phantomind
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Hello, I have some photos of the 23Zero Armadillo on the R1T. I’m putt this in its own post because I believe I’m going to do a full review to the tent. So far though, life has got in the way and I haven’t been able to go off and camp! Hopefully next month. Right now it’s spend the money and. Nothing. I’ll work with the wife to get some camp time soon I hope…
Otherwise, the set up went well. The tent is heavy. 180 lbs. Four of us put it on the bed rails without a problem, but it was four of us. The brackets are barely big enough to fit the Rivian racks. The screws are towed in a bit for it to fit. I‘m not taking the tent off the racks, it will all be lifted off as one piece as others have done. Calculate the extra cost into your RTT if you plan to do the same. I’m not going to go over the setup and takedown of the tent here as 23Zero has videos that cover it well. I will say that it is fast. Taking my time and thinking about it all it is 2ish minutes to put up and less than 5 to take down.
The fit is good. It goes over the bed and about 2” farther than the tailgate but for me it doesn’t feel too big for the truck. It is not right up to the back window because it needs to clear the roof faring. Once up, the window canopy at the cab side can use one of the spring rods, the other side will have to be tied off. From the rear view I may look like it is mounted off a bit but that is just one side sinching down tighter than the other. I expect when I put some pillows in there it will even out.
If you have any questions about install, setup or breakdown let me know. Also any questions about actual camping let me know. I’ll answer as best I can, if I can get camping…
Otherwise, the set up went well. The tent is heavy. 180 lbs. Four of us put it on the bed rails without a problem, but it was four of us. The brackets are barely big enough to fit the Rivian racks. The screws are towed in a bit for it to fit. I‘m not taking the tent off the racks, it will all be lifted off as one piece as others have done. Calculate the extra cost into your RTT if you plan to do the same. I’m not going to go over the setup and takedown of the tent here as 23Zero has videos that cover it well. I will say that it is fast. Taking my time and thinking about it all it is 2ish minutes to put up and less than 5 to take down.
The fit is good. It goes over the bed and about 2” farther than the tailgate but for me it doesn’t feel too big for the truck. It is not right up to the back window because it needs to clear the roof faring. Once up, the window canopy at the cab side can use one of the spring rods, the other side will have to be tied off. From the rear view I may look like it is mounted off a bit but that is just one side sinching down tighter than the other. I expect when I put some pillows in there it will even out.
If you have any questions about install, setup or breakdown let me know. Also any questions about actual camping let me know. I’ll answer as best I can, if I can get camping…
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