Homemade Roof Top Tent Trailer

This is the homemade hardshell rooftop tent that i built last year.

Homemade roof top tent trailer.

I ve been putting off making this video for way too. The unit mounts securely to the roof of a car or suv. Finally showing the finished product. A roof top camper usually consists of a rigid bottom and heavily reinforced tent.

You will feel crazy about this creative diy build of the diy roof top tent. With a trailer you can set up basecamp then make the beer run. The main problem with roof top tents is that you have to break down the tent to go wheeling or simply go into town for beers. University of colorado at boulder student andriy wybaczynsky decided on a whim to design and build his own diy version of a vehicle rooftop tent.

The original challenge was to see if the tent could be built using widely available materials and for under 100. 410 expeditions started by contracting a local fabricator to pre cut and bend aluminum for both the top and bottom of the tent then he got a friend to weld the hinges and gas springs onto the tent. In this video 410 expeditions shows us project pytheas a homemade hard shell rooftop tent. Diy roof top tent a frame.

While you can buy these commercially they usually cost over 1 000 a young couple decided to make their own. Yet a trailer can be stolen by dickheads when left out and adventure trailers will scramble everything that isn t insanely secured when you take it on a 4.