Installation of The Tuff Trek Mk 3 Hard Shell Tents
The Tuff Trek Mk3 Tent has major benefits over other tents for installation due to its East west Crossbars built into its base - this structure allows it to be mounted lower and Lighter than other Roof top tents in its class.​​​​
Installing the Tuff Trek Mk3 Tent to Canopy -
The North-South M8 Slotted spacing rails underneath tent can be used to through bolt the tent into mounting holes drilled into flat aluminium or steel canopy roofs - But Its a tricky install to do this, requiring precise machinery to lower the tent on while lining up the bolts with the holes... It is usually Much easier to install a low mount roof rack on the Canopy first - Like these ones here
Installing Tough Trek Mk 3 Tent Directly to 4wd Wagon or Dual cab ute cabin with a 'Tough Touring Tent to vehicle Footrail kit'
This is the GO For the Lowest, Lightest , strongest install -
For this type of installation - Tough Touring Tent to vehicle foot rails are fitted to the vehicle first - Then the Tuff Trek tent is lowered in place and mounting bolt holes carefully maked onto the East west cross bars underneath the tent. The tent is then removed, and Nutserts inserted into the tents underbelly cross rails at the precise mounting points. The Tent is then re lowered onto the rails and bolted up. Its a lower / Lighter and stronger way to install this tent, and quite a unique feature that allows major weight and height savings.
The Tuff trek Mk3 Tent has 40mm x 20mm East west Aluminium RHS crossbars welded into its base - making it the ideal mounting point for direct Tent to roof rail installation.
" The Tuff Trek Mk3 Roof Tent is shown in the background installed using Tough Touring Fitting rails (On the 100 series) - A Similar Install on the Disco 3 with a Typical 300mm Thick RTT (Bundutop) and our Tough Touring Roof rack (The Lowest on the market) shows the amazing effect of the Tuff Treks East west cross bars and Elimination of the Cross Bars Achieves - LOWER - STRONGER - LIGHTER - BETTER"
You can Order the Tuff Trek Fitting Kit here - Tuff Trek Mk3 Tent to vehicle roof rack kit -
The Tuff Trek Mk 3 is a great choice for 4wd wagons, as you can put gear on the roof - At 87Kgs - the Tuff Treks 'Fitted' weight is comparitively low when you consider that your also deleting the roof rack weight when fitting the tent with Tough Touring Foot rail fitting kit. Check out our Tough Touring 'Tent to vehicle' Foot Rail Fitting kit for the Tuff Trek MK3 to make sense of the install reccommended for this tent.
