Tricks for attaching gear, etc. to the outside of an ATC?

[h2opup]

I see lots of nifty ideas on this site about people strapping shovels, etc., onto the outside walls of their pop-up campers, but I am wondering what is the best way to do this?

When I collected my Ocelot from Marty recently, I asked him about this. He looked a bit horrified and said the framing is "very small", and that adding weight in this way was not a good idea(??). I did have extra support put into the left side back wall during the build to possibly add a Rotopax in the future. Marty pointed that out and said that was the only place in the rig with solid support for added gear.

What is the trick for adding other gear?

Thanks.

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

This is how I carry my small camp shovel.Just hangs from the door stopper.
It's out of the way and easy to get hold of.
Frank

 

[h2opup]

Clever!

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Roof rack is one way, check out ski3pin’s camper photos. Another possibility is to make something that hangs off a rear jack mount.