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Great build mate! top marks for thinking it out and building something that suit you.

Very practical design....I too have plans on my wish list to do something with a roof top tent one day...will keep your idea in mind.....

Horse wrote:Love it! Looks pro !

Im in awe.... I was thinking of making a a canopy and had a good look at both Alby's and ssidebes (Sibs or Sam's, ) ... With what I've just seen I reckon you just put the best of both worlds together with what would suit me. I'd only want a set of Jack-Off's with it so I could unbolt it at the campsite to go get wood and 4x4....

Hey Quinny seen these removable ute top campers
by 3 dog camping sound like what your thinking of.
(Picture was to large so here is the link)
http://3dogcamping.com/dogcatcher/images/2007-05-1517-15-42_000.JPG

Saw them in a camper trailer mag cost $9000 weighs 230kg unladen and has a 80 lt water tank.
Horse

Thanks Horse.... Thats the stuff..... Now to steal the design... er I mean.... come up with a fresh inovative idea...

Mate top job,

currently trying to get my slide on camper going, but it will be pop up, so i can have the tinnie on the roof, love urs mate, and even sweeter to use cos you built it urself!

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Had an email the other day. The guys from 4WD action want to do a photo shoot in a few weeks time with my ute and the camper. I was bloody stoked! I don't reckon I could have received much better an accolade than that!

ALSO have alook at challenge campers,or have a look at my pictures they custom build, good bunch of fellas got mine around christmas,90 litres of water,60 litre engel on drop down slide,lido cooker,hot & cool water shower,double bed,all the awnings for around the 15k mark

D4D for ME wrote:Had an email the other day. The guys from 4WD action want to do a photo shoot in a few weeks time with my ute and the camper. I was bloody stoked! I don't reckon I could have received much better an accolade than that!

That's great news D4D.........Awesome. All that hard work has paid off and your effort has been recognised. Well done. Keep us informed about the shoot/interview and issue date.

well done i like the low profile

D4D, your canopy is part of the reason I decided to build my own canopy, Big difference in quality between yours and mine though , mine was a 3 day build, sorta knocked it up on the days off.

See what happens when you are home and the Brides at work!

All Sh!t aside, fantastic work, well deserved recognition.

.......now what else can I copy?

top work m8 and congrats on the photo shoot

cheers Troy

Thanks Guys. Photo shoot will be on the 27th of May at a 'secret' location near Lithgow. Hope they don't blind fold me when i'm driving there to keep me from finding my way back . Apparently it will appear in the 'Camping with your 4WD' and '4WD Action custom utes guide'.

Have to agree, it's a great piece of work and I am inspired to build my own too.

Does anyone know where to buy things like slide out cookers, basins etc?

Cheers

Well done mate... very deserving of the photo shoot....

doubleshot wrote:well done i like the low profile

X2 Congratulations D4D you have done a very nice job with it, I am considering a rooftop tent but it sitting so high on my rig is a negative but will probably still get one.

Thanks guys. Hey Alby, I only just realised that yours is the sweet 'Lux that I've been looking at and reading about over and over in the 4WD Custom Guide. Yeah, I know.........I never claimed to be a smart man.

So how did the canopy fair on the trip mate??

Yeah mate how did the trip go?

And the photo shoot?

Canopy faired well. It's near enough to dust proof however I did discover a few small water leaks that I was previously unaware of. A quick swipe of silicone soon cleared them up pretty well though. I am going to modify the table height so that I can get at the tubs on the left hand side with out having to slide the whole table out. This became a little annoying after a bit. The roof top tent was awesome! It even stayed 100% water proof when we copped almost an inch of rain over night at the Lion's Den. The velcro straps did give up the ghost under the strain of holding down tight the folded bed with all our bedding and pillows, so I replaced them with some straps that have cam lock style buckles for $7 each from Bunnings at Cairns. Other than that every thing was sweet. I even realised that the grab handles on the roof are the perfect size for tying down the crab pots we bought at BCF on the way up. Cool eh?

Photo shoot was ages ago, and I still haven't heard BOO from them.

Its in 4WD Action - Camping with your 4WD, weekend getaways are features.
Theres a family on Stockton? siting round a fire with a OzTent and 100series on the cover.
A mate gave it to me a week ago as he had seen your setup.
Macca

Thanks Macca. Any chance you could have a look at the cover for me please mate and tell me which issue number it is in. They have issues 5 and 6 on their web site but I don't think it's either of those.
So much for "You will be contacted when we write the article.....You will be sent several free copies of the magazine....Blah blah blah..."