The RTT waterfall

[OverlandZJ]

I just got wet for the last time.. icy water can be a real downer when it comes down in the rig and douses you.

I have an AH Overland and whenever it rains i get a lake on the cover. I ALWAYS seem to forget the waterfall effect and get a nice shower inside the Jeep covering me on the left side.

Anyone done anything to eliminate this? Maybe some bow setup of some type?

 

[Martyn]

When I owned one I used to get water pooling on the fabric just above the ladder. To solve it I lowered one side to have it drain to one side. The support pole can be retracted to a shorter length on one side. Is this the same problem you are having?

Even though I had a solution to the problem I often forgot about it and got water down my back getting in or out of the tent. The issue is that the tent is designed without a fly sheet, so the door acts as both a door and a roof when deployed. The other side of the coin is the fabric that the tent is made out of is amazing, it will hold water (a lake of water) and it's still breathable.

 

[Martyn]

Alas I see your problem is with the cover itself, not the tent. I never experienced this with mine. Try placing something in the middle of the tent under the cover to create a slight slope to the cover. Hopefully it will prevent pooling.

 

[LaOutbackTrail]

pics?

 

[Errant]

I think a bow setup would be your best best. I need to figure something out, too, as I noticed the water pooling on the cover of mine during our last trip. My tent's on the Disco, so I'm not getting wet, but I know exactly what you mean (I used to get a lapful of icy water on right-hand corners in my XJ from a leaky sunroof seal).

 

[OverlandZJ]

Alas I see your problem is with the cover itself, not the tent. I never experienced this with mine. Try placing something in the middle of the tent under the cover to create a slight slope to the cover. Hopefully it will prevent pooling.

Exactly, water pools on both sides of the ladder between the awning struts.

I think an appropriate sized bungie going from the Thule bar from front, over the RTT to the rearmost Thule bar might resolve this issue.

pics?

Calling for more rain tonight, i'll grab a few pics tomorrow.

I think a bow setup would be your best best. I need to figure something out, too, as I noticed the water pooling on the cover of mine during our last trip. My tent's on the Disco, so I'm not getting wet, but I know exactly what you mean (I used to get a lapful of icy water on right-hand corners in my XJ from a leaky sunroof seal).

If the bungie doesnt work i may consider a bow front to rear, i'll need to find an old thinner tent pole and shockcord.

 

[Lemsteraak]

I don't know if this helps, but here is some history

The OverLand tent is derived from the venerable old Air-Camping tent. Air-Camping dates back a very very long time and is optimized for African exploration. AutoHome makes both tents. Here is a PDF that shows the resemblance.

http://www.air-camping.it/

There really isn't much difference between the two tents other than the OverLand has a few more goodies like the struts that hold up the door making it into a little awning. I have an old OverCamp tent and as far as I can tell the struts were added from them, and they too can collect water in the rain.

My work-around for the OverCamp may work on your OverLand. The support for the awning struts are a couple plastic eyes under the base. In back of the eyes is the metal frame, take a drill sized slightly larger than the spike on the awning strut and drill into the frame. This gives the strut more support. I then use bungie cords to take any slack out. You can also probably shorten one of the awning struts a couple inches so the water drains off the side rather than over the ladder.

Rich