Rooftop Tent storage

Brian, I did the same thing, also with canoes etc.

I rigged up a pulley in each corner ($12.40 at bunnings)

I then ran ropes through them, guiding the ropes to another 4 pulleys in one corner.
attach hooks or the likes (straps under and between, or place a timber beam under each side attached to the ropes.) to each corner.
It is then as simple as going to the corner where all the ropes meet and pulling all 4 tight. Then pull them all together.
You can spend a bit extra and buy those self clamping pulleys to save a bit of time and efort, but I found them to be very hard to release all 4 at once.
Make sure you have a tie point for your 4 ropes so it doesnt come down quicker than it went up.
Also I would advise spreading a timber beam across 2 roof trusses in each corner above your patio to share the load of the pulleys.
(Don't want your roof to come down quicker than your tent!!!)


Hope this helps
Brian N
Of course a better alternative is a set of skyhooks with a swinging skycrane, but I believe they are still on back order at Bunnings!!! (It is friday!)