Side Vs. Back opening RTT

[cyberpigue]

Rear for me...

My 91 Trooper has barn doors that open to the rear. My annex room has a "rear" door that allows me access to the contents of the Trooper's cargo area (yet easily secured) and also I've considered making a platform for the roof just over the passenger area (in front of the tent's rear door) as sort of a "deck" where i can hang out at night and stargaze, or put my cooler for easy bedtime access without cluttering up the tent.

I also see the value in being able to park literally anywhere and set up. Obviously this is all just personal preference, but I for one could care less about looks... functionality is my need.

 

[2scars]

Done...

 

[4D55 Performance]

I prefer to have the tent go off to the side because I have a family sized tent. Because the tent is 87" long it can only open 1 way. That being said, if I had a smaller tent I would still prefer to have deploy over the side because I pull a trailer. As far as the tent sitting to one side if it is side deploy is not true what so ever. I have no idea why someone would make that statement.

 

[grandpa]

I couldn't decide which direction to mount my tent so I built a sliding and rotating mount. I can rotate the tent in any direction. I used a turntable I got from McMaster-Carr here> http://www.mcmaster.com/#turntables/=odq92s



Opened to the rear.


Opened to the side.

 

[Quest4ADV]

I couldn't decide which direction to mount my tent so I built a sliding and rotating mount. I can rotate the tent in any direction. I used a turntable I got from McMaster-Carr here> http://www.mcmaster.com/#turntables/=odq92s



Opened to the rear.


Opened to the side.

That is an awesome idea!

 

[Corey]

Ditto, that is pretty slick.

 

[Dennx]

Very cool. Can you do a writup of the fabricating and mounting.