Spacecase or Thule pod or Roof bag

The centre pole tent, and tarp will occasionally get wet and muddy, so I wouldn't put them in a box, pod or bag which are really just for clean/dry stuff.

Its gotta be dust proof .

Pyro can only comment on the Thule box as I have had one for about 12 years and it has been a great bit of gear.

Bought it originally to store the oz tent in but just use it now for cloths, bedding and pillows.Never leaks dust or water and is lockable.

Hope that helps,,

Cheers Scoof .. :-)

We too have a centre pole tent. Comes in a fairly heavy duty bag but I am going to get a good canvas zip up bag when I get a chance. The tent just sits by itself in the roof rack when that is all I carry up there.
If it is a longer trip however then we have recently aquired a top quality full size canvas roof bag (thanks Roachie!) and to make things neat I put the tent in the back of that and stuff other soft lightweight stuff at the front of it and zip the whole thing up.

Best thing about a good quality roof bag is that it can mould down to the shape of what you are carrying rather than being the same shape all the time. Yes, it takes a little longer to put tiedowns over it (I use straps to secure the load and then a trailer net to prevent the canvas flapping) but when buttoned down it is less of a wind catcher than a full size box or pod. Also folds up to near nothing when it is not in use.

Cheers
Muddy

I've built shelf inside the back of my fourbie for stashing the tent. Instead of rolling the tent, we fold ours flat and slide it under the shelf. That means we can access it without having to unload everything else. It can be the first thing to dragged out when we get to he campsite, and when we pack up it's the last thing to be put away. And being in the back of the truck, it's out of the weather and at easy handling height.

we got a rack sack - roof bag....dust and waterproof...

fit a 20kg tent, dbl swag, single swag, pram, porta cot, extra bedding etc.....plenty of room.

Laura