Rooftop Tent Build Series - Finding the right Gas Strut!
Тәжірибелік нұсқаулар және стиль
In this video, I install the hinge and explain how to figure out what size and strength gas strut you need for your build! I hope this video helps take some of the guesswork out of finding the right struts!
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Supplies
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Stainless Steel Hinge
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The Gas Struts I used!
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Mounting Brackets
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Build Series Part 1 - Tools and Supplies:
• Rooftop tent Build ser...
Build Series Part 2 - The Base
• Rooftop Tent Build Ser...
Build Series Part 3 - The Top Frame
• Rooftop Tent Build Ser...
Build Series Part 4 - Building the Hard Shell
• Rooftop Tent Build Ser...
Build Series Part 5 - Finding the right Gas Struts (this video)
• Rooftop Tent Build Ser...
First Rooftop tent I built:
• My DIY Rooftop Tent! T...
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Skip to 5:20 for strut info!
The tent/strut stuff is great information, but the Dad stuff is way better. your daughter is about to be 2 years old. So much fun. My 2-year-old is 32 very soon and a grad student in chemistry. The years pass fast. Don't miss a thing. And don't let the difficult moments offset the great times. It works out.
Congratulations on the little girl! Mine started kindergarten this year trust me time flies. Thank you for the video series I'm looking at overlanding as a way spend time with my daughter.
Congrats on your new baby, I am a father of four and from experience I can tell you will be a great dad, love your vision and looking forward to building myself one like the s this coming year , saludos from Nicaragua
I have looked for a simple way to verify proper strut mounting position for over a week.. Awesome video and detailed explanation in Lehman’s terms.. No geometry calculations needed!!! Lol.. Much appreciated.
God bless your lil angel... congratulations to the both of you... I just started watching your series, and you're just awesome... Much love Brother !
Congrats in the new baby!!
Huge congratulations mom and dad 😎❤️👍 you’re going to have fun guys 🚼
You have the best video so far for gas Strut installs!!! I have 2 situations on strut installs and this helped way more than the other many videos!! Thank you so much.
@PatrickRemington
Жыл бұрын
Glad to help!
Welcome to fatherhood!!!!! My little girl just turned 5 a couple months ago, it is an amazing journey, congrats to you and your wife!!!!!
Congratulations!! She must be starting to go to nursery school by now. God bless your family ❤❤
Awesome video congrats on becoming a dad. Since watching your videos I’ve been sketching up a whole bunch of rooftop tent ideas. Thanks again for sharing your ideas and information
Congratulations on the new family member and keep up with the diy stuff
i can't stress to you enough how helpful this has been for me, thank you.
@PatrickRemington
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome! Glad I could help!
Thank you for sharing the valuable information. Congrats on the kid!
Thank you for all the information you provide, and congratulations to you and your wife on the addition to your family
Congratulations! Also not long winded at all. Best information on the subject I've ever seen.
Congrats on your blessing! Keep up the great series.
I just found your rooftop tent videos the other day, and subscribed today. It’s really inspiring me to make one. I think the fillet technique is what’s selling me on making one out of wood. Your videos are great! More important, congratulations on being a new Dad!
Just a suggestion, but I’d screw the piano hinge to the top first. And congrats on the new addition!
Congrats with your lovely daughter and thanks for sharing this video
Great video 😂👍I fixed it wrong, now I know how to fix perfect,congratulations on the birth of your child👌
Congrats cobber on being a Dad :). I could tell by the smile on your dial that you were stoked about the struts working... as well you should be. Cheers for sharing mate :) Peace, from Australia.
Congratulations on the baby girl! I like this series a lot because I have an RTT and would love to sell it and build my own.
Great information as usual. I was worried how I was going to install the struts you've helped tremendously.These videos are the next best thing to having you right here helping me build mine.Congradulations on your new addition all the best in the new year to come.Really looking forward to how you make the canvass or tent .Thanks again
@directionwood
3 жыл бұрын
I have to agree "These videos are the next best thing to having you right here helping me build mine."
Congratulations Patrick & wife on you guys becoming Parents to a such Cute daughter. Patrick you are a God Send to us DIYers! .So Informative, Detailed Instructions, Supplier Info etc. I Admire you for Teaching me how to Sew. Now I can get a Machine & sow Curtains for my Van Windows etc. No-one on this Forum would do that for us. A Big God Bless! from Toronto Canada.
I'm an upholsterer(old)...done this many times ...wrap a layer of vinyl over your hinge then screw thru it but should have the step up too...God bless...doug
Congratulations on being a Dad. Another great video !
That's really a quick and simple selection tip for gas strut. Awesome and thanks for that. congrats on your new role as father.
Was thinking you could use rubber or vinyl flashing on the front so when is closed it'll keep moisture/water from coming in. And congrats on being a new dad!
@PatrickRemington
5 жыл бұрын
Duan Dao yeah I will definitely be doing that along with adding that drip rail
@DuanDao
5 жыл бұрын
Patrick Remington in so glad KZread had your video in my feed, this is a gold mine of information. I also thought in lieu of using the 3/4" square for the top frame maybe extruded aluminum to help with weight. Might add to the cost but just stuff I thought of whilst watching your build. Can't wait for the next installment.
I am now in the final stages of my build.. your videos have the perfect amount of information vs chat.. thank you very much, its turning out really really nice.. fun project!
Thank you for a clear explanation on where to mount the brackets. I am mounting Struts on a 6' x 12' lean too metal roof. Looked all over youtube and you have the BEST!!!!
@PatrickRemington
4 жыл бұрын
thank you! glad I could help with your project!
Congratulations on your new blessing, the additional family member your daughter Laura Grace! Excellent build so far, I wouldn't have known to use the wood filler epoxy to fill all the gaps wonderful idea! Looking forward to the tent mfg side of this build. Thanks for sharing.
I love everything about this project.. Thank you so much for posting this and congratulations on the new addition to your family!!
Thank you so much for all the details! I've spent weeks researching gas struts to support a trap door on my deck and THIS IS WHAT I'VE NEEDED!! Also congrats on the little girl 😻
@PatrickRemington
2 жыл бұрын
You are welcome! glad it helped! Thanks! She actually just turned 3 and we had a boy in july! 😊 Good luck with your project!
Congratulations on being a Dad. Great job on the tent so far. Very solid build. Look foreward to seeing the rest of the build
Patrick, I wish I caught your video before ordering the struts. Excellent presentation.
Congrats to you and your wife . Good job on the roof top tent .
God Bless your family and baby girl.
From one daughter-daddy to another, Congratulations! Also, really enjoy your vids, thank you.
Your details are so great man. I appreciate it a lot.
Well thought out vid and it literally answered every question that I had, as well as stuff that I didn't think about for my project. Thanks.
This project is looking great. Congratulations to you and your wife, and welcome to fatherhood, it's so awesome. 3x for me and ALL girls. In the future, can you do a video on the hinge system used on the full pop-up tent? I'm looking at building that type as I'm 6'2 and would like to have the full floor area of headroom. Thanks again, for sharing with us all. 👍
You are a great,passionate,selfless,sharing,caring man,thanks for such a timely reply,yes you are right about the mods.....one more question if I switch hinges would you go with T HINGES OR JUST REGULAR DOOR HINGES?......really and truly Patrick you are the easiest,simplest,most thoughtful you tuber ever,everything is so precise and easy to understand/apply awesome job man really inspiring,I’m amazed at how well I’m building this thing with you’re instruction
Congratulation on you new baby girl. God bless you and your family. Another awesome video with great help and information.
Doing great vids, as a father of 2, I will not be surprised if the vids take longer to get out now ☺, congrats! Cheers, Patrick
Congratulations on your new arrival Patrick, wonderful news!
A belated congratulations to you and your wife on the new addition.
Congratulations 🎈🎊🍾 to you and your wife on the baby 👶🏻 girl... truly such a miracle and blessing from God... and I must say EXCELLENT job on the build... I'll be utilizing your videos to assist me in my build... a custom f150 bed-cap camper with a pop-top tent ⛺️... thanks 🙏🏻 for sharing your information and videos..
Wow! Thank you very very much for doing this build. You have taken me to one entirely new level! Congratulations on your little girl… That is awesome.!
@PatrickRemington
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! This was my first child. Expecting my 3rd any day now!
Good video and nice personal touch at the end. I’m sure parenthood is going great.
Your series on this roof top build is great to watch, enjoying watching from here in England.
congrats on newborn and big thankyou for showing me the way to fix the structs on your roof box i have built a storage box with double door as well as roof i now know how to do it thanks to you keep up the fantastic work you do PS, ive been looking at others they did not do it as easy as you :-)
Just a thought... The people that build teardrop trailers use what is called a "hurricane hinge" for the back hatch. You might want to check it out... Great Video by the way!!!
Nice job so far on the tent. Congrats on the addition to the family!
Congratulations on your new Daughter! Another quality video on a great project!
Congrats on being a dad! awesome videos too. keep them coming.
Congratulations on the birth of your daughter, welcome to the adventure!
Another great and informative video! CONGRATULATIONS on the new addition to your family!
Congrats on the little one! I'm really digging the series. Keep up the good work.
Loving the build series, and congratulations man! Keep it up. You’re awesome!
Good job on the video! Congratulations on the new addition to your family!
I am really enjoying this series and looking forward to building my own. Congratulations on the newborn.
Double win! Congrats on the gas struts, and most importantly, your new baby!
Keep up the great series 👍👍👍 and congrats to be a dad ⭐
Awesome! I have a trailer project and those metal socket struts are perfect. I've always had the plastic ones and they come out easily and break easily. Congrats on parenthood! Cheers! -M
Thanks for another great video and taking the time to explain the process in detail, Patrick. I watched your first DIY rooftop tent build video months ago and I'm really enjoying this latest series. We're currently looking for a vehicle to travel around Indonesia and this series of videos will I hope inspire us to have a go at making our own rooftop tent for the trip. I hope you're going to get your priorities right and put the video about the ripstop material before the wife and baby! Just kidding! Congratulations! Regarding the hinge, there is something called a hurricane hinge which is advertised as a leakproof and dustproof version of the piano hinge available online. I have never actually used one myself but it might be suitable.
@PatrickRemington
5 жыл бұрын
ngipiksari awesome! I'll check out the hinge you mentioned!
@EtienneCorbet
2 жыл бұрын
@@PatrickRemington Hello Patrick ! Thanks for the video. Do you know the weight of the top of RTT (the hardshell) ? Mine is about 25 Kgs, it seams to be a lot more than yours, despite I used quite the same materials (8mm plywood, fiberglass, epoxy resin) and I'm affraid that the Gaz struts could give too much pressure on the attachments points... The point is also that I have not well understood how you calculate the strengh of your gas springs. Do you weigh it with a 45° opening and at the middle of the hardshell ? That's it ? I'm sorry for my poor English... To calculate the gaz struts, i also found this online website (in french) : www.verinagazenligne.fr/calculateur-verin-a-gaz/ Again, thank's for all your very detailed videos and the time you take to explain what you did.
Thanks for the strut info! I’m going crazy trying to figure out how to put struts on my shed top.
@PatrickRemington
3 жыл бұрын
glad to help!
Congrats on the new kiddo!!!
Congrats! Definitely making one of these tents when it starts to get warm out.
Congratulations !! Great video and very happy for you two.
Congrats on the little girl bro! 🤙 I’m going to be installing some lift struts on my dual swingout and trying to determine lengths and strengths myself. This was super helpful. Thanks as always Patrick!
Great info and congratulations on the little one!
Great video. Gonna do a flip out window. Congrats !
Congratulations! God bless you and your family
Congrats Patrick... and welcome to the club!
Man just seen this! Congratulations on your baby! Oh and for your child too!
Thumbs up for man handling the situation
Good series Patrick. Thanks for your time
Thanks for the info on where to get the gas struts. I've already bought the wrong one on amazon .I'm building a mini camp trailer that the whole backend opens up for access to the kitchen outside. Hopefully these people can hook me up with the right ones to do the job.
I’m a little late to the party but I fucking love your channel man, congrats on the baby!
Congrats for your baby! 1 year later 😅. What you do is amazing! I will do the same very very soon! :D
Omg that is so cool. I love the series Haha the look on your face when the tent pops up is priceless. Congratulations on the baby. On a side note I am going to try and build this and put it on my ram 1500 truck bed. This is so awesome what your building.
Congrats! Looking forward to more videos
Congratulations, mate! Great vid regarding the struts 👍👍
Congrats. Soon, you'll be able to employ the buddy system on your tasks!
This has been the most informative strut fitting video Ive come across so far
@PatrickRemington
2 жыл бұрын
Glad to help!
Well done my friend,I will follow your instructions,greetings from Greece 💪
Thanks for the useful information and congrats on your new baby
Congratulations on the new family member! And another good video.
Congrats!! welcome to the club.
Congratulations Daddy, I’m enjoying this series and plan on building a roof top tent this summer!
Congratulations on the new arrival
Well Done! Congratulations!!
Absolutely brilliant channel
Congratulations on being a Dad. More challenges ahead. Good luck
Great vid! A very big congratulations to you, the wife and the munchkin!!
Congrats brother, God bless, great work
Congrats brother! Very good info!
greetings from brazil! u helped a lot! Congrats on the new family member!!