Lifestyle campers, who's got one?

[earle]

Not sure about lifestyle but on our customline the fibreglass poles just lay down flat (still bowed though) on the tent roof when you loosen the rope. Really no difference then in terms of tropical roof/no tropical roof except another layer of canvas (and some fibregalss poles which are laying flat against the roof).

[ddr]

However what do you do with the fibreglass poles that are inside the tropical roof?

Leave them there, Once they lay flat after taking the tropical root lines out the awning slides over & they dont impact each other at all.

Doing it on your pat malone would be a struggle, but with 2 people its not difficult.  As lost said, leave the 2 end poles on the awning so you can lift it high enough, then drag it over.

[Bird]

Leave them there, Once they lay flat after taking the tropical root lines out the awning slides over & they dont impact each other at all.

Doing it on your pat malone would be a struggle, but with 2 people its not difficult.  As lost said, leave the 2 end poles on the awning so you can lift it high enough, then drag it over.

what he said...
alone is almost impossible... btu then puttin the awning up is too.. unless your 8ft 1200in like DDR is... hes handy for awning fitment....but it always costs you a bottle of red.. cheap I say

[Dion]

Hmmm might give it a try, but yeah since I do it by myself usually (I'm 2m tall, awnings are easy for me) its probably not a worry.  Its the poles etc that take time. 

[Bird]

(I'm 2m tall, awnings are easy for me)

You'd come up to Dans knees...

[earle]

Hmmm might give it a try, but yeah since I do it by myself usually (I'm 2m tall, awnings are easy for me) its probably not a worry.  Its the poles etc that take time. 

I can do it by myself by using the pole that holds up the highest part of the annex roof to lift the annex roof on top of the tent and push it back a bit. Then I jump up on the tool box and straighten the roof as much as possible from there, then do the other side of the roof from standing on the ground. Only have a problem if there is a strong wind blowing from the back of the tent as it blows the annex roof back off before you can get around to straighten it up.

[Frostd]

I can do it by myself by using the pole that holds up the highest part of the annex roof to lift the annex roof on top of the tent and push it back a bit. Then I jump up on the tool box and straighten the roof as much as possible from there, then do the other side of the roof from standing on the ground. Only have a problem if there is a strong wind blowing from the back of the tent as it blows the annex roof back off before you can get around to straighten it up.

X2

This is exactly the way we do it. We recently did Cape York and every pack up, the awning went back over the tent, with the tropical roof folding up underneath.

[sadie]

Do you guys that fold the annexe up with the rest of the tent have the high-top tonneau cover? Do you have any difficulty fitting it all under the tonneau? It seems like it would add a bit of bulk under there....

[earle]

I have a high top tonneau cover. Even if I zip the annex off it sits on top of the folded tent along with the annex walls, cgear mat etc etc.

[jenont]

g'day Jeno,

Being an ex Territorian I thought I would send you and answer;

we have a lifestyle that we bought second hand.  12 ft tent as 4 kids.  All good for us except the stitching where the floor meets the walls leaks as the water runs down the wall and hits the join.  Otherwise all good.  Takes us a solid hour + to set up with annexe and all.  The tropical roof does help keep the temp down.

We saw Vacation in the flesh and a very good trailer.

We also had Camel on the list, but when we saw in the flesh and the Vic dealer that got scrubbed.

Hear good things about track about.

Chris

Thanks for that mate, much appreciated!