Missing Link
Senior Member
While researching portable awnings, such as the Kely Carport (thanks KC, Tomas and Sunman for your input) for our trip to the north country in July and August, I came across the Big Agnes Twin Butte Car Tarp, and bought one. I have not seen one mentioned either here or on ExPo, so I thought I would share the info. It is fairly light weight (9 lbs. 4 oz.), quite small when in the storage mode (23" x 7"), and relatively easy to set up. In the attached photo, I have it attached to the roof rack. I also bought the optional bug room. When using the bug room, the tarp needs to be attached to the camper just above the rear door so that the distance between the outer edges of the tarp and the ground is uniform. In order to accomodate that type of mounting, Jeff and Marty at ATC engineered and fabricated some aluminum mounting brackets. We did not use the tarp very much on the trip because we usually arrived in camp fairly late and left early in the AM, and never spent two nights in the same campground. However, it will likely get much use on future trips. It is a very well made unit. BTW, it wouild also easily mount on either side of the camper by attaching it to the roof brackets.
Richard
Richard