Ok now that’s freaking cool! So much cooler than the little one I just built that I tow with my old VW lol My only question is, the entire weight of the upper portion, roof top tent, supplies, etc (yes I know it’s all aluminum) is held to the trailer with a dozen riv nuts? Don’t get me wrong, I love riv nuts and I’m not an engineer, but do you think that’ll work long term and be strong enough ? I’ve seen riv nuts work loose over time.
It’s our prototype so we will see! We will also be using an adhesive to “glue” the aluminum top section down when we final assemble with rivnuts, if it ever gets damaged and needs to come apart I can assure you it will not be coming apart easily 🤣
@@d3offroad when I built mine, I used that 3M clear vhb tape to secure the aluminum sheets to my steel structure and also used seam sealer on the insides as a secondary bond. So far it’s been rock solid. Subbed for future content. Looking forward to more updates as things progress!
That’s awesome and we had the same ideas! We don’t get a lot of time to work on it but we will do our best to keep up with content! Thanks for sharing your experience with your own build
I hope the rivnuts work out for you. I haven't had that good of luck with them and would use a round base weld nuts for applications like this.
Awesome Video I'm excited to see more!
Bad ass guys that’s cool
Ok now that’s freaking cool! So much cooler than the little one I just built that I tow with my old VW lol
My only question is, the entire weight of the upper portion, roof top tent, supplies, etc (yes I know it’s all aluminum) is held to the trailer with a dozen riv nuts?
Don’t get me wrong, I love riv nuts and I’m not an engineer, but do you think that’ll work long term and be strong enough ?
I’ve seen riv nuts work loose over time.
It’s our prototype so we will see! We will also be using an adhesive to “glue” the aluminum top section down when we final assemble with rivnuts, if it ever gets damaged and needs to come apart I can assure you it will not be coming apart easily 🤣
@@d3offroad when I built mine, I used that 3M clear vhb tape to secure the aluminum sheets to my steel structure and also used seam sealer on the insides as a secondary bond. So far it’s been rock solid.
Subbed for future content. Looking forward to more updates as things progress!
That’s awesome and we had the same ideas! We don’t get a lot of time to work on it but we will do our best to keep up with content! Thanks for sharing your experience with your own build
I've got a sausage 😂