AT Horizon w/Columbus Carbon Mounted

[kb7our]

I finally finished mounting my new medium Columbus tent atop my AT Horizon and must say I am pretty pleased with the fit. Here are a few pics including a "custom" rain fly for the huge rear entrance (additional rear vertical panel forthcoming which will close off the back between the poles as needed). Awning is Sunbrella fabric snap fastened to the inside lip of the tent top and uses 2 Fiamma F35 center rafter poles.

 

[flyingwil]

Looks good!

 

[blue94yj]

Looks really good. Do you have any close ups of how the rain fly attaches to the tent?

Charlie

 

[Martyn]

Looks like a nice set up, great job.

What do you have going on on the side of the nose box? Looks like two GFI outlets?

 

[kb7our]

Looks like a nice set up, great job.

What do you have going on on the side of the nose box? Looks like two GFI outlets?

SS brackets for a shelf that holds two wash tubs or whatever and stores inside side box.

 

[kb7our]

Looks really good. Do you have any close ups of how the rain fly attaches to the tent?

Charlie

Here are a few pics for you Charlie.

I have plan A, B, and C for attaching the awning. Plan A was use heavy duty velcro with its own adhesive since I had the awning made with a strip sewn in at the top. As anticipated, the adhesive did not hold well on the underside of the tent top when the awning was pulled taught.

I am on plan B using screw in snap fasteners. I applied one part of the fastener to the awning material using a kit that came with the fasteners. On the tent side I drilled small rivet size holes (yes it was very hard to drill the first hole into a tent of this cost but I thought it through quite carefully) into the carbon fiber roof to screw the snap fasteners on from the inside then covered the sharp end of the screw with painted nylon cap nuts visible on the outside. As anticipated this arrangement holds the awning very secure and can be pulled taught plus looks "good".

I am ready for plan C after I see how well plan B performs. You will see in the pics this consists of replacing the screw in snap fasteners with a piece of 4' UV resistant RV awning channel. I can simply use rivets to fasten the channel to the underside of the roof where the holes are already drilled for a nice clean look. The soft portion of the channel simply sews on to the awning material and is easily foldable for storage while attached to the awning.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any additional questions. The awning is about 4' at the top which is about as wide as you can go without rounding the corners. It tapers out to a width of about 5' at the bottom. With any of these options there is really no way for moisture to ingress since fastening is done outside the tent fabric walls. Rivets similar to what is used to fasten the latch would provide the cleanest look hence I may end up using the channel riveted on...time will tell. A much shorter awning could also be used if you just want a few feet of cover then mount some spring steel poles into the side of the tent floor with perhaps aluminum stock as a backer plate but the longer awning/rainfly arrangement provides greater privacy and cover when the tailgate is open for working with the fridge and storage.

Wade