odd question .. making love in a roof top tent!

The rhino bars with stand up to your nocturnal activity but if you have coil springs you might like to invest in a set of spring clamps.....too much activity on the roof top may well get such a sway up that you will have the whole of the outback out watching.......not too many movie theatres out that way but everyone has a camp chair :-)))))))))))

Ummmm!!! Errrrr!!! Being an expert on this subject :-)) I would suggest the more bars the better.
Nothing worse than a major structural failure right at the moment of impact so to speak.

Have you also considered a suspension upgrade as well????
All those self inflicted corrugations may be cause for suspension failure at some point?? :-))

P.S.
I can't wait to see the posts that follow this one.

You'll be fine mate, there is not enough room in roof tents for rigorous activity, its not like you will be swinging from a tree and landing in from a height or anything like that, or is there?

We had three rino bars on the roof of a 100 series, fixed locations, the 3rd bar at the front was used to support the awning, similar to your set up, I think.

The jolting from currugatuions will be far more stressful on the roof tent than anything you can do to it...

If this tent's ROCKIN'- don't come KNOCKIN' !!!!!!!!!!!!

Exactly the reason I didn't get a roof top tent!

Have you ever tried getting in and out of a rubber Batman suit in one of those things? No room to swing a whip and little space to hang the chandelier either. Also bad for Gerbils should they fall out and hit the ground from that height.

Matt.

So you're honeymooning in a tent in the Kimberley ;-)

I offered my wife a honeymoon on Fraser Island. She never really forgave me, considering the deal was that we sleep in a 3 man tent and drove up there in a 2A LandRover. I paid for that for about 20 years!

And I thought nobody really had nookies when they're camping......

Reminds me of years ago, camping at the Cotter Dam site near Canberra, and when we turned it in, we were the only ones in the camping ground. After some vigorous activity in the morning, with vocals to accompany (you do that when you're young), we climbed out of the tent only to find a couple of tents nearby which weren't there the night before.
Got lots of smiles.....

ok, I'll bet someone pops up here to say they were there.....

My advice, don't spring on the inner spring or there might be an offspring next spring.

ok, so the concensus is that we should be ok, but extra support wouldn't hurt.

I'll check out how much it'll be for a fourth bar, and I think I'll go for 3 under the tent and one at the front of the roof for the awning to attach to :)

Thanks for the humorous replies so far, my colleagues think I'm going crazy for laughing to myself today!

Use the bonnet.

better make it four bars (three Rhino, one Tiger,) or the Bride will be very disappointed.....;)

hahahahahahahahahahaha

Four Rhino's.... That's a hell of a lot of horn!

And I thought this was a family friendly site ! What a topic. Please remian inside your tent until the grins are off both faces, and do NOT yell "Ya Hoo Mountin Dew" lest other campers be disturbed whilst engaging in similar activities.
Oh and remember if it's raining not to touch the sides.

Hi Jason,
I don't know about flash roof top tents but my mate and his girlfriend did it on the roofracks of a CJ5 one night in a self made tent!

This happened about 20 years ago in the campground at Weipa, tour groups and all.

They didn't know the other mate and I where still sitting around the dying fire stopping the esky from getting hot.

Geoff

newly weds :in the Kimberly's.""""". the tent is were you:ll be going to sleep ...loads more interesting places .to get up close n personal...::were and whenever the urge gets ya
cheers Bundy.......(get adventurous)

Honeymoon in the Kimberley. Perhaps you should book a couple of nights at Cable Beach Resort or Cape Leveque or Faraway Bay just to give the Rhino Racks a rest.

Obviously you will be posting photos of course - oh and of the trip as well!!!

uneekwahn,

I strongly urge you to check the roof loading of your vehicle. Most 4WDs have a max limit of around 100kgs,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

If you don't check this,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Just send us the photos,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

He,he,he,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

;)

Bilbo

The UHF aerial is the real give away :)

Anyway, you might not have as many problems as have been suggested here.
After you get married its too late to find that she might not be as keen as you are ...and the bad news is that it gets worse....MUCH worse :))

I've been married for too long to recall the issues associated with this activity....

Andrew

we went at it like rabbits last easter in our rooftop(howling moon)plenty of room in it i say!!(by the way we now have a daughter for our effort!!!)Paul

Go for it. We have a penthouse set up, though on a camper. Much more practical than a self inflating materess! Cuts down on spectators as well. Have only had a camel having a look since we moved up stairs. In the OzTent any number of critters would be watching (bandicoots, dingo, a few sheep.) Don't know what the attraction is but gives you a turn when you look up and there is a camel looking in!

The whole thing can be interesting. Were camped in a gorge and even though we couldn't see anyone near by it was pretty noisy. Reminded me of the Gym scene from Porky's!

Steve

Just marry her!
Youll never have that problem again! LOL
Cheers

I don't think that three or even four bars will be enough .....try sixty-nine.

I'd suggest some large bore foam cell shocks to limit the fade after excessive vigourous use, you don't want to get sea sick, a real passion killer.
Otherwise I did hear of someone fitting "shag bars" to a Toyota Surf for a similar reason. Like a caravan has at each corner.
Hang on, you will be in the kimberleys, who's going to see if you are outside??? Isn't that busy is it?
Could be seen on google earth if you were lucky but if that happened it would be such a cool story to tell........
NickR

Ah... look mate... the rooftop tent is the least of the problems...! Getting the goat up the ladder is much more of an issue...?

Mike Harding

At least this thread hasn't been moderated out of existence, David must realise it's a totally natural THING FOR PEOPLE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX TO DO, Camp that is.
Recently my parents had a diamond Jubilee and I did some math and from my calculations I was concieved in room 48 at Jenolan Caves House, you went there for honeymoons in those far off days of the middle of last century. This annoyed me as I thought I was concieved in the sand hills at Cronulla. So you can see from my observations that people have been doing this on their honey moons for ages...
Now the Ultimate camper has a NOOKIE pole - I don't know why they would call it that.
Another story I got first hand from a fellow camper was one about how they had just bought a Jayco dove, parked in a spot over looking a river. Ok darkness falls and my mate and his WIFE decided to celebrate their purchase with some nocturnal horizontal jogging. They had in their inexperience forgotten to pull on the hand brake or put down the feet with the result that at some time just before Ohhhhhh yyeeeeeeeeeeeesooooooohhhhhhhhhhhmmmyyyyyyyyGOOOOOOOD OHHHHHHHHHH yes the whole thing ran backward down into said river...Much merriment from the now aroused campground and tractor pulling were required to get them back on dry land.
Of courses Sibil & I don't behave like that any more something about Sibil thinking it is not romantic with me calling out the position numbers from the manual...

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again, i'm glad everyone got a kick out of my question and I'm thankful for all the responses (serious and not!).

my fiance and I are bleep ourselves laughing at most of the responses.

If any of you see a red GQ Patrol with some newly weds in it in July/August/September in the Kimberleys, please, block your ears :))))

and to think you are worrying about your roof top tent. We just bought a Coromal Off Road Camper trailer and already the SWMBO is worried about the noise/rocking any jiggy jig in the front bed might make. I told her I was thinking of trading immediately.

Good luck with the trip

I was beaten to suggesting a large aerial. One training camp at Hawker with the SES had a newly married couple on coarse and during early hrs morning three vehicles outside all with HF aerials on bars, two dead stationary and one doing frantic whips side to side. Poor buggers got it in the morning.
Cheers
Charlie

I thought that this post would go rapidly down hill but I was pleasantly surprised. An excellent read with some good suggestions. We are off to the York Peninsular for the weekend so this has been very useful!

Enjoy the trip uneekwahn

Cheers

Pete

One suggestion I've had on another site (perth4x4) is to have the tent set so it opens towards the rear of the 4wd, otherwise you'll definately get some side to side action happening !

Again, thank you all for the laughs over the last couple of days, I'm glad I posted here :)

Jason.

Leave the Kama Sutra manual at home and only attempt horizontal potitioning. Any inclination toward vertical is going to give that 160kg total an increasing psi at point of impact that may see your middle roof bar creating a sun roof - a bit like the can openers we had before ring pulls.