Anyone put a 270' awning on Chevy Tahoe?

[ratled]

I might be thinking about a 800 series Chevy Tahoe / GMC Yukon and was wondering if anyone has tried a 270' awning off the stock roof rack. GTG /no go? Beef up the cross members? Tricks or tips worth considering? Pictures?

It would be only on for trips and would be nice to have.

Thanks
ratled

 

[02TahoeMD]

Probably better off mounting an actual basket or deck of some kind onto the factory rails and then mount an awning to that. Not a great deal of real estate on the factory rails and crossbars for mounting something like an awning to. There was a member here developing metal brackets that could bolt up to the factory roof rack holes on GMT 800s and then be used as a foundation for whatever you could make fit to them, but I have not seen any updates to the project in awhile.

 

[Betarocker]

270'? I'd guess that would weigh well over a ton, and hope that it folds up small enough to navigate though public roads. Then you'd need a football field to set up.

 

[CrazyDrei]

Do it, I wanna see, get the 270 awning and figure it out from there. I like fun projects like that, they tend to inspire others. Oh, yeah, like 02TahoeMD said, you don't want to mount it to straight up factory rails or crossbars.

 

[mudhoneyandthenips]

Hi, yes see photo. Added ezi awn k9 rack and used LC mounts. Paul @ equipt1 can help.

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[displacedtexan]

270'? I'd guess that would weigh well over a ton, and hope that it folds up small enough to navigate though public roads. Then you'd need a football field to set up.

Good to see you're still doing well.

 

[03tahoe]

I've got a square awning mounted to the Tahoe. It looks like this:

Here's a view of the redwood cross-bars it's mounted to. The cross bars and front tray are version 2 of my "custom" roof rack solution for doing a rocket box, canoe, and awning all at once.

Here's a view of version 1 of the cross-bars with LED lights below the bars while at camp

Hope that helps.