WillBeck

Adventurer
Get a gran sabanna from Tepui. It has an option for an interior divider wall. Boys can sleep n the annex on cots or whatever, and the girls can share the rtt with you.

But this also looks ************, and I wanna see where it goes.
 
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suburbanjo said:
Yeah I'll need to have 3 separate entrances each at the feet so nobody has to crawl over anyone. I was considering making the tents 8.5 or even 9 ft and put a hatch at the foot end. I could even cut a hole in the burb in the back and put a toilet in the floor behind the bench seat, then crawl down there from the middle tent.
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Good plan!
 
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