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Congratulations on your new ROAM rooftop tent, and welcome to our family of ROAM adventurers! To assemble and install this tent, you will attach two mounting extrusions to the tent, attach the adjustable length ladder, and attach the PVC-coated durable tent cover.
Hardware Guide [hardware pouch located inside tent] F. extrusion mount bolts A. sandwich plates (4) (one washer) (4) B. wrenches (2) G. mounting extrusions (2) C. tent stakes (4) H. elastic cord (1) D. extrusion covers (4) I. ladder brackets and hardware (2) E.
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Unpacking the Tent 1. On a clean, flat workspace, open tent packaging. If using a knife, take care to not cut any fabric. 2. Undo two large tent straps, where two aluminum extrusions are also located. Undo two small end-straps on the side opposite the hinge to allow tent to fold open. Unzip either end’s doorway to find inside the small pouch of hardware, ladder, and tent cover. (The long pouch can remain inside the tent.
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Attaching the Extrusions 1. Lay the tent with the side up that contains four holes in the tent base. Remove the packaging around the extrusions. Open the small hardware pouch and locate two included wrenches, and four 6mm bolts with one washer and nut. 2.
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Attaching the Ladder and Cover 1. Flip the tent over and locate the four holes in the outer aluminum frame opposite the hinge side. Loosely attach ladder brackets with the flat side towards the outside of the frame and the nuts on the top side. 2.
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Vehicle Install The tent can be mounted to open in one of two directions: Off the back Off the side 1. After verifying the static and dynamic load capacities of your rack, and that the rack is securely mounted to the vehicle, lift the tent into position, using the help of another person or a hoist.
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Vehicle Install cont’d 3. Lifting one side of the tent at a time, position one of the two slide bolts on either side of the mounting rail. Repeat for each of the four corners of the tent. 4. Slide sandwich plate under mounting rail and onto each pair of bolts, using either of the two holes on the sandwich plate that best suits the position.
Setting Up Camp 1. Park vehicle on level ground, and set parking brake. Undo the large cover straps. Unzip and remove cover. The cover can hang down, be rolled and tucked up, or removed, but be sure to keep fabric away from tent hinge.
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Setting Up Camp cont’d 4. Using ladder as a lever, unfold tent completely to a horizontal position. 5. Adjust ladder height to achieve a 30 degree angle by depressing the buttons under each rung, starting at the top rung. 6. Pull out U-shaped overhang support bar from end of tent, and insert each end into swivel eyelets on either corner of tent.
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Setting Up Camp cont’d 6. Stake down each corner of overhang using attached guy lines. 7. Climb up inside tent to find window awning supports. Undo window flap attachment clips. Insert straight end of awning support into pre-drilled holes on the sides of tent below windows at a 45 degree angle.
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