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432 views 4 replies 3 participants last post by  Mr. Bitey  
#1 ·
Hey all, I'm creating this thread because I always come to my jeep community before looking elsewhere on all my projects. Plus I got excited that this thread was "& other off road equipment" as my trailer is definitely going to be that eventually.
I have a brand-new cargo trailer I pull with the JK Unlimited and have two awnings coming. One for the roof rack on the jeep and another for the cargo trailer. I bought a Interstate 5x10 with drop gate. My question is on the mounting. Being that it only has a 4.7 interior height, I don't want to mount it on the exterior side wall as it will be too low for walking under and I want it to also go over the side entry door for when I'm camping. So, I'm thinking of mounting it on the curved part of the roof. I bought one that is 8.2 feet long so it will mount flush with the rear seam and front marker light. where I need your guy's advice and help is the mounting itself. I was planning to drill each mount directly through the roof and inner roof brace. But, I don't want to use the mounting brackets because i think it would look horrible. So I planned on mounting it directly to the awning main frame and roof. I already got some rubber roof seam tape to put between them for water proofing. what advice and suggestions do you guys have and please chime in if any of you have done this. I'm including pics of everything so you guys are not flying blind. Thanks.

NOVSIGHT Car Side Awning Off Road Awning 8.2 x 10ft, Waterproof Pull-Out Car Awning for Camping 5000mm PU Adjustable Height Retractable Roof Rack Awning for Vehicle, Van, SUV,Jeep, Forest Gray
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#2 ·
Personally, I think I'd fab a couple mounting plates/ brackets to the side, then the awning to the plate.

It'd be removable then as well.

I think that would be sturdier than the roof, and have a less likelihood of leaking as well

What about a roof rack in general?

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Hoss
 
#3 ·
I hadn't even considered a setup like that Hoss. Thank you. I'll take a look. Looks light which is what I want. I forgot to add these photos. As you can somewhat see, there is not much for inside bracing and the roof itself is super thin.
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#4 ·
I'm familiar, we have a couple at work, which is why I was thinking about side might be better.

In addition to the wood, you could sandwich it, with a bigger plate or panel inside, which would add sheer strength and ridgedity.


If you didn't want an entire rack, you could do one side and do an offset bracket to get it over and above the edge of the trailer


Hoss
 
#5 ·
What about adding a cargo basket to the roof of the trailer? I used some Nilite mounts to mount my awning to a cargo basket. Nilite makes mounts for their lights that clamp on a bunch of tubing sizes. I've found them useful for other things too. I used them for some DIY traction mat mounts too.

Close up of mount on the awning, I used 4 total.

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Nilite tube clamp mounts

They also have a wide range of universal and product specific mounts that I can envision being used for all kinds of things
 
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