Awning recommendations when your RTT is below the cab?

Posted by justteh@reddit | overlanding | View on Reddit | 20 comments

Hello all.

I'm in the market for some kind of cover when using my RTT. To keep things sleek, I have a short rack that's only a handful of inches above the top of my bed leaving the RTT even with the top of the cab. The gas mileage has been great like this! But there's one obvious issue I've run into. This places any mounted awnings like the 270s you see regularly these days at about neck height on me. That obviously isn't great.

So my thought is essentially 2 ideas. 1: Get a traditional freestanding awning like many people have when car camping, or 2: get some kind of extension to push the awning up above my head.

I'm not really a huge fan of the classic freestanding awnings in general, but maybe there are some good recommendations? Also, given the fact that I'm 6'2" and the goal is to have things not in places to make a bunch of wind resistance, the second option seems counter productive, too, but maybe there's a good implementation?

In any case, I'm hoping some of you have some ideas or thoughts. I'd like to keep my RTT at the height it is now, but maybe that's the 3rd option ... bring everything higher and over the cab (but I don't really want to)